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  • Started by Sarah Irving
    I'm going to be a co-editing a series of "short introductory biographies of inspiring political figures" for Pluto, an established left-wing press in London. The idea...
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  • Sadly, my friend's mother has passed on, after having been diagnosed schizophrenic, and given lithium (a terminal dose). This was many years ago. My heart aches for hi...
  • Just after the death of my brother, five years after the death of my father, I had recovered memory of abuse by them in my early childhood. I had intellectually known...
  • Hello all, Wanted to share this good news with ya'll; I've been nominated for the 2012 Caine Prize to be announced in London in April. The short story I sent in was c...
  • Ohhhhh, I hadn't really thought about this ... I'd like some new lush notepads and some PROPER retractable pencils!!!! (I prefer to write in pencil) ... and a footstool :D
  • Started by Scotti Cohn
    Attention Chicago people: I'm under contract with Globe Pequot Press for a new book called Ch...n The Windy City.... I can go into the burbs, but need to stay fairly close to Chicago "pro...
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  • Started by Brett Burnham
    My wife has given me some homework. First a little background. My wife is Japanese. She was raised in Japan and came to Guam about seven years ago (age 40) to learn E...
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  • I know quite a few authors who have done legacy printing and are now using Smashwords for their back-list publication.  Once you learn how to format (as someone else s...
  • I think you need to self-edit first, just to have something a bit more "presentable" to show people. Beta readers (if you're lucky enough to have them and they're able...
  • Yes, Nora... if you come across one, I would love to hear of it.  I am of the school of thought that 'proper punctuation', while it has its place, must be less rigid i...