Tag: writing
group name: shortfiction
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December 07, 2006 06:54 PM EST --
This is my attempt at the Writing Blind - An Exercise in "Headfirst Narrative challenge issued by Alberto Turner here: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976856212
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September 14, 2006 01:55 PM EDT --
Saw an old man on the roadside today. Fairly decently dressed: white kurta, white pajama. At the road corner: I was walking towards......, and this old man was standing at the very first crossing as I . . . more
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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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May 25, 2006 11:44 AM EDT --
"Tink, Tink"
"Tink, tink." It began like a whisper one morning after my husband jetted off to work. I assumed the idiot had left the shower faucet leaking. I slid into my . . . more
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March 01, 2008 07:41 PM EST --
This is an excerpt from my novel in progress,"Miss Nellie's Song" Last part of Chapter 5: A Hard Roe to Hoe.
Necessary info: Time: April 6, 1947. Kate has married . . . more
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March 09, 2007 06:02 PM EST --
The NY Times Book Review of 18 Feb* has a review by Kathryn Harrison of Joan Acocella's Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays (Illustrated. 524 pp. Pantheon Books. $30). It looks like a terrific . . . more
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May 18, 2006 01:45 AM EDT --
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This is part of a novel I am working on. Please critique .
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He'd come seeking rest and peace from the wearying drones and taxing dramas. Following an ancient teaching, climbing a mountain. . . . more
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December 04, 2006 10:55 PM EST --
I wrote this little piece for the benefit of my editing/coaching clients who were beginning the daunting task of sending out manuscripts for publication. I thought there might be readers . . . more
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May 29, 2006 08:04 PM EDT --
"Jump Beezley! Jump!"
I swatted my fluffy eight-toed paw with minimal effort at the string this odd man kept yanking out of my reach. I was much more interested in the big shiny . . . more
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June 12, 2006 03:37 PM EDT --
The first time Nan heard Miles Davis playing "Milestones" she was sitting on the floor of a brownstone apartment on E63 Street, . . . more
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July 05, 2007 03:15 PM EDT --
I was the public accountant for Heishi Gods when George Discotti called to tell me goodbye one Monday. He was going to New York to arrange financing for the business. He'd be back . . . more
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June 28, 2007 07:01 PM EDT --
My mother pulled slowly to a stop in the no parking zone in front of the Bijou Theatre. I had the door open and was out of the car. The line that always formed on the first night of a new show was just . . . more
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May 30, 2006 12:36 PM EDT --
The end came; hard to say when. Children were playing video games idly while Mothers asked disinterestedly what they wanted for dinner. Every child replied, "I'm not hungry." Spiders stopped . . . more
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July 05, 2006 08:01 PM EDT --
Seven days ago I married a nerd. Now, nobody will talk to me. It all started off as a bet. Destiny has a strange way of changing people.
It happened one night at the Sea Breeze Bar where my friends and . . . more
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April 07, 2006 02:09 PM EDT --
Karl's Last Flight, Part 10
(c)2006, Basil Sands
The three men loaded back into the SUV and took off for town, hoping to reach Faisel's house as soon as possible.
As they approached . . . more
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April 11, 2006 02:22 PM EDT --
Karl's Last Flight, Part 11
(c)2006, Basil Sands
Midway down the dark alley a metal door creaked open.
"Hurry, in here." A female voice called urgently.
The men rushed in, . . . more
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May 26, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
Operation Santa Claus
My family has always lived in the country. We grew up out in the sticks, spitting tobacco, drinking beer, hunting and fishing, and driving four wheel trucks. We get along with . . . more
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May 28, 2006 07:57 PM EDT --
Sheila's Night Out On The Town
This was not going to be another lonely Saturday night for Sheila. She had finally summoned up the nerve and decided after eight years to take the plunge. She was . . . more
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June 06, 2006 04:02 AM EDT --
Pure Evil - Stalking Lizzeth
They had a deep seated desire to see her suffer. They malingered at first. They harbored feelings of ill will and sought satisfaction. They carried on secretly, . . . more
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May 05, 2006 11:41 AM EDT --
There I was minding my own business, just out to buy a new hair dye when I heard this woman behind me clear her throat. "Excuse me, do you . . . more
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