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A group for the discussion of the written word. Though we'd like to see folks active in the industry, you need not be published or working in the industry to join in and ideally there will be help and motivation for those wanting to write. All that is required is a love of the .. Read more

A group for the discussion of the written word. Though we'd like to see folks active in the industry, you need not be published or working in the industry to join in and ideally there will be help and motivation for those wanting to write. All that is required is a love of the .. Read more

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Jun 12, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by StJohn
Hi folks; Not been on the site long and still feeling my way around. Have written stuff for years and never tried to publish; the result always seems too personal. Maybe too much ego! More recently have been trying my hand at poetry and shorter ...
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Jun 7, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Humanist5
Hello. I would like to k I have a book or two in me, but so far all I have is a magazine article about medical informed consent published. I also was the owner of an independent bookstore for 5 of the hardest/best years of my life. I hope I qualify!!...
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Jun 12, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Petter
How many of you remember the Height of the cold war - the period when Russia had superior rocket technology, but the US had bigger H-Bombs? At this time the Us always had B52 bombers, loaded with massive H-Bombs, constantly in the air. Some of these ...
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Jun 9, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by JustKip
Another flash of lightening lit up the hillside, burning another image into my memory, and along with it came the first fat drops of rain. This one was an image of my brother Martin, running on the trail just ahead of me, with a huge bundle of eight ...
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Jun 4, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by OpposingOpposum
Frank. I met Frank the first day I started working at the beach. On my way into the ladies room a small scruffy bearded man visibly the worse for drink put his hand on my arm and demanded to know who I was. I ...
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Jun 14, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Keymaiden
Here's another one of my musings on walking the Camino de Santiago back in 2006: 'On the hardest part of the journey' There is a saying, I’m sure you know it, ‘The hardest part of a journey is taking the first step’, the truth of which was to...
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Jun 4, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Croebheir
To Whom it may concern: I am attempting a post of my latest story and I am concerned about font presentation because I had previously posted on fb and the font was not properly depicted as I arranged in the story. The story makes a little more sense ...
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May 26, 2018May 2018

Posted by evidentialist
This piece was posted by @StJohn over in the hinterlands of the Philosophy & Meaning group. He didn't know the author, so I provided that information. It is such a good piece, I thought all of you might appreciate having a look at it. ...
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Mar 25, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by Robotbuilder
I have written a lot of fiction, mostly for small press publications. I decided it was time to branch out, and try getting published professionally. But where to submit? I decided that I didn't care for being rejected. I figured that if I ...
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Mar 27, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by BookDeath
Read this recently. The authors are both from the group ProPublica. I recommend it, as it has a good discussion of manner in which rape has been viewed legally, which I hadn't encountered before in such a succinct form. It references Brownmiller's ...
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Apr 5, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by evidentialist
The sign on my door reads "Riley Shiftless -- Private Investigator". It was once polished gold gilt, but the years had left only dirty outlines. It had been a dry year. Okay, a dry decade. I was at my desk, bourbon in hand, when a shadow moved ...
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Apr 6, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by walklightly
Hallo, wordsmiths & book connoisseurs! as a devourer of literature & a former creator of german poetry I considered joining apt enough. .. & this is my conundrum: being bi-lingual i'm not quite sure anymore which I feel more comfortable in, ...
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Apr 15, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Greymattersuit
Are cross posts ok on this page? I post to poet's corner but was wondering if anyone would like to see my work on this page.
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Apr 16, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by ChrisLAbbey
Though I publish pro, there's a couple of things I want to self-publish. I'm having an insane time trying to format correctly. Does anyone have a template for epub (Smashwords compatible)?
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Apr 18, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by Reikodriver1981
I've been writing stuff for years. I've never finished much of it, and more often than not I realize that it all starts to begin looking the same as other projects. I've never submitted my items, unless one could count facebook. Does anybody else ...
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Apr 18, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by evidentialist
@PhillipSEE -- Hello, and welcome aboard.
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Apr 24, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by RobertNappi2
Hi all!!! I was here...then I was gone...Now I'm back again...I went to log on a few days ago, low and behold...Had to re-submit my profile because IT WAS GONE!!!
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Apr 30, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by evidentialist
Excerpted from the beginning of my short story, A Uniform Shade of Red. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Giving due consideration to the circumstances, Theodore Nathaniel Pendergast died well. He walked the long, dimly lit hall, chatting with his ...
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Feb 13, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by Livinlife
I haven't written anything in a long time. Life kind of got in the way. Been kicking around a few things in my head lately and I'm thinking seriously about putting it to paper. Or to be more exact to computer.
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Feb 23, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by Gohan
I have a blog post with a short story available now on my websites, enjoy. veiledstars.weebly.com measuredland.weebly.com wtshnovel.weebly.com
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Mar 11, 2018Mar 2018

Posted by JohnSchindler
I'm on GoodReads through my Facebook account and I just noticed the Atheist Book Club there has been getting active again, including some interesting new authors & books I'd never heard of before, here's a link:
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Jul 17, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Lincoln55
Where are the Revolutionaries? Where is the blood that ran Hot in the streets? Where are Hoffman and Cleaver? Where are the Revolutionaries? Where is my Sister? Eyes lost in a cellphone. She's taking a Selfie. Where is my Brother? Eyes glazed by ...
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Jul 17, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Unsurebutseeking
First Steven King book that you read in one day? Mine was It.
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Jul 26, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by phelicity9
Another true (mostly) talen of mine... I had a CT scan the other day. You know the one where they use the contrast dye so they can spy on your innards. I’ve had this done before but I forgot how it felt. So the very nice lady filling my veins with...
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Jul 27, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by phelicity9
If you all don’t mind, I’ll keep posting my short tales that I share with friends. Here’s the next one: I bought some kale chips today. It seemed like a fiscally responsible food purchase at the time. I ate one single leaf and now I need to ...
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Posted by guntisI'm dreaming of a poetry book with illustrations like this

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Posted by evidentialist Announcement: Those of you who have joined and not yet written a bio, be aware that I have begun purging those who have not.

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