Tag: novels
group name: writerscove
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November 21, 2007 12:00 AM EST --
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On the advice of the officer, Roselyn went to her parents' house to sleep. Her parents, despite their threats, had yet to turn her childhood bedroom into a study or weight room or storage . . . more
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October 04, 2007 05:12 PM EDT --
I am attempting to write a character piece. I am going to start with a character sketch and hopefully expand it in to a play, which I am hopping to write. My question to my fellow writers is: . . . more
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November 25, 2007 08:03 PM EST --
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"Did you get a tan? It looks awful on you," the round, redheaded woman waddled around Dryden appraisingly. The convenience uniform fit her poorly, mostly made for someone significantly . . . more
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March 01, 2008 06:43 AM EST --
Hello, friends and writers!
While I am busily rennovating my house, I'm going to occasionally recycle a few older articles that still have traction. See what you think about this one, . . . more
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July 17, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
CHAPTER 2
My days in the McCleoud house were uneventful at first. I had my little room off of the kitchen. "Not much to look at," Rosa Mae had declared while showing me my new . . . more
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November 21, 2007 12:12 AM EST --
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Seth dropped the unconscious girl into the trunk of his sedan and returned to the apartment through the front door he had torn open. He wasn't interested in subtlety; all of this was . . . 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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February 17, 2008 06:40 PM EST --
When can a writer's writing be used against him in a court of law? This is the question David Grann examines in his fascinating article "True Crime, A postmodern murder mystery," . . . more
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November 12, 2007 01:38 PM EST --
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"Okay, let's run through this again."
Seth rolled his eyes. "You newbies are pathetic. You are dead, a vampire."
Dryden nodded. "Got that."
"You . . . more
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September 19, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
Many authors say that publication day is a bit of a letdown. They may not have expected bells ringing in the square, or strangers crossing the street to ask for an autograph, but they expected--well, something. . . . more
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January 12, 2008 03:18 PM EST --
Hello, writers!
Have you ever written a book based on a dream?
For the past few weeks, I've been digging around for the subject of my next book, the thirteenth. On a whim, I decided . . . more
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November 25, 2007 09:58 PM EST --
As I start into the last third of my current WIP, I search my video shelf for the right inspiration. I seldom write in the silence. Sometimes I like music, preferably movie sound tracks. But as often . . . more
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November 17, 2007 10:17 AM EST --
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Dryden screamed and moaned at the sunlight touched his skin. His flesh felt hot and tight and, as he landed, his bones seemed brittle and sharp jutting against his muscles. He screamed as . . . more
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December 03, 2007 12:52 PM EST --
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Shane awoke to Seth smoothing back her hair. Shane thought he looked almost avuncular, were it not for the gleam in his eye she most associated with Roselyn looking at breakfast after a long, . . . more
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August 06, 2007 06:08 AM EDT --
This is something that a friend of mine is toying with. She has a Sci-Fi novel/story she's penning. She's wondering what the policy towards using older people's works in a story as quotes? . . . more
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December 07, 2007 10:49 PM EST --
CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER. THE WINERY CONTACTED ME AND SUGGESTED IT WOULDN'T BE SAFE TO DRIVE THE 1.5 HOURS TO KEUKA LAKE TOMORROW.
WE'LL RESCEHDULE SOME NEW EVENTS . . . more
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June 28, 2007 12:23 PM EDT --
My readers often ask, "Are you Gus LeGarde?"
I laugh and tell them, "Hardly. Gus is a much better man than me."
I genuinely mean it when I say it. But is it really true? . . . more
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October 06, 2007 01:35 AM EDT --
Most if not all writers who have spent any number of months on a novel or story can attest to the importance of knowing your characters. The more you know a character the more real they become to you. . . . more
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April 03, 2007 06:59 AM EDT --
In the past I've written articles on CHARACTERIZATION, SHOWING vs TELLING, ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE.
Where some of the writers involved with this competition have finished their first . . . more
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April 13, 2007 10:57 AM EDT --
I just finished re-readng "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald for the third time. I absolutely love that book! It amazes me that although it was written about 80 years ago, . . . more
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