Any writers in here

It is perhaps a widespread fallacy that publication can only be carried out by a publishing company.

Yet that is not the case, anyone can be a publisher.

Publication may, but need not, be a matter of selling books.

One can publish one's own work.

It will be accepted bt The British Library for Legal Deposit.

The law on Legal Deposit is in the style of obliging a publisher.

Yet Legal Deposit is a great pportunity to have one's work conserved by The British Library and some other Legal Deposit libraries at no ongoing cost, and he only initial cost being supplying six copies free and getting them there, one to The British Library and five to the Agent for the other five Legal Deposit libraries.

LINK > Legal Deposit

I used to write cat articles for the Weekly Post in Spain. I had a weekly column. Unfortunately I was employed by the Costa Blanca News at the same time as a speed typist. I wrote a book about running a cattery in Spain but was told it was a niche subject by the literary agent for Bob the Cat!

Lovely to meet you Gin. You've been writing way longer than me.
There's no reason we couldn't have a thread which mentions any current work, with a word count, that we might like to share with someone via DM.
I'm a member of other critique groups so already have access to getting work looked at by strangers but it might be nice to look at work by people we chat with regularly and see if anyone's work particularly resonates.
I think you can get deeper input from someone who 'gets' your style or niche but can help you to polish it than from general readers.

I've only had individual pieces of work published via online submissions to literary magazines and have yet to venture into any major projects for publication.

What sort of stories do you like to write?

A bit repetitious, should edit before posting!

I have been writing for only about eight years. I mostly write short stories. I belong to a local writing group but would love to widen my contacts. I have been writing for only about eight years.

How would such a thread work? I need others than my group to read my jottings to get an idea if they are any good or absolute rubbish but I have been writing for only about eight years. I mostly write short stoies. I belong to a local writing group but would love to widen my contacts but we can hardly post our creative masterpieces on here! I would love to read others efforts. Would also like info on possibly publishing.

The only one the search brought up gave me a message stating the thread hadn't been posted on for over a year and suggested I start a new one. Not sure what I should be searching.

Wasn't looking for advice. I am a member of several writing groups, forums etc. Merely looking for friendly like-minded writers who enjoyed chatting.

There have been threads on this before. Check them out. You'll find several of us. I just don't want to post the same thing over again.
Also, lots of writers forums on Facebook.