"Hi everyone. I've just booked my ticket for Friday and am really looking forward to meeting everyone in person. Really interested to see the range of interests and activities that everyone's into, reading, writing, designing book covers,…"

"Hi Debra   I am published without an agent - I think the key thing to success is very often completion. That means not just finishing a manuscript and polishing it, but knowing when it is ready and sending it off. So many would-be authors write…"

"Hi Deena   As always Lynne, you provide a really helpful and considered reply. I have been considering the same issue as I am considering possibly going down the Kindle self publishing route and the one thing I think could be extremely useful…"

"Hi Grace, thanks for the friend add and yes, I do love cats. Have just returned from a week's holiday and had a friend stay at ours with the sole purpose of waiting hand and foot on our moggy. When we came back, she didn't appear for…"

"Thanks for the message Kate, look forward to hearing from you soon. By the way, I have blogged on caracoopers.blogspot.com in the hope of spreading the word a little wider about FoR."

"Hi Kiru   Thanks for the friend add!   Cara   x"

"Welcome aboard, Cara. Good to see you here."

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