I’ve recently been introduced to a writing community site that I quite like, EditRed. It’s something like a Myspace for writers, oriented toward commenting on others’ work and having your own critiqued. The feature that interests me most is the ability to restrict access to your work. This means I can post poems or stories that can only be viewed by people I have accepted on my Readers list - an important result being that restricted poems/stories are technically unpublished (which matters if you want eventually to publish in certain magazines, etc.).

I plan to utilize this feature of EditRed to post (drafts of) work that I would otherwise not make available because of the potential constraints on future publication. This means that if you register on the site (it’s free, or I wouldn’t recommend it) and request that I add you as a reader, you’ll have first-look access to some of the writing I’m working on.

Go here to get an account: http://www.editred.com

My EditRed Profile: http://www.editred.com/danieldarwell

You needn’t write yourself to use the site (even though it is oriented toward writers). But if you do you can also join in, posting your own work for others to read.

-D