Introduce Yourself

Well, gee, just who am I anyway? Who I am now is who I've always been, but someone you've never seen completely.

An Ogre is like an onion... (Well, OK, that's someone else...)

 I do have layers, though:

• I'm a guy.
• I'm a computer geek.
• I'm a Karaoke singer.
• I'm a writer. (Working on a technical - not Romance - book)
• I'm a photographer.
• I'm a traveler.
• I'm a bit of a cook
• And a bit of a kook.

Just don't ask me which one is the top layer at any given time!

Hello to everyone!  

I'm guessing not many people come into the "Introduce Yourself" forum much....  I had to come in here, I'm lost!

Well, I am re-introducing myself too, since it has been forever since coming in to eharl.

I have changed names etc, as I found my old self too boring, and I think since my life has changed... why not change my details on here. 

Anyway, a few of you might have know me as "Mel"  the Aussie that used to wander in here occasionally. 

I think I have tried coming back in a few times but kept getting side-tracked. I have 5 kids!!  That'll be my excuse.... but I do plan on hangin' around if you'll help me find my way thru this maze of forums...?

I look forward to catching up with old friends and making new ones!

Aloha Sapph, Woody and Possum Mel:

Never did introduce my self, just started lurking and chiming in here and there. Mostly you'll find me in the gal pal corral.

I was born and raised in Hawaii.  Never lived anywhere else. In fact never left the state until I was 21! Love the beach and the mountains. I live on the Big Island in the town of Volcano but work on Oahu in the town of Kane'ohe.  Needless to say, I am a frequent flyer!  I'm usually at home Thursday evenings through Monday mornings. I have one son who is 13 and sometimes acts like he's 3 and other times acts like he's 40! He and my DH muddle along together while I'm away...

Maybe I'll see you around the boards...

a hui hou (ah hoo-ee hoe = until we meet again)

This is sort of scary,cause I'm only 13. Plus I feel like the shyest person on earth. I know I'm not,but it feels that way. Here are a few things about me:

1.) I love reading, ecspecially romance

2.) I love to write, sometimes even a good short story

3.) I love my Mother and Sister

4.) My friends are like my family, I love them very much

5.) Music is very speical to me,I can't go through the day without it

6.) I am a really good student, considering I'm in Junior High

7.) I would love to meet new people and try to come out of my shyness spell.

I have no picture up yet because I dropped my digital camera and I don't know how to put up a picture anyway! My hubby is in Honduras for the next 6 months and is the tech geek in the house so I may not have a picture for a while.

I thought I better post as a friend of mine told me I don't want to look like a lurker(?) I have just been looking around the site trying to get my bearings.

I am looking forward to getting to know some of you ladies and gents. I already e-mailed a new author and she was gracious enough to e-mail me back! I am new to boards but I have seen flaming and making fun of others on other boards and was afraid to post.  I have noticed that everyone here seems friendly and encouraging. I hope to be so as well.

Have a great day! Angel 

Hello!

I'm HockeyJock (A.K.A. known as Marty).  What makes me different from most of the other posters here at eHarlequin is that I'm a guy  To me, Harlequins are great books, and many of the imprints are perfect for guys to read.  (Matter of fact, I subscribe to two imprints in Reader Services).  I've been divorced three years now.  I have two grown sons that remained with me (to stay in the school system they've been part of for years).  I was  U.S. Marine (worldwide), then a Truck Driver, then a Dock Supervisor (stateside).  Not obsessed with the idea, but hope maybe to meet the right "girl"  again.

I'm the new next girl.  I been here since 2005 but just reading e-readings and look for new titles.

 Questions???

• There are symbols in the page like what means the little squares with a letter inside, and what i can do with them?
• How to chat?
• What is a blog?  Yeah, I totally no clue.
• Is there any help button to get through all this stuff?

Thank YOu all for your answers bye

LOL... usually it;s us JARHEADS that get made fun of!  I do have one question for you, though.  Concerning the AirForce:  WHY???  HeeHeeHee

Hi Everyone,

So glad to see some new faces on here ! If you need anything feel free to email me or just post in ask sapphire.

Not sure what you are refering to here??

Well you are chatting to others when you add a comment in each specific topic, just like you did asking me these questions.

LOL, Blogs:  You have your own personal blog where you can post a experience you had , talk about whats bugging or what ever you fancy. You can click on the blog section and see what others are doing there. You have to email Lorie if you want your own blog. 

ME !!!

Wanted to jump in here to say how glad I am to see so many new names & faces. Glad you have joined us, Cora,Angel66,HockeyJock,Michelle_here,Houstonian girl, & of course Mary-Kay(so good to have you here).

Oops, am truly sorry,didn't mean to miss you,possum"Mel" & Woody. Also hello to papaya & Sapphire,good to have familiar names here.

A quick summary-have been around the Harlequin boards a couple years now & really enjoy it. Am married to my retired Army man-we have 3 grown daughters,1 granddaughter, 11 furry children & 17 furry grandkitties & 2 granddoggies. Yes,we love animals & they have all been rescued so we have tried to do our part. If you want to see pix of any of them,please drop in on my blog which is listed below. Thanks,have fun on the boards. Cheryl

Thanks for the welcome, Sapphire and Cheryl.  

Cheryl, I'll have to drop by and say hi at your blog. I'm registered at blogspot too!

I don't usually join forums because I really don't have a lot of extra time.  But, I have decided to join this forum because I have been shopping on eharlequin.com for quite a few years now.  I love my romance novels.  I just wanted to say hello!  The reason I don't have a lot of time right now is because I work full time and three small boys at home ages 9, 5 and almost 2 and a wonderful husband of course.  My romance reads are my escape from the daily pressures.  They take me somewhere else.  Thanks and hello to everyone!

Hi Angie and Patricia !

Nice to meet you ! We just revamped this site and  I LOVE the new LOOK !

Glad you decided to join the forums. Lots to talk about, lots to read, lots of places to see, if you are into writing, you can check out the  "write stuff" forum.

Feel free to email me or post in ask sapphire if you need anything

Hi April,

Nice to meet you!  *hugs*

Hey April

Haven't set up the appt yet, but i will.

Snowed today again !

 Hiya Lou! I'll be there at your chat just to see how you do .  Anyway, at leasty for me, WELCOME!

Hey Flying welcome !!

Hockey I love it when guys post ~~~  I knew it, there are romantic men out there ! LOL..

Of course.... I have to include my husband in that group ! 

... I was one of the challenge bloggers last year and managed to read 476 books ~ not counting re-reads, which I confess to doing on a regular basis.  There's just something about going back to a book that I've loved enough to keep.  Of course my keepers now number, if not 2000, very close to that.

  I'm married to a wonderful guy, Joe ~ 24 years this past December ~ and we have four children.  Three of them are adults ~ son Stephen 23; daughter Lisa, 22 and daughter Meagan, 20 ½.  Our youngest, Teresa, is 15 ½.  Meagan and Teresa celebrate their birthdays at the end of June; June 30 and June 29, respectively. Meagan is five years less a day older than our "baby"... and I say that teasingly.   As of last January we only have two of our kids still living at home; the two youngest.  Meagan's in her 3rd year of college and Teresa's in grade 10 ~ criminy they grow up FAST!
     Stephen has an apartment of his own and also works close to downtown here in Edmonton, Alberta. 
     Our daughter Lisa was living in Whitehorse, YT (Yukon Territory) for almost a year before she went to Egypt the beginning of 2008.  She's there with her best friend, they share an apartment and plan to use Cairo as their base once they decide on traveling destinations.  She's mentioned to me a couple / dozen times that she'll be there for a few years... YIKES!  And I thought that Whitehorse was a long ways away.  *sigh*

     I'm a stay-at-home mom and have been since our son was born almost 24 years ago.  Seventeen of those years I've also been providing childcare for various neighbours, people that I'd met through the school and referrals.  Now, however, I babysit for people that know people that I used to babysit for.  Presently I'm looking after 3 children:  Tristan, 2¾ and his sister Charlie, 1 and they are here between two and three days a week.  Braeden is 2½ and, so far an only child, and he's here 3 days a week.  Then I have another sister-brother pair after school some days:  Amanda, now 10 and Jordan, 6.  I've had Amanda for 9½ years, so they're veterans!  LOL   Needless to say it's been a few years since I've had little ones running around ~ they do take a lot of energy and I seem to have forgotten that.   

A-nyway... I've been around for over a year now, and I'm just now discovering more about this community.  Slowly I'm finding my way here and there... and I do tend to lurk some... but I will make an honest attempt to be less a stranger that I've been hitherto. 
   OH, and in case you haven't noticed?  I can run on... and on... and on....  So if I get on your nerves, just give me a nudge and I'll do my best to behave. 

  OH... BTW (and this is pretty typical of me)... my id here is kalyko, but my name is Kathy.  However, due to the number of other Kathys here (and they're all with a "K".. how 'bout that!?) I've decided to forego using Kathy K in my signature line... mainly because there's also another Kathy K *waves to KK* who belongs to this illustrious community. 

Hi Jennie !

Welcome, you'll love it here. Lots of great people and authors as well.

I started o read Harlequins at 13 :)

My next door neighbour subscribed to them and she would give them to me after she was done reading them :)

Hello everyone... it's been a while - and there are so many new people... so I feel new again. :)  Let me introduce myself. I'm a 30something mom of four. Possum passed me a bit ago.... though initially I had more children than she (HI MEL). Let's see, my dh and I have made some new moves in life and with those moves I am currently working on my wip.... (YIPEE)... so I'm writing and reading... a girl's dream!! :)  Hope to hear from all of you too!!! This place rocks!

Hi Angelina,

Welcome !! I've been reading harlequin's from the age of 13 :)

Hi !

I'm new here!!

And my name is Samantha and i live in sweden, and i love to read books in all shapes and sizes :) but love Harlequin books the most !!

I really like the look of this site and i hope to get some help here :)
I dont really know where to post:

Where can/should i post after help of finding a harlequin book title that i cant remember the author/title of ??
I can only remember parts of the story/plot ??

I'm lost in this place and need some help!

AKA,  beonlyone....

and i am a bookaholic.

I read anything...i even read cereal boxes. 

Really new to the site, but want to improve writing skills with the hope of publishing a book one day.

Have looked in on the writer challenge forum and am wondering where do I send my entry, should I wish to participate? I feel somewhat lost and confused because there is so much to choose from.

Hello, everyone. I'm Carrie. I just registered yesterday and am hoping to meet lots of other book-loving peeps! No one I know IRL loves to read and write as much as I do, and whenever I start talking about books, I can see their eyes slowly glaze over.

(I might cause lots of eyes to glaze over on here, but at least I won't have to see it. ;)

Anyway, I look forward to getting to know you all. :)