Noticing Newbies

Lol!

Yes, many are concerned about that, but there are a few things you can do.

1) You can join a novel group or you can pay (with gift points) for chapter reviews as you go with this group "P.E.N.C.I.L."  I noticed that you write 'Fantasy'/Sci-fi', here's a group you might be interested in: "Fantasy and Science Fiction Society" 

2) Not sure if you've read the copyright entry yet, but here it is to check out: "Writing.Com Copyright Policy" 

3) Another great option is to enter a 'PassKey' on the novel item, (like a password), but this is only available if you have an 'Upgraded' account, but it's a good way to protect your work until you feel comfortable with the ones you trust to read it. Then, all you would do is give them the 'PassKey' and they would be the only ones that could see/read it. So it's just another option to think about perhaps in the future.

Those are couple of ideas. I hope it helps!

~Lornda