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The Big Reason Why Agents and Editors Often Stop Reading 6 Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 Feb 2016 3 3772
Out of Print - a documentary 1 Lodestar Dec 2015 Feb 2016 2 2424
Success! 20 NRaleighLiberal Dec 2014 Feb 2016 20 5716
This sentence has five words. 32 rug Sep 2015 Feb 2016 51 11095
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NRaleighLiberal Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1776
My picture story circa 1962 which includes Trump Sr. being banned from France. 5 valerief Jan 2016 Jan 2016 7 2801
Anyone interested in a traditional chain novel? 4 Tab Jan 2016 Jan 2016 1 2635
Downton appy: Julian Fellowes tries new format for novel 2 hunter Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 2328
Writer Unboxed: The Current by Donald Maass 1 Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 2703
My free (for a few days) Kindle novel on amazon. 0 valerief Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 2320
Nice mention of my Sherlock Holmes novel 0 DavidDvorkin Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1899
Red Eyes 2 DavidDvorkin Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2570
Homme de Plume: What I Learned Sending My Novel Out Under a Male Name 3 CrispyQ Aug 2015 Aug 2015 5 2298
How do you all go about getting a good critical reader for a completed novel? 26 Squinch Dec 2013 Jun 2015 0 5930
Want to help an old-time DUer with a Kindle Scout vote? 10 valerief May 2015 May 2015 3 4257
I Can't Not Write 9 cali Jun 2014 May 2015 2 3494
Ah fun, these days not only am I doing long form journalism 1 nadinbrzezinski May 2015 May 2015 4 2197
Pikes Peak Writers Conference 0 SheilaT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2120
Essay contest --- Win an inn! 3 Petrushka Mar 2015 Apr 2015 0 2730
Anthology Calls --- Evernight Publishing & Evernight Teen 0 Petrushka Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2314
The Horizon of Veronica Smart 1 vixengrl Mar 2015 Apr 2015 1 2631
The very first screenwriting book (written in 1913) is free on Amazon this weekend. 1 TeamPooka Mar 2015 Apr 2015 1 2479
(An SF-Horror story) Flesh of her Flesh 1 vixengrl Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 2747
Evernight Teen --- call for submissions 0 Petrushka Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 2070
Is anyone doing Kindle Scout? 12 wryter2000 Dec 2014 Mar 2015 2 4694
NEA Creative Writing Fellowships 0 Petrushka Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1932
'To Kill A Mockingbird' Author Harper Lee To Publish Second Novel 3 CrispyQ Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2884
Yoohoo, calling all published writers looking for promo opportunities! 5 OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 Jan 2015 2 3494
Haven't been here in a while. I am working on a Science Fiction Novel. 10 Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 6700
Hello, I would like to submit a short story for review. 13 clarice Oct 2014 Dec 2014 0 4100

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What to do when you get writer's block. 3 rug Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2352
NANOWRIMO anyone? 12 Lilyhoney Sep 2014 Oct 2014 3 3732
alt-weekly in Tucson Hiring a Staff Writer 0 Kali Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2025
Published for the first time: An Essay on Creativity by Isaac Asimov 0 n2doc Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1982
Neil Gaiman: ‘Terry Pratchett isn’t jolly. He’s angry’ 1 n2doc Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2210
Last day to vote in my internet poll. Thank you again for all your support! 4 TeamPooka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2569
Would A Ghost Say That? Paranormal screenwriting class in Los Angeles 9/20 0 TeamPooka Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1983
Show don't tell 13 CrispyQ Aug 2014 Sep 2014 2 4714
Project Hieroglyph: Fighting society's dystopian future 0 hunter Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2201
Computer program for writers 27 oneshooter Mar 2013 Sep 2014 1 9314
I started writing in January. 3 CrispyQ Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2248
Slush Pile Hell. Always a fun read. 2 valerief Aug 2014 Aug 2014 6 2256
Anyone going to the Rocky Mt. Fiction Writer's conference next week? 0 CrispyQ Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2067
A poem. 2 littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 2428
Great NYT piece on writing, and failure 0 Brainstormy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 2138
Plot Thickens as 900 Writers Battle Amazon 0 geardaddy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1908
So I finally found a critical reading group. 20 Squinch Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 4809
How to write anonymous non-fiction when the details would give you away? 7 NightWatcher Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 2893
To those who are published... 13 shockedcanadian Nov 2013 Jul 2014 0 3752
Philosophy Of Love 0 theexwife Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1794
My new book 6 DavidDvorkin Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2726
My Son Claims I'm A "Girly-girl" 6 cali Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2968
Free at Amazon: Novel, "Mack the Ripper" Marxist take on the Whitechapel Murders 0 McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2079
A Painting Hangs Over My Life 14 cali May 2014 Jun 2014 11 4903
"How to use a semicolon"... 11 TreasonousBastard Oct 2013 Jun 2014 13 4996
Happy Towel Day: Six Life Lessons From Marvin The Paranoid Android 2 icymist May 2014 May 2014 1 2303
10 Painful Rejection Letters To Famous People Proving You Should NEVER Give Up Your Dreams 2 geardaddy May 2014 May 2014 3 2719
Trying to remember a poem... 0 TommyCelt May 2014 May 2014 0 1808
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 May 2014 1 1668
A piece I wrote recently on art 6 cali May 2014 May 2014 2 3047

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One of the benefits of being a news person as a writer is some of the people 0 nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1755
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Quixote1818 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1887
Looking back at our years, 8 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 Apr 2014 1 2567
The Rowan Tree - political novel - free for Kindle 2 breakingranks Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2240
Writing contest thread Spring 2014 0 Tsiyu Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1762
I need help editing my paper for submission to a medical journal 1 w8liftinglady Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 14483
Does anyone have experience in writing solicitation letters for a business? A new job is requiring 1 adirondacker Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2121
anyone doing this Kindle Worlds (writing for an established world for profit) 0 eShirl Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1908
Good contest for fiction writers 6 Brainstormy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2800
Blogs...Does Anyone Blog? 6 CherokeeDem Jan 2014 Mar 2014 0 2762
Free ebooks! Free! 1 DavidDvorkin Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2386
Listen to 15 Literary Icons Reading Their Own Work. 0 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1771
ABNA Novel contest 5 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2865
Pikes Peak Writers Conference 0 SheilaT Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1747
Recommending a website 1 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 2373
Introducing myself 8 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 3071
It's nearly done!...edited on July 21 - it is essentially done! 4 NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 Feb 2014 5 2591
Tiddlywikly 0 nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1718
Online writing programs? 6 HipChick Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2814
The diiference. 4 rug Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2600
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