Tag: writing
group name: firsttimewriters
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January 30, 2008 04:30 PM EST --
When my time on earth is past and my
Ashes have been scattered to the wind,
Will you recall the sound of my voice and
Hear it echo somewhere in the distance?
Will your arms . . . more
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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 . . . more
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September 23, 2007 06:06 PM EDT --
“The Mare’s Nest”
© Autumn Farrington
Clare Williams and Karen Shields had been best friends forever! Both had grown up and still lived . . . more
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January 30, 2007 11:44 PM EST --
Crique is welcomed, always. ~ Marilyn
"Honey, you can't go; you're too young.", I told her.
"But Mom, all my friends are going! You HAVE to let me go too." She sighed and . . . more
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February 06, 2007 09:41 AM EST --
Critique is always appreciated and gladly accepted - Marilyn
I couldn't take my eyes off it. There it sat, right in Annes window, the crystal that I'd fallen in love with the very first time I'd . . . more
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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 . . . more
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July 20, 2008 11:00 PM EDT --
The robin's alarm and the crow's rude cackle are all to be sensed...
The world still sleeps, except for the birds of pre-dawn...
So complete is the darkness here, no laws exist, . . . more
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April 14, 2008 12:31 AM EDT --
This is the fifth in a series about my week in charge of my own life, while Hubs is on vacation. The previous installments are:
Home Alone - I'm No Cinderella
Home Alone . . . more
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September 26, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
So my sweet teenager kindly informed me yesterday that I have "rustic hair." Huh? Rustic? Like log-cabin-in-the-wilderness rustic? She continued with "Mom, really, . . . more
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August 27, 2007 05:53 PM EDT --
Carolyn stepped back onto the cool grass. The black silk of her skirt swished against the blades.
“Mommy…can we go now?” came a quiet voice. . . . more
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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 . . . more
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May 22, 2008 09:10 PM EDT --
Liberty should always be interwoven into the human experiment that we call life. It is as vital to a humane society as the sun is to the vegitation on this earth. For most of those . . . more
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May 19, 2007 07:56 AM EDT --
I stand amidst the hens and the ducks, in the dirt yard, transfixed by the leafy cherry tree. It’s August and its fruit are big, deep red and about the most desirable thing I have seen. The mid-morning . . . more
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March 11, 2008 02:41 PM EDT --
They both lay in front of the fire place, the flames fight their way up the chimney and the wood cracks and pops. Its cozy and warm and with a glass of wine in each of their hands. He . . . more
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January 30, 2007 08:46 AM EST --
Feel free to critique as I can really use it, as this is my first try.
The story was told by her grandmother, about their wedding so long ago. Grandma and Grandpa were both from what they called the Old . . . more
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July 07, 2008 09:55 PM EDT --
See the sly boy's face...
Between the thicket of two pines...
Look up, see the sunshafts...
Busting through branches, through leaves and tangle...
Of maple fronting . . . more
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July 17, 2008 10:46 PM EDT --
He's quite certain that his parched throat, his squint means no disrespect to the sun.
Morning breaks and with comes the bravery of songbirds seeking food
It humbles him ... . . . more
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December 27, 2006 09:50 PM EST --
My life is not just for living with you, its living for you. Its about your happiness, your smiles, sharing your miseries, easing your burdens. Its about loving you till it drives you crazy, its about . . . more
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September 10, 2007 12:16 PM EDT --
Most Gather members know that Gather has a writing contest currently running. First Chapters Romance Contest for unpublished authors. No doubt many of you have already been asked to review . . . more
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May 09, 2007 02:38 PM EDT --
As a person who is new to the world of writing, this is a question I have struggled with. Obviously, when you write your first word, most likely sometime back in Grade School, you become . . . more
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