Tag: fiction
group name: firsttimewriters
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November 07, 2009 09:09 AM EST --
Good morning! Here's an excerpt from my book, which releases this month. Thanks for reading! -Kim
Key Players
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March 05, 2007 06:09 PM EST --
This short short story is based on the poem, "Billy Talbot", by Ed Nudelman.
Plato chases the ground hog under the deck, shoves his snout in against the edging and claws at . . .
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April 20, 2009 04:18 AM EDT --
Child Of Abuse
You, child of abuse,
fully grown, no trust inside;
still thinking you're of no use.
I'd tell you, you'll be all right,
but I'd just by telling you . . .
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September 02, 2008 10:22 AM EDT --
Pain
He hurts.
Alone in bed,
late at night; always pain.
Can't move, can't turn, this can't be right.
He must keep fighting, can't give up the fight. . . .
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March 17, 2008 11:12 PM EDT --
The Inn, if you could call the dilapidated building any such thing, was covered in moss and looked ready to tumble. Sean eyed it critically "What a shit hole". I swung a leg over my saddle and . . .
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August 09, 2009 04:10 AM EDT --
A Daughters' Fear
When she screamed in her sleep, I just knew she'd been reading that damned book again. It always gave her nightmares, bad ones too. I had no idea what the attraction was, . . .
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November 22, 2007 01:47 PM EST --
“The Menu”
Marcella Winston had come from Argentina to the United States this past spring of 2007, to serve as the head . . .
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May 06, 2008 03:17 AM EDT --
I'll Survive!
I truly thought it would be an unexpected pleasure when we bumped into each other after all these years. You wanted a second chance and after all our secrets kept , I was . . .
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June 20, 2009 09:09 PM EDT --
Wednesday's Writing Essentials prompt -
Using any form you like, write and publish a post including:
* a foreign word or phrase * a time period in the distant past or future * five stones * the word . . .
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August 25, 2007 05:02 PM EDT --
yellow birches, red maples, and old old oaks offer their leaves to the rain-soaked road, mourning this august twilight, in camouflage for the palm-sized discs of flattened baby snappers. i continue to . . .
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September 08, 2007 11:19 PM EDT --
Chapter 1
The Letter
Mrs. Amelia Evans sat alone in the dark room gazing out the window. The angry sea crashed against the rocks below spraying its white foam against the . . .
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October 14, 2007 02:27 PM EDT --
Chapter 3
Far Away From Home
The sound of the alarm clock rang in Charity's ears as she smashed her hand on the off button. It was four a.m. a time which was earlier than she would . . .
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March 26, 2007 08:48 PM EDT --
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 . . .
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June 26, 2007 12:39 AM EDT --
There was once an eight year old girl who wasn't pretty. She wore thick glasses so heavy they rubbed sores on her nose where they sat. The other kids called her four eyes. She had long, stringy red . . .
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November 09, 2007 01:12 PM EST --
Nikki bent over her desk, letting her long red curls dangle over her geometry paper. She raised her eyes and smiled across the aisle at Tommy. Her eyes drank in his profile, and she thought for the hundredth . . .
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October 29, 2008 12:30 PM EDT --
Your book is published, either by a traditional publisher, or a POD publisher, now what? How do we build a reader base? How do we get our name out there? Even if you don’t have a book published yet, . . .
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April 01, 2008 09:10 PM EDT --
At the request of another Gather member, one of my contacts, I'm placing this warning to anyone about to read. This drabble was written for week 8s theme, with the intent to bring one of the stories . . .
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June 01, 2008 03:39 PM EDT --
Here is a listing of contests that I am compiling regarding various art forms. I am not making a career out of this but as I come across contests I will update it for the year. Deadlines fall within this . . .
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September 08, 2007 11:27 PM EDT --
Chapter 2
The Beginning and Ending of Summer Vacation
Charity Evans tapped her fingers on her desk waiting anxiously for the final bell to ring. After a long day of classes it was almost time . . .
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October 11, 2007 02:23 PM EDT --
Certainly it was him, the man that I came to talk to. His posture was almost dignified despite his shabby tee-shirt and grubby jeans. His sandy blond hair was long and unkempt yet his face was surprisingly . . .
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