It’s rumored that Ernest Hemingway considered his best work a simple six-word quip: “For sale: baby shoes, never used.” Clever, huh? Few of us will match his greatness, but that doesn’t stop us. Writing — like all forms of communicating — is a universal urge. We write because we must, even if it hurts.
let’s try this name dropping thing: I grew up with Al Pacino ! in a western village in southern Florida, right off the panhandle border with Georgia, and me and Buddy Baker are always getting ou… more →
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Heidi wrote 21 minutes ago: So I finally hit 10, 000 words on November 5, but I was dead tired after. Day 4 I didn’t meet … more →
victanguera wrote 25 minutes ago: Here’s a little scenario for today’s prompt: I lied to him about where I would be for th … more →
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talewright wrote 37 minutes ago: As of this posting, Barmaglot now has 13,595 words. I am one day ahead of the writing schedule. 02.i … more →
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Doug Geivett wrote 52 minutes ago: I always have an unwieldy number of writing projects doubtfully spinning into existence at the same … more →
Ysharros wrote 53 minutes ago: Having seen this article over at Sarcastic Gamer, on the need for platform specificity when reviewin … more →
Jared wrote 55 minutes ago: I hold an impromptu meeting with the characters of my story. We decide to meet in the regular coffee … more →
R.C. Murphy wrote 58 minutes ago: I wrote this back in 2007 or so. Isis and Connor came to me on accident. I hadn’t thought that … more →
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