Tag: novels
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September 04, 2007 06:57 PM EDT --
In reading the Terry Shaw Interview, the last comment from Kathryn Esplin-Oleski sparked a wonderful thought.
Who is your favorite authors?(Male...Female...both)
My husbands biggest . . . more
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April 13, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
The older I get, the more I value short novels. It's a ratio thing. When I sit down to read, I wonder what percentage of my remaining life will be devoted to the book that is now in my hands. And what . . . more
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October 09, 2007 08:40 PM EDT --
So, who's doing Nano this year?
Have my outline ready, now to wait for the first! 22 days!
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May 06, 2008 08:42 AM EDT --
I recently joined this group on Gather because I do typically read somewhere around 50 to 60 novels in a year. I never kept exact track though.
I sat down this morning to try to compile a list . . . more
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November 21, 2007 12:00 AM EST --
Last...
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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January 28, 2008 02:57 PM EST --
You'll write two or more lines then someone else will write some other after me. It isn't a specific genre, but each person comments decides. Just try to leave it open for the one after you. Don't . . . more
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July 29, 2008 11:17 AM EDT --
After interrupting, and then signing autographs for some carpenters who were starting a set for Kiss Me Kate of a sea of rooftops, Joan trudged back to her dressing room. She thought . . . more
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January 23, 2008 04:19 PM EST --
"Hey kid!" she chirped at Shane from the door.
Shane yelped, "Ashlei?"
"Hee! 'Ashlei!' It's been a little while since anyone called me that. I go by Ash lately. . . . more
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February 15, 2008 04:46 PM EST --
I am hoping this might lead to some good book recommendations...
What was the last book you read, and was it any good?
I am currently reading the third book, Road to the Patriarch , in . . . more
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March 29, 2008 12:07 PM EDT --
My book, Darkness Descending , was selected as the best gay fiction book of 2007 by Reader Views Annual Literary Awards. This was the first contest that I entered, so I'm . . . more
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August 20, 2008 01:26 AM EDT --
Dialogue (unless your novel manages to avoid it entirely) is something both difficult and essential to get right. It serves two key purposes in fiction: it furthers the plot, and helps the author . . . more
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October 04, 2007 09:09 PM EDT --
I must confessed I have a new addiction, or shall I say, I’m having a relapse. I used to read romance novels almost non-stop when I was younger, and abandoned it when I got older, settling . . . more
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September 18, 2007 04:06 PM EDT --
Are you pulled in by this sentence? Or does it need work?
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“Mummy, look! It’s the purple weirdo.”
Today, like . . . more
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September 28, 2007 03:03 PM EDT --
I was a bit bored and didn't even have the mood to write so I thought I should write this:
I have read a lot of articles about how to pick a good book at a bookstore. But bookstores are BIG, how am . . . 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 --
Last...
"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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February 19, 2008 04:59 PM EST --
I entered my book, Darkness Descending , in a book contest a couple of months ago. The winners won't be announced until the end of March. About a month ago, my book was . . . more
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April 08, 2008 06:35 PM EDT --
We all work hard to create main characters we hope are dashing, daring, darling, or dangerous. We think for them, speak for them, and move them from here to there. They are, and . . . more
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August 12, 2008 04:50 AM EDT --
"7th Heaven" is the story of four close-knit female friends whose careers include: a cop, the Assistant District Attorney, a crime reporter, and a medical examiner.
They collectively . . . more
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February 22, 2007 03:33 AM EST --
Like many newcomers to Gather, I joined because of the "First Chapters" contest. I'm not new to the online world; I blog regularly and participate in a number of online communities. But I'd . . . more
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