Just heard about you, thought I'd join (yes, I'm joining rather than auditing for a while because I'm egocentric and have to talk).
I've been reading fantasy and SF for a while now--um, four decades?--so I am slightly out of touch with the newer stuff but might be able to help on the older stuff.
Have a sick wife (just diagnosed with fibromyalgia, so we're absorbing what that will mean) and two teen/preteen kids, so things keep me hopping. Hope to participate more but sometimes I'm really lax about replying to things--like, a month. I'll try not to let that happen.
Like roleplaying and writing too, so that's lovely. I'll be on those boards. Had a brain tumour removed about six years ago, so I'm trying to get my writing back to the pre-tumour level. Roleplaying I prefer as superhero roleplaying and I'm currently infatuated with ICONS, but I have a range to talk about, and I'll listen about many of them.
Hope to meet folks and talk and exchange ideas.