Tag: life
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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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March 24, 2006 05:07 PM EST --
Let's see if following some writer's group rules would make us happier, more productive writers. When posting a story or article, writers can ask that "Writers Group Rules" apply-- or . . . more
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May 25, 2006 02:14 PM EDT --
I suppose the title shouldn't be "Why I Write", but why I post my writing here. I write to be read. I write to make someone feel. I don't imagine my words will change the world, but I . . . 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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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 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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June 09, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
Welcome!
Writer's Life is where you can tell us anything about your life as a writer--what inspires, what drags you down, what makes you laugh so hard that you get a series of humor articles . . . more
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October 13, 2006 06:22 PM EDT --
The low floodlights come up first, gels of blue, deep red, purple and some muted yellows. Hakim, with his own mini floodlight in the left-hand bass drum takes up the beat, both feet beating out . . . more
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March 16, 2006 02:43 PM EST --
(If you haven't read Part 1, you might want to click here )
On Saturday morning, Lisa is putting a few days worth of clothes and necessities into her much-worn suitcase. Governor Babineaux . . . more
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April 29, 2006 05:52 AM EDT --
Sue sat in a room with only a bare bulb overhead and a pack of Gitanes and Camels in her hand.
Her eyes burned in the haze thick as soup that swirled above the bulb; her nose was buried in her book as . . . more
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March 25, 2006 09:33 AM EST --
Finding My Voice, And Sharing The Discovery With You
George Corneliussen
If I were talking to you in "people time" right now, I'd be telling you that I wrote and published my first article . . . more
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December 29, 2005 11:31 AM EST --
Life with Olivia (a true story)
©2006 Pam Freeth All rights reserved
I come from a long line of family members who like to write. It didn't become a necessity in my life . . . more
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July 12, 2007 10:31 PM EDT --
I just returned hours ago from attending a two day summer orientation with my son at Pitt Bradford University. It's a beautiful little school in north west PA. The hours there reminded me how unique . . . more
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March 23, 2006 03:50 PM EST --
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Five useful books for writers who know their manuscript is good, but maybe…"It needs work."
"78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published . . . more
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March 24, 2006 06:58 PM EST --
I gather my notebook, pen, and the application from the car.
I received a call from this woman about a week ago. She's interested in having her child attend the head start pre-school program . . . more
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May 29, 2006 02:48 PM EDT --
Mike tossed back another Budweiser as the "party favors" arrived. Just another member of the group, he received a clear baggy from a guy in a grey hoodie. "Party favors" . . . more
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July 05, 2006 11:22 AM EDT --
It was always Tommy. He spoke, and they crowded him with their eyes.
He was bigger than me, bigger than all of us, and sooner too. His hormones bestowed towering height and bulging girth. It seemed . . . more
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April 01, 2006 04:13 AM EST --
The morning Sue Hapenny was born, circus elephants danced, lions jumped through rings of fire, and choirs of angels sang throughout the heavens. Or so she was told.
After hours of labor in which . . . more
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September 26, 2007 08:46 PM EDT --
I had the privilege today of attending Terry Shaw's book signing at Borders in Boston. It was a very warm late September day in the city. I drove up from Cape Cod and . . . more
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April 29, 2006 03:23 PM EDT --
The morning Sue Hapenny was born, circus elephants danced, lions jumped through rings of fire and choirs of angels sang throughout the heavens.
Or so she was told.
After hours of labor in which . . . more
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