While I appreciate this site is only in Beta, am I the only one who's frustrated that we can't create an author's profile or search properly or message each other? And there's no way to raise problems, questions or suggestions with Fictish, no 'Contact Us' and, in fact, no info about who/what Fictish really at all.

So, in the meanwhile, shall I start a thread?

I'm ShortAndSweet. I came upon Fictish by accident as it's not really promoted. I'm female, an early-retired Computer Specialist, an ex-carer and from England - which you may have noticed from my British spelling and my iffy American dialogue - specifically the North-East, Geordieland as we call it.

A decade ago I used to write a lot of fan fiction, so I've done my apprenticeship, but I'm strictly in this for fun only so I don't need any literary criticism just the occasional enthusiastic encouragement if you can manage it. Currently I find I have a lot of time on my hands so I thought I'd give the creative writing another try.

Please feel free to comment. Please also feel free to add your self-introduction to this thread. I don't know whether this sort of 'story' is allowed on this platform but, hey, I might get to hear from a monitor (if there are any).

Hi everyone, I wanted to take some time to make a proper intro to myself since Fictish doesn't really allow you to do it yourself.

I'm Eckoepke (don't judge the name; it's a long story...), a random person who, like you, somehow stumbled apon this site in search of something. I've never been much of a writer myself, but it was something I used to do when I was eight and I had time on my hands, so it's a nice nostalgic memory to come back to. I also enjoy thinking about the best ways a book can be written, and sharing ideas with you all so that you can also introduce new themes.

A little bit about me:

I'm a teen that does multiple sports, such as cross country, soccer, and swim (there are more...), and I'm also good at playing the viola (first chair in my school). Athletics and music have always played a major role in my life; I feel like without those two things something is missing; but recently I've been exploring new passions, for example awhile ago I decided to explore the chess world and now I'm hooked, gives me something to look towards when things around us may be going wrong.

My reason for joining the site:

I wanted to join Fictish so that I could share ideas with other people and we could look back and be amazed at all the work we had done and the ideas that had come together to make such a masterpiece. I also have some books that me and my brother wrote when we were younger that I would like to finish up, and maybe have some people join along the way.

Regarding this intro:

Feel free to comment questions or concerns, I'm usually active and would like to keep it that way. Please also feel free to add your self-introduction to this thread or to other threads, I'm sure a lot of people are curious about who you are so don't wait. Happy writing!!