Tag: fiction
group name: novelistlounge
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May 16, 2006 07:56 PM EDT --
This is the full chapter and so is perhaps a little long. If time is a constraint may I suggest you simply find the recipe part. This recipe is the first thing I ever wrote with the idea that . . . more
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May 12, 2006 04:23 PM EDT --
I don't know where I got the nickname Poncho
I've been called that so long I can't think of myself as Barnabas
I am a figment of Sandy's imagination, and the main character in . . . more
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May 25, 2006 08:29 AM EDT --
This is the least entertaining of the chapters as it introduces the only sensible character in the book. Also there are many references to very local Orstralian people and places which won't . . . more
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June 12, 2006 08:53 AM EDT --
There was a brief lull in the proceedings. Everyone had sat politely throughout the screening of Oklahoma! and was now quietly enjoying the Tandoori Chicken accompanied by a rocket and endive salad and . . . more
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February 21, 2006 10:21 AM EST --
(Continued from Moth Flight here)
Six Months Later - Undisclosed Location
The men in dark suits walked in first. Uniform in their appearance, watchful and alert, they exuded an air of menace. . . . more
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August 02, 2006 12:01 PM EDT --
One key to the marketability of your writing is your ability to summarize the story in a single sentence. The clarity and succinctness of that sentence tells the agent or editor a lot about your writing. . . . more
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June 03, 2007 04:04 PM EDT --
I said I wasn't going to write one of these articles, the kind that asks a question. But I want to know.
What fiction do you read? Do you read by genre? By author? . . . more
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July 07, 2007 01:06 PM EDT --
The shiny blue van in front of Mrs. Bradley's house leaves when we leave. Are they following us, and, if they are, why do they bother? To follow us to the ice cream store or the grocery? I'm flattered . . . more
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January 13, 2007 03:00 AM EST --
December 2004 - For the last month I've been writing a novel. Every November since 2001, the year after I moved to Happy Camp, I've written a novel. Before then I only dreamed of writing novels. . . . more
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May 25, 2006 08:47 AM EDT --
The purpose of the introduction is to place crazy Aunty Clarrie in a time and place. She precedes our protagonists by a couple of decades and explains a bit why they are not regular modern kids obsessed . . . more
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July 14, 2006 04:05 PM EDT --
This book has been accepted for publication. It will be released this Chrismas. Visit my website www.cindykgreen.com for more information.
Prologue
Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, . . . more
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April 06, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
Here is a link to the Prologue, which is fairly short, if you want to read it first:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976948376
Chapter One
July 27, 2008
6:03 A.M. . . . more
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March 21, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --
Why are most published books non-fiction instead of fiction? I have a theory. In our time-deprived, multi-tasked, overextended lives, where efficiency is prized, where people shout, “Get . . . more
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May 04, 2006 09:08 PM EDT --
Summer 1989, Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana
The air over the town of Henderson was wet and superheated by the sun. Whispers of breeze fell, exhausted, after half-hearted attempts to stir the air. . . . more
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April 11, 2006 02:22 PM EDT --
Karl's Last Flight, Part 11
(c)2006, Basil Sands
Midway down the dark alley a metal door creaked open.
"Hurry, in here." A female voice called urgently.
The men rushed in, . . . more
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March 16, 2006 02:41 PM EST --
(The Story Begins Here, A Bad Beginning)
Summer 2005 - New Orleans, Louisiana
On Tuesday, August 23, the girl in Personal Observation Room 314 became agitated and had to be restrained, for . . . more
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May 01, 2006 08:52 AM EDT --
An excerpt from chapter five of the Cuddly Cookbook:
She had wondered into the kitchen and was staring at the contents of the fridge when Simon entered the flat and with his usual greeting to her had . . . more
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May 11, 2006 03:24 PM EDT --
I'm a gambler, but I never thought Russian Roulette would be my game. In my mind's eye, my life has become a gun, blued, cold steel, smelling slightly of oil and a tinge of ozone. A pearl . . . more
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February 16, 2007 06:14 PM EST --
Reposted to fix formatting screw-ups. Fingers crossed that it works this time around.
I've been writing short stories off and on for several years, and all of them have been set in . . . more
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January 15, 2007 12:06 PM EST --
Since I started this group as a forum for discussing self-publishing and the state of publishing in general, I suppose I should give some idea of where I stand on the subject. I wrote my first novel during . . . more
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