Since Cenobite and Apparition have posted samples of their writings, I just thought I'd check how many writers there are among us.

By "writers" I'm referring to novelists, poets and the like, not other kinds of writers such as journalists, copywriters or programmers.

Former blogger. Does that count?

No, not unless you count my ramblings on LS.com.

I'm not really sure.

I used to write many poems. I also have written few short stories. Never published 'em, though.

I am planning to write more stories in the future.

Yup. Unpublished, though. I haven't even finished my first novel after ten years of writing it. But, hopefully that will change when I get a new job and have more time on my hands.

i've tried writing screenplays. i'm not patient enough though. I rarely finish anything if there's no deadline or consequence for not finishing it. Get distracted too easily. I'd love to write successful screenplays but I'd also love to be a professional soccer player

Yes, some stuff self-published. Also lots of poetry and blogging.

Used to be a decent writer in school. Somewhere along the way I lost the passion for it.

i write teh poetry

its more a casual hobby than a main occupation so i wouldnt even call myself amatuer. i like to think i have a natural knack for it, my english teacher seemed quite impressed with my first efforts.

I loved writing stories as a kid, studied Professional Writing in undergrad uni, wrote loads of poems, screenplays, and stories. I have only ever had one poem published. I have in the last few years somewhat lost the fire and passion for it, due to depression, and haven't written creatively in several years.

I love to write and get creative in any way possible really.
I currently write a blog of my thoughts and feelings, online dating dramas and so on.

Unpublished too. Wrote a novel divided in three, a fantasy thingy I started to write to be relieved of all the difficult stuff I felt when I was younger. I still feel them sometimes so I kept writing but not that novel even if it's not finished. It's on a website and people comment and all, that's encouraging. I write bits of texts, unfinished, quite short, about things I just need to get out now. Love writing my blog too even if of course it's more superficial, but I so need it to vent and rant and all.

I have written poetry (mediocre), short stories (meh...), and novels ( ), but not yet published anything. My novels are part of a trilogy of fantasy novels chronicling the journey of a love-shy knight and a female elf. It's a long story to be sure; I have written the first, second and the beginning of the third. Then I returned to the first and revised it. I have one more chapter to go before I start the revisions of the second one. Another novel is entitled Neo-Imperialism and concerns humans basically enslaving aliens. It is in the first that I have invested by far the most of my time and energy. I hope the former will help bring awareness of love-shys to the world and make fantasy a serious academic genre simultaneously.

I've written a few songs, including some about being shy. I've recorded them for my own interest but haven't tried to get the published