Tag: writing
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May 25, 2008 03:11 PM EDT --
In my constant quest to find places to write and make even a little money, I saw a mention of this site and joined it. It certainly is easy and it posts on the front page what they are paying. All you . . . more
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August 13, 2008 08:50 PM EDT --
Of all the questions asked of fiction writers, the one most common is: Where do you get your ideas? It is a crucial question that goes to the heart of the storyteller's art. One might generalize . . . more
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May 19, 2007 09:06 PM EDT --
Two weeks ago, I went to a book signing. My friend and I were standing in line with our books waiting to be signed. Three delightful ladies were in line in front of us, with their . . . more
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September 05, 2008 11:44 AM EDT --
As some of you know I am working on a cookbook to be published. Well yesterday I received my first package from one of 4 publishing companies, with types of covers, binding, ect that I could chose from. . . . more
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August 12, 2007 11:50 AM EDT --
R each the stars and fly me across the moon
Abeautiful melody pass through this destiny
J ust for pretending the sadness smile
E nclose the dreams for all memories
N ear me a fairies sleep like an angel . . . more
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June 06, 2008 06:14 PM EDT --
What? You thought he'd done enough work today already?
Especially when you consider that all of this is getting done before he leaves for work at his store?
I thought so, actually. But he decided . . . more
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May 18, 2008 03:19 AM EDT --
If I'd died while you still loved me,
Then I would never know the pain
of watching you walk away
and being all alone again.
If I'd died in the beginning,
before I memorized your face, . . . more
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September 03, 2008 11:49 PM EDT --
Well, when Kathy was a girl of 4, she loved to get up early.
I mean early. 6 a.m early.
Particularly if everyone else in the neighborhood in Salt Lake was still asleep.
. . . more
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October 01, 2006 11:41 PM EDT --
I would like to be a better writer. I know I don't have the vocabulary. It would take too long to really increase my vocabulary and I know I won't take the time to try. I have always felt that . . . more
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June 03, 2008 07:50 AM EDT --
Good morning and welcome to Tuesday Writing Essentials, where you are welcome - and even encouraged - to spotlight your best work on Gather.
Just let us know what you consider your best work - preferably . . . more
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May 29, 2007 08:16 PM EDT --
Beyond mechanics, what makes good writing or, writing good?' Mechanics are often considered a necessary but not sufficent component of good writing.
What types of writing do you prefer?
Fiction or . . . more
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October 08, 2007 09:39 AM EDT --
People are always asking me what it takes to do what I do...to be a writer. Since I'm assuming these people have probably written something – something specific – then what they are . . . more
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January 19, 2008 06:41 AM EST --
A while back I received an email from a young man who was all in a tizzy to get his work out to the awaiting public. So incredible was his works of fiction it would make The Lord Of The Rings seem like . . . more
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March 23, 2008 12:57 AM EDT --
The examples are taken from Nora Roberts, but the technique applies to all fiction writing. All writing, period.
In Second Nature, one of two long novellas published in Nora Roberts 2003 re-issue . . . more
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September 04, 2008 05:06 PM EDT --
It seemed like a good idea at the time. I had time, but no money. I like writing. Why not write a novel? Indeed.
At first it was fun – researching things I . . . more
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August 11, 2006 09:29 AM EDT --
I think I could write anywhere. You could throw me naked in a meat locker turned to 42 degrees, and I would scrape words in the frost on the floor. It wouldn't be fun. Probably read like frozen crap, . . . more
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May 14, 2007 11:29 AM EDT --
A number of people are missing great opportunities to use the apostrophe in their insults. Because I want every member to be eligible for the Apostrophe Award, I offer this guide to using the . . . more
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June 03, 2007 03:25 AM EDT --
Looks like the old thread is dead. I've had just enough exercise, wine and jet-lag to put up a new post.
Stuff I've been thinking about in the wake of the contest...
Wrting is not a competitive . . . more
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October 14, 2007 06:53 AM EDT --
Peg is a friend of mine from a long time ago. We have a very complicated past, she and I, and it's nothing I would ever write about, or discuss with anyone else. The fact that we live four . . . more
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October 19, 2007 05:56 AM EDT --
The class in Macon was both long and ill conceived. It’s hard to teach construction from a classroom. If you want someone to learn how to make something you ought to have them in the field when . . . more
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