Writing Forums

I'm writing fiction, and I'm looking for feedback. Of course I can pester my friends and family for advice; a few of them are talented wordsmiths who have all the time in the world for constructive criticism. On the other hand, it's also nice to belong to a community of writers, so I have signed up for writing forums.

At first, I figured that one would do the trick - a Google search brought up WritingForums.org; I registered and started posting. But the quality of the critiques seemed a little low, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to publish anything I posted because of copyright issues. Another search: this time I read some simple reviews and decided on AbsoluteWrite.com. It's an extensive site with (ostensibly) higher-caliber writers, and work is shared only in password-protected forums available to members only. I'd like to keep up with both forums, but will post any work I may try to publish only on AbsoluteWrite.

I'm currently 700 words into a short story about a gay man picking up an ex, who is now married to a woman, from the airport. I've just gotten to the point where they meet, and I'm stuck. But I'm writing something (this blog post!) and the story has been coming along, so I'm happy.