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I also took the Futurelearn course in the spring. I found it challenged some of my "barriers" when it came to writing. But it is fairly basic. I enjoyed it though. As for Coursera, I hadn't thought of checking them out for writing courses. I'll definitely take a look - thank you ALB2012. :)

All three books are on my to-be-bought list - the Emotion Thesaurus, and the Positive and Negative Trait Thesaurus's. They really do look like very useful resources.

Any ideas, anyone, on where I would find a beta reader? Again, thanks for the advice so far. :)

Thanks for the advice :) Really useful. I'l certainly check out some of the books you all mentioned. And, Addison, I can guarantee that I'm not a leprechaun :D

Okay, so I'm not sure if I'm in the right place with this. But I was wondering if anyone has any advice, knows of any good places containing advice, etc, concerning editing. I can knock out a first draft quite easily - it's the part after that that I'm really struggling with. I'm just not very...

Currently reading Heaven's Net Is Wide by Lian Hearn. I read the original Tales of the Ototi trilogy a few years ago now and loved it. Finally got around to reading this prequel. Enjoying it too.

Thanks for the welcome, guys. And good to know that I'm not the only not-so-social person here. :)

Hello all. I am new here (obviously). I've been hovering around the forum for a year or so, and finally decided to find the courage to join (not the most social of people, but I'm trying to get better at it). I love to write, and have several works in progress. One or two that are rather stalled...