Noticing Newbies

Thank you all.. Good to be here. So far in my short journey throughout WDC I find this place rather interesting. I'm a casual reader. Mostly Fantasy. Magic, Wizards, Elves and such. My favorite right now is the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage. I have a couple friends that are writers. I will be Beta reading for one soon. I would like to try my hand at writing a bit myself. I always have stories playing in my head like little movies. I'm not very educated, but with a good spell check program, I'm sure I can come up with something readable.. thanks for the warm welcome. It's helps.