Would you critique it if i posted extracts of my writings

May I suggest heading over to Scribophile.com instead? People here don't really have a lot of time for critiquing, whereas that site is made for it. And they're a bunch of total loonies - very friendly. I posted chapter one of my novel idea and got some wonderful feedback. OK, so you have to give before you get (i,e, critique some stuff or post in forums and so on to build up Karma that's expended in posting your work), but it's a good place for conversation and bluntly honest response.

Hi there! I would really recommend that you DO NOT send ANY of your work to ANYONE that you do not personally know. Perhaps I'm just mean when it comes to things like this, but one of my best friends plagerized my work years ago. It taught me that it is hard to trust people with your work, even if you think you know them. Forgive me, everyone, but there are some real scumbags on the internat who will gleefully steal your work and pass it off as their own. It's ugly, but I've seen it happen to people. Even people who would not steal your work might not take care of it as if it was their own, and inadvertantly give someone unscrupulous access to it. Find a writing group in your city and join it. Get to know the people there, and find a couple friends who you connect with. If they seem to understand where you are trying to go with your writing, let them critique your word. Be careful giving it to people you don't know well and trust, and certainly don't post it somewhere for the world to see. Unless of course, you don't care if someone steals it and claims they wrote it. --Lindsey Rainwater www.rainwaterfreelancewriting.wordpress.com www.rainwaterfreelancing.blogspot.com

I would help you out in that. Probably you can post me (and your other mylot friends) PMs of your writing. Probably you should include them in your mylot blogspace than launching it as a discussion - just a suggestion :)