Tag: chapter one
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September 18, 2007 01:41 AM EDT --
NOTE: This was my review of Chapter One of Fire Bell in the Night, by Geoffrey Edwards, originally posted March 21st, on his first chapter during the contest.
Click here to read my review of his . . .
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January 26, 2008 09:35 PM EST --
Shortly after submitting the first chapter of my novel in the Next Great Crime Writer Contest, I wondered just how good (or not so good) a former Gather.com . . .
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June 12, 2007 02:00 PM EDT --
CHAPTER ONE
Sometimes a mayfly skates across a pond, leaving a brief wake as thin as spider silk, and by staying low avoids those birds and bats that feed in flight. At six feet three, weighing . . .
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June 19, 2007 01:35 PM EDT --
CHAPTER TWO
A man's life can pivot on the smallest hinge of time. No minute is without potential for momentous change, and each tick of the clock might be the voice . . .
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January 09, 2009 02:53 PM EST --
Some of you read this chapter when I posted it for the TruTV Search for the Next Great Crime Writer contest (which I did not win -- what were they thinking?) but I'm pleased to announce . . .
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March 29, 2009 04:27 PM EDT --
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“Angels don’t exist.”
Nora Kendall chanted the phrase, just under her
breath, as she wove around the linen-draped tables that stood
between her and the ladies’ room. Angels don’t exist.
Another . . .
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August 07, 2007 02:12 PM EDT --
Time was in the kingdom of Berengeny that no one picked their spouses. No one courted - not officially, at any rate, and no one married in a . . .
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June 12, 2008 01:15 AM EDT --
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Chapter One
Her maid Chelsea bustled about laying reticules, an assortment of gowns and ribbons of varying shapes and colors on top of the four poster bed. The bed rested against . . .
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September 03, 2009 07:18 PM EDT --
(NaturalNews) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is at war with online retailers of nutritional supplements and natural remedies, but it recently lost a major battle: Lane Labs , which has suffered under . . .
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December 03, 2008 11:46 AM EST --
Thebes Legion
Just who were the men of the Thebes Legion
2008 has been a particularly exciting year for me at CERN ( Conseil Européen pour la . . .
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March 16, 2007 08:10 PM EDT --
I recently completed writing a full-length book based on my experiences selling Avon in So Cal (prior to moving to New Mexico a little over a year ago), as well as the incredible journey I had meeting . . .
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January 29, 2009 05:41 PM EST --
A post for Thursday's Gather writing Essential.
Chapter One: Page 1
Dancers twirled in unison as the strains of the waltz filled her ears. Heat from the dozens of candles radiated through the . . .
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August 20, 2007 03:33 PM EDT --
Can china change your life? A set of Flow Blue china changed mine.
Chapter One
Which will make you want to wear a button.
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June 20, 2007 03:43 PM EDT --
She stood on the terrace, watching the sun rise, in her silk midnight blue night dress. She just stood there, slightly leaning over the railing, hoping to see her parents leave. See her parents were early . . .
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November 18, 2008 01:12 AM EST --
Coming soon to a *Gatherer* near you! - a mysterious labyrinth of a book series that will leave you questioning the world you thought you once knew. A phantom Isle lost among the nautical miles, trapped . . .
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December 14, 2007 05:47 PM EST --
Blood Oath
by Shawn P Mahoney
The black sedan turned the corner and crept down the street.
Behind the wheel sat Maxmillian "Mad Max" DeSalvatore. Max had just . . .
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March 03, 2008 01:15 PM EST --
**This is the first chapter of my completed novella, Flakes Bloom. I'm happy to post subsequent chapters if commenters want them. For more of my writing feel free to check out www.iwritegood.com . . .
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August 14, 2008 08:04 PM EDT --
Frank sat mesmerized by melodic laughter. Seeking the source, he lifted his head, seeing Selene being circled by several young men. Selene was so petite, that he wondered if she actually reached five . . .
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July 04, 2009 11:08 PM EDT --
Nothing ever works out how you plan it to does it? Even the most organized person in the world experiences at least one glitch in life and I feel sorry for the people who aren’t necessarily interested . . .
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August 28, 2009 02:27 PM EDT --
I wandered in the well of time, chasing lost moments of my life. Clocks that told the good times, clocks that spoke of much strife.
I weep for the emptying spool that spins off the days I will live. . . .
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