The Day I Came to Writing.com

Thinking back not even a year ago, I remember when I came to writing .com. I was at a very low point in my life, my Mother had just died, I had no family left and I felt lost in the world for the very first time. I was thinking, I'm all alone now, family are all dead but me and a estranged distant brother, that's all that is left of us. I thought that..." I need to do something to get my mind off of all of this and give me an outlet, a reason if you want to say it that way, to live." I had been writing a lot of poetry after my mother passed away, it had become my release, my escape from the pain that I was feeling of her death. Someone, a neighbor near by told me that I should "look around on the internet and find a place to see if they would tell me if my poetry was good enough, even maybe join a group of new Authors that could help me, who knew, maybe even one day get published, she said it was worth a shot anyway, couldn't hurt if they said no." I had been searching the internet to see if there was anyone who would accept new writers without too high of a price for belonging.


On February 11th late one evening, I came upon this site. It said New Member sign up - Free Membership! I couldn't believe my eyes! A site that was free to join? There must be a catch. Maybe they were talking about Published Authors that could join free, not me?!


I filled out all the necessary information and joined that night. What a surprise I got when I joined! I got this Awesome letter from the StoryMistress and StoryMaster of welcoming me to writing.com as a new Author! Me? a Author? You've got to be kidding! Wow! I was speechless! I thought, " I'm not an Author, but if they say so, then I'll give it my best shot and see what happens.


At first I got the free membership that allowed me to submit ten items onto my port, Well I submitted ten items in less than two weeks. After those two weeks, someone called the Angel Army gave me a basic membership! A bigger portfolio, more space to write! Oh my! Who were these Angels of mercy of this Angel Army group? I was so grateful, that I started writing more and more and reviewing like crazy of everyone who I could.


The more that I reviewed of these people, the more I learned, the more I learned the more that I loved this place, and the more that I started loving these people, they had the biggest heart and were more kind to me than I had ever experienced in my whole life from anyone, ever! Where on earth did these loving, kind people come from and why in the world did I not know of them before?


Needless to say, writing.com quickly became my home. I do mean my home, that if I were not here I felt lost here at my own home, like I was cut off from my family that I loved so much.
These people made me feel at home here. They made me feel that I was good enough to be around these Awesome writers and write too. I was even told that I was good, I just needed to tweek my writing a little to make it perfect. Let me tell you.... these people here have hearts of Gold for the New writer. They are all about encouraging new writers and older writers as well.


I went back to look at some of my first writings that I posted here on the 11th will be a year ago.
It is my opinion of what I read of my first writings... it was so bad that I cannot believe that these wonderful people would encourage something that was written so badly. Somehow, someone saw potential in me as a writer. There are eight pieces that I have not changed just because I use them to see how far I have come as a writer.


I will not start to name all of the members here for the reason that I am here and stayed, there are just too many names to mention. I am sure you all know who you are! The first groups to accept me and take me under their wings to help me out, to learn about writing.com and how to do things here and helped me in my writings were, and not in particular order, WDC Angel Army Group, BSFU =( Images In Ink), Affected By Abuse, Traditional Poetry Group and WDC Rising Stars. All of these wonderful groups that have supported me as a " Newbie " and helped me get started, to find my way, to give me a home, and give me one of the biggest families that anyone has ever seen in this life time, I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart! Since then I have found Sisters that are there for me through thick or thin, I have found real brothers who care about me as their sister and would help me all I have to do is ask, and I have children that I have adopted as my own, that all these members that I just mentioned are more family to me than my own had ever been throughout my whole life! I Love You ALL! Since these groups that I have mentioned, there have been many more that have accepted me as part of their family too. The list is endless.


I am blessed and I thank God every day for you allowing me to be here, I am even more blessed that I have found my HOME. I am no longer alone in this world, I have you. Thank you Writing.com! Thank you Everyone who have made me feel a part of your family, I really do Love you ALL! You are ALL my brother's and Sister's and I thank you!

Thank you StoryMistress and StoryMaster for letting me become a part of your family, I will never forget the love that you two have shown me through this all. I am so proud that I was here to wittness the coming of your beautiful StoryBaby Jack. Now I have Family. Now I have a HOME.