Hi Will,

Sounds like you had a good time in the White Mountains ;-). Thanks
for letting me know you do actually have a Web site at
http://annedroyd.co.uk/. Although it's very bear bones and could use
some design work ;-). I might be able to help in the future when I
have more freetime :-), it would be a fun project.

I checked http://annedroyd.com and according to
http://www.directnic.com/?7400 it is still available, meaning no one
owns it. I wonder why you see it as otherwise? Maybe you need to
have a US address to buy a .com? If you use DirectNic you can just
set it up to forward to your http://annedroyd.co.uk/ site. I think
some other Domain name providers do the same, but I'm not sure which.

Yeah, as far as my story goes I actually started it when I was about
13 years old. I went back in my later years to rework it, then got
some good feedback from people. Now I once more want to go back to
rework it again using their feedback. I found that "Show more tell
less" is a better way to unfold a story, and I explain too much in
my current version. As mush as it's my dream to see it printed
someday I doubt that will ever happen. I love to write but I'm slow
at it as I have grown up with a learning disability, and don't know
if my skills are up to publishing standards. Even so the joy of
writing itself is part of the reward.

- James
< http://awizardstale.net >

--- In friendsofanne@..., "Will Hadcroft"
<will.hadcroft@n...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for this information, James. It is very much appreciated.
>
> I applied for annedroyd.com a few months ago, only to find that I
> had been beaten to it (I did actually own the name, but when it
> lapsed, I procrastinated, and someone snatched it off me). However
I
> did register "annedroyd.co.uk" and asked our fellow Friend of
Anne,
> Gareth Preston, to put up my information and point the name to it.
> On returning from holiday this morning I was delighted to find
that
> he has indeed done it. So cheers Gareth!
>
> As for your offer to help with web site related things, I am again
> very grateful. I must tell you (as I told Gareth) that I know
> absolutely nothing about designing sites and hosting them and find
> even the simplest explanations difficult to follow. You would, if
> you wanted to help out in this way, have to do all the work
yourself!
>
> It's great to know your own novel is coming along. I look forward
to
> seeing it in print.
>
> If there are any other budding authors out there, remember
> it's "Black on White, You Gotta Write". So many would-be writers
say
> they aren't getting anywhere, and then when you ask, it turns out
> that they haven't even started writing anything!!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Will H.
>