What's so special about Absolute Write (AW) Water Cooler? If you took a bunch of people who hoped to have their work published sooner rather than later, combined them with published authors, threw in a few agents, and stood them around a water color, what kinds of things would they talk about? Good agent experiences, bad agent experiences, requests for partials, agent response time, getting published, good houses, great houses, great writer-editor working relationships, all kinds of other things that writers who want to be published would benefit from knowing.
They have a forum that answers oft-asked questions about basic manuscript format called FAQs; a forum where basic writing questions are asked and answered; a grammar forum; a bewares and background checks forum; a forum on paying markets; and the forum topics go on and on. They have extensive guidelines to help newbies fit in and not embarrass themselves.
One of the things I like most about AW are the absence of "flame wars." Divas and divos need not register--they won't be indulged.
It costs nothing to register though contributions to keep AW operational are welcome.
I've gotten lots of helpful, insider information from AW. I've taken care to follow newbie rules and have really benefited from all the publishing intell it offers. At any given time there are literally hundreds of writers logged in, using the site.
Check it out. I guarantee you'll favorite it after a couple uses--especially if you're shopping a book.
Still not sure what it's about. Here's an interesting testimonial/anti-testimonial to AW Water Cooler.
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