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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 5462

Want to help an old-time DUer with a Kindle Scout vote? 10 valerief May 2015 May 2015 3 4034

I Can't Not Write 9 cali Jun 2014 May 2015 2 3277

Ah fun, these days not only am I doing long form journalism 1 nadinbrzezinski May 2015 May 2015 4 2089

Pikes Peak Writers Conference 0 SheilaT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2034

Essay contest --- Win an inn! 3 Petrushka Mar 2015 Apr 2015 0 2610

Anthology Calls --- Evernight Publishing & Evernight Teen 0 Petrushka Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2187

The Horizon of Veronica Smart 1 vixengrl Mar 2015 Apr 2015 1 2509

The very first screenwriting book (written in 1913) is free on Amazon this weekend. 1 TeamPooka Mar 2015 Apr 2015 1 2377

(An SF-Horror story) Flesh of her Flesh 1 vixengrl Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 2639

Evernight Teen --- call for submissions 0 Petrushka Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1982

Is anyone doing Kindle Scout? 12 wryter2000 Dec 2014 Mar 2015 2 4388

NEA Creative Writing Fellowships 0 Petrushka Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1837

'To Kill A Mockingbird' Author Harper Lee To Publish Second Novel 3 CrispyQ Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2734

Yoohoo, calling all published writers looking for promo opportunities! 5 OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 Jan 2015 2 3326

Haven't been here in a while. I am working on a Science Fiction Novel. 10 Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 6295

Hello, I would like to submit a short story for review. 13 clarice Oct 2014 Dec 2014 0 3804

What to do when you get writer's block. 3 rug Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2227

NANOWRIMO anyone? 12 Lilyhoney Sep 2014 Oct 2014 3 3462

alt-weekly in Tucson Hiring a Staff Writer 0 Kali Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1934

Published for the first time: An Essay on Creativity by Isaac Asimov 0 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1894

Neil Gaiman: ‘Terry Pratchett isn’t jolly. He’s angry’ 1 n2doc Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2112

Last day to vote in my internet poll. Thank you again for all your support! 4 TeamPooka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2408

Would A Ghost Say That? Paranormal screenwriting class in Los Angeles 9/20 0 TeamPooka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1884

Show don't tell 13 CrispyQ Aug 2014 Sep 2014 2 4428

Project Hieroglyph: Fighting society's dystopian future 0 hunter Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2088

Computer program for writers 27 oneshooter Mar 2013 Sep 2014 1 8637

I started writing in January. 3 CrispyQ Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2127

Slush Pile Hell. Always a fun read. 2 valerief Aug 2014 Aug 2014 6 2132

Anyone going to the Rocky Mt. Fiction Writer's conference next week? 0 CrispyQ Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1962

Writing Continued...

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A poem. 2 littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 2302

Great NYT piece on writing, and failure 0 Brainstormy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 2051

Plot Thickens as 900 Writers Battle Amazon 0 geardaddy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1817

So I finally found a critical reading group. 20 Squinch Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 4499

How to write anonymous non-fiction when the details would give you away? 7 NightWatcher Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 2737

To those who are published... 13 shockedcanadian Nov 2013 Jul 2014 0 3482

Philosophy Of Love 0 theexwife Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1728

My new book 6 DavidDvorkin Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2548

My Son Claims I'm A "Girly-girl" 6 cali Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2788

Free at Amazon: Novel, "Mack the Ripper" Marxist take on the Whitechapel Murders 0 McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1981

A Painting Hangs Over My Life 14 cali May 2014 Jun 2014 11 4638

"How to use a semicolon"... 11 TreasonousBastard Oct 2013 Jun 2014 13 4699

Happy Towel Day: Six Life Lessons From Marvin The Paranoid Android 2 icymist May 2014 May 2014 1 2196

10 Painful Rejection Letters To Famous People Proving You Should NEVER Give Up Your Dreams 2 geardaddy May 2014 May 2014 3 2588

Trying to remember a poem... 0 TommyCelt May 2014 May 2014 0 1715

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 May 2014 1 1594

A piece I wrote recently on art 6 cali May 2014 May 2014 2 2864

One of the benefits of being a news person as a writer is some of the people 0 nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1658

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Quixote1818 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1722

Looking back at our years, 8 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 Apr 2014 1 2362

The Rowan Tree - political novel - free for Kindle 2 breakingranks Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2121

Writing contest thread Spring 2014 0 Tsiyu Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1670

I need help editing my paper for submission to a medical journal 1 w8liftinglady Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 14352

Does anyone have experience in writing solicitation letters for a business? A new job is requiring 1 adirondacker Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2014

anyone doing this Kindle Worlds (writing for an established world for profit) 0 eShirl Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1788

Good contest for fiction writers 6 Brainstormy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2632

Blogs...Does Anyone Blog? 6 CherokeeDem Jan 2014 Mar 2014 0 2600

Free ebooks! Free! 1 DavidDvorkin Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2288

Listen to 15 Literary Icons Reading Their Own Work. 0 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1673

ABNA Novel contest 5 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2713

Writing Continued...

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Pikes Peak Writers Conference 0 SheilaT Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1647

Recommending a website 1 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 2255

Introducing myself 8 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2894

It's nearly done!...edited on July 21 - it is essentially done! 4 NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 Feb 2014 5 2416

Tiddlywikly 0 nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1620

Online writing programs? 6 HipChick Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2673

The diiference. 4 rug Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2475

Today I had to work on a hard story. 0 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1598

Here's a link so you can download most of this years Oscar contending screenplays, legal and free 3 TeamPooka Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 2693

So before Tom's computer bit the dust, (it is at the shop getting upgraded, we use our electronics ) 1 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1601

Two weeks of almost no writing, due to a family emergency 0 nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1499

5 Dumb Writing Gimmicks That Became Classic Books 0 icymist Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2054

I've gone and done it again 5 PATRICK Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2238

special NaNoWriMo 2013 free trial version of Scrivener *almost 2 months* 5 eShirl Oct 2013 Nov 2013 1 2517

Hey fellow writers. Here is a possibly useful tool 1 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 Nov 2013 1 1787

Markdown language (ok for the non geeks text files with markup) 3 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2200

If I may brag (again) 7 Pab Sungenis Aug 2013 Oct 2013 4 2740

E-book publication? How do you go about it?t Is it better/cheaper than an Agent? 19 Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 Oct 2013 1 5085

Free Sample Chapter of My New Mystery Thriller - The Lineman 2 soleft Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2034

Ok, here is a link to a piece I am working on 7 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2551

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