New to writing

[WinstonCaulfield]

Greetings all, 

 

   I have recently quit my job and become a full time professional online poker player which has been my dream for a number years. I mention this because in my efforts to get this far I have spent a lot of my spare time studying and playing poker leaving not much time for anything else but now that I do not have to work as well I suddenly have a lot more free time. As a result of this I have finally started writing a story which has been floating around my head for quite a while and thought that I would find somewhere I could maybe share it and get some feedback. I hope this can be that place. I have spent a ridiculous amount of time on poker forums analysing and discussing hands and I understand the impact this has had on my game, I can only imagine it would be the same with writing so I also look forward to reading what others have to offer and although my writing skills are extremely limited I would enjoy giving some feedback myself.

 

 If anyone is interested in reading a sample of what I have so far I will gladly post it here or wherever is appropriate (I haven't really looked around the site too much yet)

 

   

[vodkafan]

Hi Winston, first off welcome to the forum! That is one humdinger of an intriguing introduction. I wish you well as a professional poker player. Can one make a living from that? It seems such a nerve wracking endeavour to be able to handle the ups and downs so calmly. 

Your modesty about your writing skills is noted.

There are some  published writers on here and a few would be writers (including me) so I would be interested to see what you got. But this is mainly a reading forum. Everyone is nice here.