Tag: character
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November 19, 2009 01:11 PM EST --
An alarm sounded in the distance.
She knew, it was obvious, something happened.
Flashing through the dirty bus window, the yellow street light seemed eerie . . .
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August 19, 2009 02:17 AM EDT --
The sharpened pencil
bowed Stiffly
thanked mutely
to him.
Ready to spend hours
cutting an edge
chopping a line
scratching a layer.
Viciously submissive
owing gratitude
pleasure . . .
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November 20, 2009 06:30 PM EST --
Orbs
Like the orbs of soap from my daughter's bubble pipe,
I feel you grow within me,
cell by cell
and plasma after new plasma.
I wrap my arms around myself
knowing you . . .
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May 14, 2008 07:26 PM EDT --
Anyone who writes crime fiction, especially novels about a serial killer, is familiar with the sociopathic personality. But not all sociopaths are killers. Some psychologists estimate that there are thirty . . .
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June 18, 2008 01:45 PM EDT --
Once upon a time during a job review, my boss told me that I had one glaring character flaw. I always stick up for the underdog, even if I put myself in jeopardy. Now I disagree with the term . . .
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December 30, 2008 03:21 PM EST --
A friend of mine just emailed this to me and I thought I would share it with you.
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In a few days, an African American man will move from his private . . .
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February 27, 2009 10:20 AM EST --
Hi y'all, its me, Dixie Black. Since I moved back here last year, I've noticed that not too much has changed in this burg, even the faces seem the same. But that can't be true, can it? . . .
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February 27, 2009 12:28 PM EST --
Sometimes, I can do nothing more than close my eyes and try to regulate my breathing as the veil rends and lifts away. Rarely is that ever enough to stop my tears. In truth, they are your . . .
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March 03, 2009 03:00 PM EST --
I sent the list of questions to Mr. Tinker. He returned them to me after about 15 minutes.
•1. How many magnets do you have . . .
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March 04, 2009 02:51 AM EST --
This post is part of the Tuesday Writing Essential character development exercise located here.
Dear Launa ,
I hate to type and ain’t good at writing letters but I wanted to send you . . .
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March 04, 2009 11:51 AM EST --
For You ...
I should not be able to feel you as deeply within myself as I do, thus I am afraid; your soul strength and presence slip into my skin and I feel you working within me, with me, . . .
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March 04, 2009 03:13 PM EST --
This letter was received by Doyle from Mr. Tinker in response to a bulk mailing sent to all the homes in the community inviting them to a free Joint Genealogy Workshop and Presentation Series . . .
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January 19, 2009 10:42 AM EST --
Pat Bertram interviews Chip, the hero of her work-in-pause, a whimsically ironic apocalyptic fantasy:
Bertram: Continuing our discussion from October , Chip, tonight is again about word counts, . . .
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February 08, 2008 01:26 PM EST --
Interesting characters make interesting stories, not the other way around. Cardboard cutouts and comic book heroes serve the needs of many popular books today, but I want more than that for my current . . .
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August 10, 2007 08:15 AM EDT --
The fisherboat had just passed between huge boulders near the shore of the tiny island. Kalibri was said to be the visible top of an submerged mountain that jutted up above the ocean.
Ajay turned . . .
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September 16, 2007 11:01 PM EDT --
When a writer and an illustrator go somewhere to talk and share a cuppa, where would they go but to a bookstore?
My daughter Rachel (she the illustrator) and I were hanging out at the local B&N, where . . .
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May 02, 2008 10:29 PM EDT --
Tragedy
Bending steel
Unbearable pain
Life goes on
But never the same
Glome 2008
. . .
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January 08, 2009 12:12 AM EST --
If you would rekindle
your most excellent memory of who you have been
and bring that to me, all wrapped in who you are today,
I will do the same. . . .
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February 25, 2009 03:14 PM EST --
Launa took off the "Mike's All-Night Sub Shop" jacket and hung it on the hook. She brushed a piece of lettuce off her jeans and inspected the bottoms of her sneakers for errant bits of onion. Won't . . .
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February 27, 2009 11:54 AM EST --
Mail Order Brides
Beautiful Russian Ladies seek
marriage to American Men
Must be citizens, 22-55.
Reply in confidence:
PO Box 34223
NY, NY 10021
The letter came, . . .
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