Edgewriter Joins Gather

Welcome to gather

Thanks.

Fewer than five minutes after joining and the comments are already beginning to, well, gather.

The trick, Jerome said to Goodman, is to listen, to step in with a reply and a contrary or otherwise point of view and to get to know about new issues which you may never have thought about, far less written about.
Goodman looked surprised. He sat back in his leather chair and took a sip of his hot coffee.
By jove! he said, imitating that British phrase in his well educated Baltimore drawl, I believe I could go along with that!
What's more, Jerome added, you may even like to publish an article again, something a little different, perhaps a little contraversial.
Mmmm, G thought, I might just do that, picking up a silver ball point and new sheet of A4. I might very well do that.
He started to write, but a moth which caught his eye fluttered in front of his spectacles, made him jump, his pen dropped into his coffee cup tipping it over and the hot liquid spilled all over his antique mahogany bureau, making him leap out of his padded chair just in time before he got scalded on the particulars.
Jeepers! he exclaimed, that was a close shave, he said in his version of a public schoolboy. I think I'll try again tomorrow with a fresh piece of paper, this time without the coffee!
Jerome smiled and said it was a great idea, adding that he would keep an eye out for the next article.
What? said Goodman, Keep an eye out?
No, Mr. G., it means, I shall watch out for your name. It's a strange language, English and us British have some whacky phrases, don't we?
You sure do, Jerome, you sure do! Goodman said, raising an eyebrow! It seems I still have a lot to learn! ...

Good luck. You'll need it.

Welcome from another newbie. There's plenty of room here for good writers. Just avoid the bad neighborhoods, join groups to post to, and you'll be well on your way.

Welcome to Gather ~ send your comments to my well-thought out articles and I'm sure I'll do the same & yea avoid bad neighborhoods - they reek! All the best! Salud.

Where, exactly, are these bad neighborhoods? And what's so bad about them?

I meant bad neighborhoods in a somewhat metaphorical sense. It might have helped to put it in quotes. Just a reference to groups that seem to exist for no other reason than to garner points for their members. "Read and rate me, and I'll read and rate you." It's common on sites like like, but easy to ignore.

I see. I'll try not to get too caught up in mutual back-scratching.

hi eric ! welcome to gather and I don't think you need any pointers I'm sure you will do just fine and now if you don't mind I have an itchy back just where I can't quite reach ... up a bit ... left a bit .... down ... aaahhhh now that feels good .. thank you
i'll be happy to return the favour just let me know !!
have fun

I hope gather works out for you , Eric.

(Hell, I hope it works out for me.)

(Should I delete "Hell" and replace it with "Heck"?) (Should I move the end quotemark to the right of the ??) (Does that last sentence really require two ??'s?)

Still figuring this site out myself. I wish us both luck.

My pleasure, Bridget.

Lynn, as a professional editor, I'll give you more help than you probably want. Hell and Heck don't need to be capped. The ? can go inside the end ". And my personal rule is to never use more than one ? or !.

Aren't you glad you asked? A backscratch may have been better.

Welcome to Gather Eric. I look forward to reading your work.