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Key west 1969 2 zippythepinhead Dec 2016 Dec 2016 1 3605
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My new "Secret of Love" 1 PavelKO Nov 2016 Dec 2016 0 3322
Eight Underrated Skills That’ll Make You a Rockstar in the Book Industry 1 Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 Sep 2016 6 2809
The Metaphorical Life 0 Viva_Daddy Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 2291
Advice please.. 26 clarice Feb 2014 Aug 2016 2 9312
Group creative project writing help sought for animated video 1 roseBudd Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 2428
Free Kindle books through 6/6/16. All light reads, so light they're almost weightless. 0 valerief Jun 2016 Jun 2016 0 2748
“We would have paid her the same if she weighed 500 pounds” 0 icymist May 2016 May 2016 3 2394
Story idea: A Balkanized United States 6 LongTomH Sep 2014 Apr 2016 0 4310
Hunny the TV Man: Tales of an Aging TV Repairman & Don Juan 0 valerief Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2434
Tall Buildings: Disasterpiece Masterpiece 0 valerief Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2517
This message was self-deleted by its author 11 valerief Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 4780
The Medicinal Martini: Take Two Martinis and Call Me in the Morning 0 valerief Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 2639
Geezer Summer of Love: When Old Men Were Sexy 0 valerief Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 2579
The Big Reason Why Agents and Editors Often Stop Reading 6 Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 Feb 2016 3 4424
Out of Print - a documentary 1 Lodestar Dec 2015 Feb 2016 2 2774
Success! 20 NRaleighLiberal Dec 2014 Feb 2016 20 7382
This sentence has five words. 32 rug Sep 2015 Feb 2016 51 13921
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NRaleighLiberal Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 2019
My picture story circa 1962 which includes Trump Sr. being banned from France. 5 valerief Jan 2016 Jan 2016 7 3386
Anyone interested in a traditional chain novel? 4 Tab Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 3130
Downton appy: Julian Fellowes tries new format for novel 2 hunter Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 2730
Writer Unboxed: The Current by Donald Maass 1 Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 3031
My free (for a few days) Kindle novel on amazon. 0 valerief Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2594
Nice mention of my Sherlock Holmes novel 0 DavidDvorkin Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 2138
Red Eyes 2 DavidDvorkin Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2915
Homme de Plume: What I Learned Sending My Novel Out Under a Male Name 3 CrispyQ Aug 2015 Aug 2015 5 2764

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How do you all go about getting a good critical reader for a completed novel? 26 Squinch Dec 2013 Jun 2015 0 8064
Want to help an old-time DUer with a Kindle Scout vote? 10 valerief May 2015 May 2015 3 5206
I Can't Not Write 9 cali Jun 2014 May 2015 2 4335
Ah fun, these days not only am I doing long form journalism 1 nadinbrzezinski May 2015 May 2015 4 2584
Pikes Peak Writers Conference 0 SheilaT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2372
Essay contest --- Win an inn! 3 Petrushka Mar 2015 Apr 2015 0 3170
Anthology Calls --- Evernight Publishing & Evernight Teen 0 Petrushka Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2656
The Horizon of Veronica Smart 1 vixengrl Mar 2015 Apr 2015 1 2984
The very first screenwriting book (written in 1913) is free on Amazon this weekend. 1 TeamPooka Mar 2015 Apr 2015 1 2783
(An SF-Horror story) Flesh of her Flesh 1 vixengrl Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 3073
Evernight Teen --- call for submissions 0 Petrushka Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 2315
Is anyone doing Kindle Scout? 12 wryter2000 Dec 2014 Mar 2015 2 5823
NEA Creative Writing Fellowships 0 Petrushka Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2201
'To Kill A Mockingbird' Author Harper Lee To Publish Second Novel 3 CrispyQ Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 3420
Yoohoo, calling all published writers looking for promo opportunities! 5 OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 Jan 2015 2 4094
Haven't been here in a while. I am working on a Science Fiction Novel. 10 Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 7988
Hello, I would like to submit a short story for review. 13 clarice Oct 2014 Dec 2014 0 5366
What to do when you get writer's block. 3 rug Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2729
NANOWRIMO anyone? 12 Lilyhoney Sep 2014 Oct 2014 3 4855
alt-weekly in Tucson Hiring a Staff Writer 0 Kali Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2270
Published for the first time: An Essay on Creativity by Isaac Asimov 0 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2241
Neil Gaiman: ‘Terry Pratchett isn’t jolly. He’s angry’ 1 n2doc Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2533
Last day to vote in my internet poll. Thank you again for all your support! 4 TeamPooka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 3102
Would A Ghost Say That? Paranormal screenwriting class in Los Angeles 9/20 0 TeamPooka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2238
Show don't tell 13 CrispyQ Aug 2014 Sep 2014 2 5965
Project Hieroglyph: Fighting society's dystopian future 0 hunter Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2513
Computer program for writers 27 oneshooter Mar 2013 Sep 2014 1 11882
I started writing in January. 3 CrispyQ Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2643
Slush Pile Hell. Always a fun read. 2 valerief Aug 2014 Aug 2014 6 2636
Anyone going to the Rocky Mt. Fiction Writer's conference next week? 0 CrispyQ Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2355

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A poem. 2 littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 2803
Great NYT piece on writing, and failure 0 Brainstormy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 2388
Plot Thickens as 900 Writers Battle Amazon 0 geardaddy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2162
So I finally found a critical reading group. 20 Squinch Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 6372
How to write anonymous non-fiction when the details would give you away? 7 NightWatcher Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 3549
To those who are published... 13 shockedcanadian Nov 2013 Jul 2014 0 5045
Philosophy Of Love 0 theexwife Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1992
My new book 6 DavidDvorkin Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 3397
My Son Claims I'm A "Girly-girl" 6 cali Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 3593
Free at Amazon: Novel, "Mack the Ripper" Marxist take on the Whitechapel Murders 0 McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2324
A Painting Hangs Over My Life 14 cali May 2014 Jun 2014 11 6223
"How to use a semicolon"... 11 TreasonousBastard Oct 2013 Jun 2014 13 6177
Happy Towel Day: Six Life Lessons From Marvin The Paranoid Android 2 icymist May 2014 May 2014 1 2674
10 Painful Rejection Letters To Famous People Proving You Should NEVER Give Up Your Dreams 2 geardaddy May 2014 May 2014 3 3108
Trying to remember a poem... 0 TommyCelt May 2014 May 2014 0 2053
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 May 2014 1 1865
A piece I wrote recently on art 6 cali May 2014 May 2014 2 3759
One of the benefits of being a news person as a writer is some of the people 0 nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2003
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Quixote1818 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2393
Looking back at our years, 8 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 Apr 2014 1 3368
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