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  • Hi Kelli, I'm a big fan of the mentor. Connecting with others is important (and I think much of writing is based on this need / want to connect. I read. I read a lot...
  • Started by Kari Wolfe
    Last reply by Terri L. Atkins Febuary
    Heather Haskins states in a comment to one of the discussions: I have probably started 60 "things" in my lifetime - novels, short story collections, poetry collection...
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  • I'm actually surprised to see Literary Fiction near the top of the list. I would have thought that due to its low demand and difficulty in writing that it would be less common. Maybe this is all Orpah's fault. ;-)
  • Like Jen, I'm a pantser (though I've only just now heard of this term). I always thought I was a crazy, disorganized person but now I'm realizing that it's perfectly c...
  • Started by Sabrina Lamb
    Last reply by Dera R Williams
    While I was dusting off the final touches to my speech entitled, “Protect American Pizzerias From Sharia Law — Now and Forever,” to be delivered at tomorrow’s “Tea Par...
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  • Started by Alle C. Hall
    On Monday, PLOP! Review will publish my review of a new anthology, Madonna & Me: Women Writers On The Queen of Pop.  Behold, a teaser: Jan, 2011: on “Toddlers &a...
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  • Thanks so much Chrys! I'm happy I joined.  It's so nice to have something in common with other writers.  It is tough to break into the short story market.  I don't wri...
  • Started by Jenny Steffan
    The travel ban has been implemented worldwide due to the case of a covid-19 pandemic. No one is allowed to go on a trip just for leisure. Amusement parks and malls a...
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  • Last reply by Lydia R. LeRoy-Williams
    Is it common to critique eachother on this site?
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  • If there were a genuinely good and genuinely short answer to this very good question, I would be out of a job. The grossly overgeneralized short answer to this, thoug...