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Give us a few sentences about you and what brand of fantasy you like the most (follow this link for a comprehensive list of of fantasy sub-genres).

My name is Daniel, and I am a high fantasy fanatic. I love all things epic, heroic, or swords-and-sorcery. I play games like Magic, D&D, the Elder Scrolls series, you name it. Some of my favorite authors are Raymond E. Feist, Jim Butcher, and David Eddings.

Want to trade critiques? I'm all about it; check out my book-in-the-making, "The Tyrilian."

Hello, My name is Y.M.

Hello! Nice to meet you! 

Hello,

Hey guys!

That's awesome. Honestly, I didn't know there were so many sub-genres either until I found that link! It seems that the "coming-of-age" style is the most popular, which makes sense because it's really engaging.

Since some of you guys like sword + sorcery fantsy the most, you might like my book. I'm testing the waters, hoping to get feedback and help going in the right direction. It would be fantastic if you would read it and tell me what you think. It defintely has swordsmanship and sorcery in it.     As for introducing myself, I'm a fifteen year old girl in an Early College program with great ambition towards my life. I take pride in my grammar (although, like everyone else, I have the occassionaly misspell or typo) and I take pride in my intelligence. I strive to be the best, although I will never truly be able to be "better" then everyone. There will always be someone else above me, just as there will always be someone below me, just like everyone else. Even though I do like to think of myself as different and unique, I am just like everyone else. I feel special, but I still conform to society. I avoid conflict and confrontation as much as possible, as I'm not comfortable speaking my mind aloud. Instead, I speak my mind through writing which is the best way I can do it. I have a lot to say and hopefully I will be able to get messages across all over the world before my time is over on this Earth. Thanks for reading. :)

Hello there,

Hey...

My "name" is under my avatar, and I'm too paranoid to say my real name, so ... yeah. 
I didn't know there were so many different sub-genres of fantasy until today, so i don't really know if I can categorize the fantasy I read into specific sub-genres.  I guess I like anything with a good plot, characters, and hopefully decent writing...two of my favorite books are Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking-glass, so I guess my favorite genre of fantasy is New Weird?  (Even though these are classics, so how new of a weird is that?). 

As for my writing, I've only written fantasy so far (and one borderline realistic fiction that has yet to be completed)...but I can't open the one high fantasy I've typed (weird formatting?  I don't know) and the book I'm working on is low fantasy?  I don't really know.  I've written two New Weird (apparently), but they aren't typed...so that's irrelevant. 

Anyway, I'm glad to join the group.  : )

Lol! How new CAN that weird be? I feel you. That sub-genre site is nuts, no? I'm still trying to sort it all out, myself.

Anyway, glad to have you!

Hello there! I'm Eva... 

Hi, it is not a right moment to introduce myself, because I am the second member in this group after Arutha. Did not have time to write because of my Full-time job, and I am only 16.

I am TryingToSee, or if you want, you can call me Em. I am from Canada. I am new to the whole writing everything down, so I have major problems with spelling, grammar, and sentence structure. If you see something that needs to be fixed just let me know. I am working on two books right now. The first is Team Name: Obsidian. It is a Superhero Fantasy. The second (that I have not posted yet) is called The Barer of the Name Mooncloud. I am not really sure what to call this. I think it is High Fantasy but it also has a little bit of Fantastic Romance and Magic Realism. It has Pirates (good guys) and Vikings (bad guys), Nobles vs Mages, a curse, and a sea made of poison mist. Some of my favorite reads would be: The Riftwar saga by Raymond E. Feist, The Dragon Riders of Pern (that I see someone else also mentioned), the Trillium series (Black, Blood, and Golden), the Hunger games, Graceling by Kristin Cashore, Tamora Pierce's many series, Once Upon a Time by various authors, and my all time favorite The Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody. Please be patient with me.

I'm Batman Caelo. I've been writing various short stories for a while now, but never got down and wrote a full-length book, so I'm glad I've got this site and the people on me to steer me right when I get a little off-track. 

Woooooooooooooooh! You're the first person ever, in the history of anything, that I've ever seen actually reference Feist as a favorite... and at the top of your list too! Holy friggin' Toledo, I'm like hyperventilating ;P

Seriously though; I've been reading Feist for like 12'ish years and you're the first ever. You've made my year. Which saga is your favorite?

I'm I doing this right? (Yeah, I'm only asking this to save me some embarrassment for if I actually do it wrong...)

(I got this!) My name is Christoph and I'm from backwoods Alabama. It's really boring here, but the scenery is always gorgeous! I can't complain because its probably this environment that's brought me up to love fantasy. I've recently learned that while I love all fantasy I tend to follow contemporary fantasy. I was taught to avoid cliches and be original, though it's tough in the market of entertainment to be 100 percent original. I like to see something new, something original, something fresh and exciting! I've been writing for about 13 years now, maybe longer, but definitely not shorter. I guess I was in the middle of middle school when I really got involved, and it was clearly out of boredom. As a matter of fact, I once hated writing, English, and reading all together. I guess the planets just aligned one day, and a spark of creativity opened my eyes. The first story i had written that pulled me into the writing world was about a young girl named Ayva. After her brothers birth, her parents were brutally murdered and Ayva was forced to leave with the infant and raise him on her own. Since then, the story has evolved into 'Ecclesia', which will be my last attempt at the novel. (And I suppose I'll be forced into the 'real world' with boring life changing decisions to follow...) Be sure to check it out if time is willing. My other passion lies with cars. This isn't really the place to be talking about them, of course, so for anyone who knows me here doesn't know that I'm a car junkie. I've always said that if I was rich my garage would be bigger than my house. Haha. I was lucky enough to have great parents who bought me a 2002 Camaro when I turned sixteen. It's by far my favorite car, still is, and I'm still driving the hell out of it! :) I play the piano. Music of course inspires my writing, and sometimes writing inspires my music. And I paint, which is probably my oldest trade because I've been drawing since I was a child. (Which reminds me that I'll have to post some of my paintings here on writerscafe...) Anything else, just ask! Nice to meet everyone. You all seem like an interesting bunch, and I'm eager to getting to know you better. Take care, --Christoph Poe

Hello everybody! Just wanted to say nice to meet all of you! :)

Hi all.  My name is Lubaina and I hail from South Africa.  I am an Agricultural Biologist/Cryobiologist by profession but am a writer at heart.  High Fantasy is my favourite genre but I am not averse to reading outside the genre.  Surprisingly, my favourite books of all time are not fantasy but are still described as epic.  These are "Pillars of the Earth" and "World without End", both of which are by Ken Follet, although I do not particularly care for any of his earlier workss.