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  • Woops, posted this first in the wrong place. I'll get the technology part down, yet. Anyway, here's my Aug 3rd postcard short: *** She didn't look so old three days ag...
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    THE DAY I KNEW MY MARRIAGE WAS OVERI knew my marriage was over the day I stood in the kitchen and my husband held a rifle to the back of my head, saying, “I don’t know...
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         The sunlight slowly flows through the seams of her beige colored curtains, the wind ever so gently pushes smells of the coming Fall through her open window.  The...
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  • How about this up-top: Marguerite was hiding from Maman. You really had to work to avoid that one’s gaze. In this case, she had fled the house into the hot sunlight—a...
  • Passing Goodbyes He stood there, waiting for the light to change, checking first his watch, then his MP3 player. He was beautiful, chiseled muscles highlighted by a s...
  • Oh Marsha, I know exactly where you're coming from! Three "adult" children living at home who still think cleaning house is mom's job. I've been buried with deadlines...
  • This is a fiction piece. comments would be useful: believability of the character; cohesion; worthiness of being read. I had forgotten about this and posted most of my...
  • Started by Rachel Resnick
      Les Lavandes Villa, Ramatuelle/St. Tropez, France Dear Writers:   Ready for a week...how-stopping minutes! Reading/performance is an increasingly crucial skill for modern-day authors. Plus it’s a gr...
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  • The child could be comparing themselves to someone they admire or dislike (another child or an adult) "Jackie had the tightest, nastiest little curls. To me, they look...
  • I recently sold my memoir, "An Incredible Talent for Existing:  A Writer's Journey," and I'm pasting in the query, below.  I also had a full proposal.  If anyone is in...