Tag: fiction
group name: thewriters
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June 07, 2008 10:20 PM EDT --
I have had this story floating around in my head for some time this year. I thought I would post the synopis here and have you all comment. It's a contemporary romance this time. Yes, I can do both! . . . more
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March 24, 2008 09:37 PM EDT --
I ought to tell you that I love you. But if I do, you'll have to hem & haw and either lie with an I love you of your own or you'll be honest and I'll get mad and we'll . . . more
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July 18, 2008 01:09 AM EDT --
As the road curved she was Sonia—again—thinking in Russian, unaware of this equivocal fact. For it was that the barriers of language fell within the walls of her mind. She . . . more
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April 06, 2008 01:59 AM EDT --
The hypnotist reviewed my chart--necessarily devoid of eights.
"Eights make my neck constrict," I said. "Sometimes I faint."
"Tell me about Alex," she said.
"We're . . . more
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September 30, 2007 10:32 AM EDT --
The Woman Afraid of Dogs
I envision her lying in her bed at night, shoulders sharp, clavicles screaming, and her eyes squeezed shut in anger at ambient starlight.
I see her sitting at the kitchen table . . . more
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November 29, 2007 08:18 PM EST --
[This is an excerpt from the NaNoWriMo novel in a month challenge. This chapter has not been edited yet.]
Chapter 4 - Mr. Quigley's List
(This is a tale about an English town . . . more
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August 25, 2007 05:02 PM EDT --
yellow birches, red maples, and old old oaks offer their leaves to the rain-soaked road, mourning this august twilight, in camouflage for the palm-sized discs of flattened baby snappers. i continue to . . . more
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September 19, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
Wow! We’re at Habit 5 already! Let’s summarize quickly before we move on.
Highly Effective Authors…
1. Write every day.
2. Understand the business side of publishing.
3. Learn how . . . more
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September 07, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
Before I was published, I was desperately searching for the magic formula that would catapult me from unpublished wannabe to published author status. Yes, I was one of those writers, the kind who wanted . . . more
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April 24, 2008 12:40 AM EDT --
Cole tossed a handful of dirt. It landed in Myra's hair, and she slapped his hand. His squeals made her head throb. "Shut up!" Myra fell back on the grass. She flung an arm over her face. . . . more
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September 29, 2007 02:26 AM EDT --
Georgian jewellery
http://www.thethreegraces.net/products.asp/c/5
Time traveller's guide to Victorian Britain
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide19/part01.html
Researching . . . more
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November 15, 2007 01:53 PM EST --
Welcome Play on Words members and anyone who should happen on this story.
"There was . . . more
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July 16, 2008 10:10 AM EDT --
As I lay under the tree, I see the kaleidoscope of sky through the ever changing leaves - each and every time a brach rustles or a leaf gleams in the sun. It stays with me even as I close my eyes, . . . more
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July 19, 2008 02:32 AM EDT --
We meet in Dewey Decimal 863: I introduce you to Cortázar's Hopscotch .
We hunt around. A safari in the stacks. And then a cup of coffee.
You buy a rose, and dinner.
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April 24, 2008 03:06 PM EDT --
Welcome Play on Words members and anyone who should happen on this story.
" It would be very interesting to preserve photographically not . . . more
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March 23, 2008 06:00 PM EDT --
Moldy Bread Rag
Our stories get fuzzy, but don't go stale
I leaned over Greg's shoulder while he typed. "You can't write that."
"Why not? It's semi-sensational." . . . more
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August 05, 2008 08:41 PM EDT --
Hello, gather friends. Maybe you can help me with this one. It's set near Richmond, Virgina in the Antebellum time period (prior to the civil war). I'm having a heck of a time . . . more
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March 17, 2008 10:38 PM EDT --
"Where's the rent?" Mr. Meanie said.
Greta held out her cat. Her lip quivered. "Have Rufus," she said.
"I don't want a cat," he snarled.
"He's . . . more
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May 21, 2008 02:00 PM EDT --
One whole year after the outbreak and the doctors are still watching us. They live apart, even posting guards. What are they afraid of? Only half of them survived their vaccine. . . . more
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November 03, 2007 06:30 PM EDT --
Be True… As an editor for a small press, an area I find writers overlook is not being true to their characters.
I feel a character should speak to you, they should . . . more
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