Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:16:32 +0100 From: Malcolm Subject: INTRO: Malcolm Thomas Hello, According to the FAQ1, I should introduce myself before I go tumbling into the fray. I'm Malcolm Thomas, I'm 40 and a UK science teacher (Surrey). I've only ever written theses, research papers and endless end-of-term reports until recently, so I'm entirely new to the field of creative writing and publishing. my e-mail address is malcolm Why am I here? A bit of fooling around on a support newsgroup led to a number of comments of "Why don't you carry on?" So I did... Out poured a 30,000 w novel and I'm currently subscribing to every available writers newsgroup/list in an attempt to find out what to do with it! Logging on, I find that the first post I receive from the list is strongly connected with what I need, but I gather from the FAQ1 that I've got to close this post and start another labelled WRITING. If I'm doing it wrong, please accept my apologies. Regards, -- Malcolm