Tag: books
group name: shortfiction
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August 02, 2007 09:10 PM EDT --
I find as a writer, that an old dictionary is a great tool.
In fact, the older the dictionary, the better.
Now I have two very old dictionaries that I use, but I have others that are not so old, and . . . more
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March 26, 2007 08:48 PM EST --
As the bright blood red half sun began to rise and flood the small sand block building with sunlight like high tide, Vilov sat in front of the map wrack sifting through hundreds of maps. Vilov sat . . . more
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June 06, 2007 12:33 AM EDT --
GETTING PUBLISHED: 7 Things to Remember
Hi All,
I’m an author with 2 published books and a third one coming out this summer with HarperCollins titled, WHEN PARENTS HURT: Compassionate Strategies . . . more
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May 05, 2007 09:24 PM EDT --
Proloque
. . . more
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June 19, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
Of all the trailer numbers in the park, 13-F was the most well known. Adhering with common superstition, all the rows in the trailer park had skipped the number 13 except for row F. Old man Sutton had . . . more
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September 13, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
Smell of smoke and gunpowder filled the air. There were explosions all around the tower. Tom sounded the alarm and began returning fire, trying in vain to stop the screams of his fellow soldiers reaching . . . more
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October 13, 2006 06:04 PM EDT --
I travel a great deal these days for work. Between business meetings and lunches, plane rides and cab fares, I have far less time than I'd like to read. When I find a little time to myself, . . . more
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December 19, 2006 04:24 AM EST --
Many times
We ask questions
Of the blinking bulbs in our soul
We ponder
The cleaving fears
Which rock our pangolo dance
We are
Forced to glimpse our twin-shades
Seeing his . . . more
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May 30, 2007 02:45 PM EDT --
Book lovers still reeling from cutbacks at newspaper book sections have a new reason to be upset: Amazon.com is reducing space for book reviews too.
Amazon is cutting the number of book reviews displayed . . . more
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December 20, 2006 03:35 AM EST --
Another night
And the weaves show signs
Of broken tethers
Another evening
And the weariness of
Ceaseless chatter
Lean heavily on a tired mind
Another day
And the words . . . more
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July 27, 2006 02:35 AM EDT --
The Legend of Mexican Bluff
September 9, 1849
"Ah, Pedro. Look at it. This is what we came for." Jesus dug . . . more
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February 03, 2007 09:05 AM EST --
I woke this morning to the crackle of a window frame; outside, it is -15F. The cold compresses the windows in its grip. I scramble out of bed, pull on some sweats and shiver until my body heat reflects . . . more
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September 12, 2007 11:39 AM EDT --
There is a brutally scathing put-down of my Gather First Chapters Romance entry at the Dear Author blog.
This is actually pretty cool.
I’ve always said, if they hate something enough to remark . . . more
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March 26, 2007 08:41 PM EST --
It was the dead of night in a small town in Egypt. The two full moons in the sky shined down on the ground giving it a grayish hue and casting dark black hole-like shadows all over. And sitting in one . . . more
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April 18, 2007 07:26 PM EDT --
"I never thought id see the day when the Aztecs would be proven right." Vilov said still in melancholic shock. Var sat on his bed totally silent. "All those centuries ago, they were the . . . more
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April 27, 2007 11:48 PM EDT --
With Var at the reins and Vilov sitting in the back of the carriage they were off. The three legged horse galloping through the soft dry sand with precision and almost grace. They were fast leaving the . . . more
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April 27, 2007 11:52 PM EDT --
"Well the sky light isn’t down now. So we are gonna have to go by the last time we saw it." Vilov said. "Yep, hopefully it will come back down soon so we won’t be getting ourselves . . . more
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April 27, 2007 11:56 PM EDT --
Inside the pyramid Vilov and Var opened their eyes only to find pitch blackness and stood up. "Var! Var! Where are you!?" Vilov yelled out worried for his brother. "I’m over here!" . . . more
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April 29, 2007 10:40 PM EDT --
"Are the Gods here...? Vilov said hesitantly. "We need to talk to them, regarding the rising of the dead and judgment day....If that’s not too much trouble." Var said nervously. "We . . . more
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May 22, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
Renaissance Magic
by Raven Goldenseal (A.K.A Billy W. Mitchell)
Prologue
There is something you should know about me, for . . . more
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