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Anthology Calls --- Evernight Publishing & Evernight Teen 0 Petrushka Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2132
The Horizon of Veronica Smart 1 vixengrl Mar 2015 Apr 2015 1 2427
The very first screenwriting book (written in 1913) is free on Amazon this weekend. 1 TeamPooka Mar 2015 Apr 2015 1 2323
(An SF-Horror story) Flesh of her Flesh 1 vixengrl Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 2554
Evernight Teen --- call for submissions 0 Petrushka Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1946
Is anyone doing Kindle Scout? 12 wryter2000 Dec 2014 Mar 2015 2 4260
NEA Creative Writing Fellowships 0 Petrushka Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1797
'To Kill A Mockingbird' Author Harper Lee To Publish Second Novel 3 CrispyQ Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2659
Yoohoo, calling all published writers looking for promo opportunities! 5 OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 Jan 2015 2 3218
Haven't been here in a while. I am working on a Science Fiction Novel. 10 Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 6049
Hello, I would like to submit a short story for review. 13 clarice Oct 2014 Dec 2014 0 3670
What to do when you get writer's block. 3 rug Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2175
NANOWRIMO anyone? 12 Lilyhoney Sep 2014 Oct 2014 3 3333
alt-weekly in Tucson Hiring a Staff Writer 0 Kali Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1891
Published for the first time: An Essay on Creativity by Isaac Asimov 0 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1845
Neil Gaiman: ‘Terry Pratchett isn’t jolly. He’s angry’ 1 n2doc Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2065
Last day to vote in my internet poll. Thank you again for all your support! 4 TeamPooka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2344
Would A Ghost Say That? Paranormal screenwriting class in Los Angeles 9/20 0 TeamPooka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1846
Show don't tell 13 CrispyQ Aug 2014 Sep 2014 2 4267
Project Hieroglyph: Fighting society's dystopian future 0 hunter Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2043
Computer program for writers 27 oneshooter Mar 2013 Sep 2014 1 8287
I started writing in January. 3 CrispyQ Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2078
Slush Pile Hell. Always a fun read. 2 valerief Aug 2014 Aug 2014 6 2079
Anyone going to the Rocky Mt. Fiction Writer's conference next week? 0 CrispyQ Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1916
A poem. 2 littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 2243
Great NYT piece on writing, and failure 0 Brainstormy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 2008
Plot Thickens as 900 Writers Battle Amazon 0 geardaddy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1765
So I finally found a critical reading group. 20 Squinch Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 4304
How to write anonymous non-fiction when the details would give you away? 7 NightWatcher Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 2636
To those who are published... 13 shockedcanadian Nov 2013 Jul 2014 0 3318

Writing Continued...

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Philosophy Of Love 0 theexwife Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1704
My new book 6 DavidDvorkin Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2439
My Son Claims I'm A "Girly-girl" 6 cali Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2679
Free at Amazon: Novel, "Mack the Ripper" Marxist take on the Whitechapel Murders 0 McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1936
A Painting Hangs Over My Life 14 cali May 2014 Jun 2014 11 4509
"How to use a semicolon"... 11 TreasonousBastard Oct 2013 Jun 2014 13 4548
Happy Towel Day: Six Life Lessons From Marvin The Paranoid Android 2 icymist May 2014 May 2014 1 2118
10 Painful Rejection Letters To Famous People Proving You Should NEVER Give Up Your Dreams 2 geardaddy May 2014 May 2014 3 2508
Trying to remember a poem... 0 TommyCelt May 2014 May 2014 0 1685
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 May 2014 1 1570
A piece I wrote recently on art 6 cali May 2014 May 2014 2 2783
One of the benefits of being a news person as a writer is some of the people 0 nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1626
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Quixote1818 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1651
Looking back at our years, 8 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 Apr 2014 1 2244
The Rowan Tree - political novel - free for Kindle 2 breakingranks Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2058
Writing contest thread Spring 2014 0 Tsiyu Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1626
I need help editing my paper for submission to a medical journal 1 w8liftinglady Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 14292
Does anyone have experience in writing solicitation letters for a business? A new job is requiring 1 adirondacker Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1957
anyone doing this Kindle Worlds (writing for an established world for profit) 0 eShirl Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1741
Good contest for fiction writers 6 Brainstormy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2558
Blogs...Does Anyone Blog? 6 CherokeeDem Jan 2014 Mar 2014 0 2523
Free ebooks! Free! 1 DavidDvorkin Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2250
Listen to 15 Literary Icons Reading Their Own Work. 0 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1636
ABNA Novel contest 5 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2615
Pikes Peak Writers Conference 0 SheilaT Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1613
Recommending a website 1 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 2188
Introducing myself 8 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2787
It's nearly done!...edited on July 21 - it is essentially done! 4 NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 Feb 2014 5 2348
Tiddlywikly 0 nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1580
Online writing programs? 6 HipChick Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2594

Writing Continued...

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The diiference. 4 rug Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2376
Today I had to work on a hard story. 0 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1572
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 2603
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 1559
Two weeks of almost no writing, due to a family emergency 0 nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1474
5 Dumb Writing Gimmicks That Became Classic Books 0 icymist Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2016
I've gone and done it again 5 PATRICK Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2152
special NaNoWriMo 2013 free trial version of Scrivener *almost 2 months* 5 eShirl Oct 2013 Nov 2013 1 2432
Hey fellow writers. Here is a possibly useful tool 1 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 Nov 2013 1 1734
Markdown language (ok for the non geeks text files with markup) 3 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2133
If I may brag (again) 7 Pab Sungenis Aug 2013 Oct 2013 4 2625
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 4876
Free Sample Chapter of My New Mystery Thriller - The Lineman 2 soleft Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1988
Ok, here is a link to a piece I am working on 7 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2440
Shameless commercial plug. 0 Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1867
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 davidpdx Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1430
Alternative History Fantasy Novel Free at Amazon, "The Idea of Good and Evil in Diablo, California" 1 McCamy Taylor Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1735
Ever had a character "Photo Bomb" other stories you are writing? 5 Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 Sep 2013 1 2547
On the literary trail in Scotland 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1672
My latest sci/fi novella "The Marriage Hearse" free at Amazon 4 McCamy Taylor Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2008
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