Tag: literature
group name: novelistlounge
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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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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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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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December 26, 2007 04:33 PM EST --
It was a dreadful day at Bogfruit's School of Kitchencraft and Pastries. Dolores Ovenridge, professor of Defense Against the Fattening Arts, gave me detention and made me write lines. . . . more
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March 01, 2006 11:40 AM EST --
(The earlier chapter, The City Drowned, can be found here )
The moth spun down from beyond the sky. Its wings, a dusty mosaic of interlocked feathery scales, beat as fast as a hummingbird's. . . . more
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December 02, 2007 05:19 PM EST --
Hey everyone,
I recently joined your group and look forward to getting to know the readers and writers "out there". I just signed up with Gather when I entered the Court TV Crime Writers . . . 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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May 14, 2007 07:46 AM EDT --
I won't apologize...why should I? I came here a few weeks back--can't remember when exactly--and was interested in entering the First Chapters Competition. . . . more
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May 15, 2007 08:47 AM EDT --
Monica Kennedy et al--
I may have been brusque in assuming anything, before getting to know you all; but, I published this first submission a few weeks ago, before I knew . . . more
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October 13, 2006 06:04 PM EDT --
I travel a great deal these days for work. Between business meetings and lunches, plane rides and cab fares, I have far less time than I'd like to read. When I find a little time to myself, . . . more
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March 17, 2006 09:02 PM EST --
I need help. I've looked at this chapter until I can't be objective any more. I've received mixed comments on it from other critique groups, rewritten it a couple more times, and thought I'd . . . more
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October 10, 2007 09:28 AM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
Talk about being specific, I found one agent who is so specific as to the type of manuscript he is looking for, it is as if you were sitting next to him and having a cup of coffee. . . . more
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November 24, 2007 08:48 AM EST --
Leesburg, Virginia: a small-town satellite of Washington, D. C. At first glance, the residents of Leesburg are typically hard-working, down-to-earth folks. Underneath the surface, however, Leesburg is . . . more
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April 11, 2006 02:20 AM EDT --
Slikker the Gold Detective and the case of the anxious aristocrat.
Mt Britton gold field. Nth Qld. Australia.
Friday the 13th of June. 1884.
a flash looking cove.
While Slikker washed and changed . . . more
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March 21, 2007 11:48 PM EDT --
Blindsided
Brian Palmer
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976933692
Synopsis: Kate Rowland is a closed off, twenty-something widow who works at a tiny bookstore, choosing to entertain . . . more
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October 30, 2007 08:45 AM EDT --
My first self-published novel is called Whip . To understand why, you'll have to read deep into the story.
Whip is a crime story. . . . more
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June 16, 2007 05:23 PM EDT --
Consider the snow
on the mountainside.
It falls softly and silently,
hardly able to be felt as a single unit.
It lies in brilliant radiance:
pure and white, almost innocent,
able to be trodden . . . more
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