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Writing Wednesday – Flash Fiction
I’ve mentioned #FridayFlash before and the fact that for me it started a bit before I found out about this group of writers. Writing When I set out to write a piece of fiction each Friday I didn’t kno… more →
Being Blunt and Erratic
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jeanne wrote 3 days ago: yesterday jim came down with swine fever. i had swine head cold last week. but he suddenly had a f … more →
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jeanne wrote 2 weeks ago: nobody’s died yet. that’s bad. i’ve got to kill someone real soon. yesterday i w … more →
Writing Wednesday – Flash Fiction
Leigh Barlow wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve mentioned #FridayFlash before and the fact that for me it started a bit before I found out abou … more →
Crisis of Faith
Dindy wrote 1 month ago: I am reading Bloodwork by Michael Connelly. The main character in the book is a former FBI profiler, … more →
In it for the money?
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Lynsey May wrote 2 months ago: When I was a kid my mum used to joke about how mercenary I was (normally when I’d demand payme … more →
Choose Your Own Apocalypse
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Robert Lamb wrote 3 months ago: "Hello, my name is Shiva and I'll be your harbinger of global destruction for the evening. … more →
Communication + Character Development (and a Four-Month-Old Baby)
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inconvenientbody wrote 4 months ago: One week ago (and some days) my son, Henry Rainer, started to talk–He started to babble, rathe … more →
The Volcano Files: The Explosive Career of Mickey Sweets
Rodger Jacobs wrote 4 months ago: From the L.A. Times archive, 10/05/81: Studio Pyrotechnic Mishap Kills Noted Choreographer LOS ANGEL … more →
A must have book for new (& old) writers - 'How not to write a novel'
bubblegumkitten wrote 5 months ago: I read this book recently – and it doesn’t do any sort of reinventing the wheel, it does … more →
The Devil's Toothache
bconvis wrote 5 months ago: Here it is, boys and girls, a little later than promised… but later is better than never, from … more →
* Novelist Sara Paretsky, Cubs fan
ronkaplan wrote 6 months ago: The Chicago Tribune ran this profile of Paretsky, creator of popular character V.I. Warshawski, and … more →
For whom should the author write?
glintsoflight wrote 8 months ago: From The Rhetoric of Fiction by Wayne C. Booth: [I]f [the author] makes [his readers] well — t … more →
Atmospheric Disturbances, by Rivka Galchen
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Cheese wrote 8 months ago: Disclaimer: the following review deals with material that is highly technical, and some might say is … more →
me: writing
beanstew wrote 9 months ago: heyyyyy so check out me being creative and writing and stuff on the tab over there => or above ca … more →
What’s In a Title
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Leigh Barlow wrote 1 year ago: Everything, it would appear. Two days ago I should have started work on the next book. (Well, okay, … more →
Did I Say I Was Reading
Leigh Barlow wrote 1 year ago: “I’ve started writing short stories and novels.” “Oh, good, you want to read … more →
NaNo - T Minus 365
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Leigh Barlow wrote 1 year ago: So the countdown begins again. Okay, I’m not really spending the next year counting down to 20 … more →
NaNo - Day Thirty
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Leigh Barlow wrote 1 year ago: November is at an end and not only did I complete the 50,000 words needed for NaNo I also finished t … more →
NaNo – Day Twenty Nine
Leigh Barlow wrote 1 year ago: The blog is being written early today. Who am I kidding some of them are done days before. What I me … more →
