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  • I definitely know what you mean when you say the world crea...a sticking point, that's when I'll go into research mode. I've found it useful to use...the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir as a rough model, and have each country claim...
  • That's not an elementary question at all. Getting started isn't hard for me because wh...k in the voice of a child for a few pages. Something about shifting OUT of the mode I'm working in gets me intere...
  • Well, Rebecca ... I just posted a few links to irreal/surreal works, but I'm not interested in critiques and academic/historical analyses. As for flash fiction, I didn...
  • I agree with Jessica -- this is a great idea. I'll throw some thoughts into the mix: -- TOO MANY BLOGS/TOO LITTLE TIME: Sorting the wheat from the chaff -- WHY BLOG?  ...
  • Okay, let me do something here and contrast Lee's writing (I Am My Father) to our very own Kate's essay :)   I feel as if I write like Lee. She gives some description,...
  • While I don't usually have hundreds of commenters, I usually have a solid dozen or so.  Here's what works for me. 1) Installed Intense Debate, which allows people to l...
  • I agree, a freelance editor can't tell you if you're good enough to be published, but they can point out where things don't work in your manuscript/story/plot/pacing o...
  • Last reply by Ms. Reality Space
    Dying Alone By the River’s Edge   Nighthawks fall from the sky holding a glint of western sun folding into forests   In this dark river tide brushes and eddies coil  ...
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  • Started by CJ Johnson
    Last reply by Kimberly Golden Malmgren
    We are writers, right? Writing is not an easy profession to be dedicated to or for the faint of heart (rejection, anyone?). Who is the one person in your life that pu...
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  • Started by Lynelle Clark
      Author Liliana Soare     Welcome and thanks for agreeing and being part of this blog. I thought it a good idea to catch up with you and see what you are up to sinc...
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