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Even the Birds Don't Sing
by mhembroff on March 18, 2017I walked along the narrow path that twisted and turned through the dense forest. The sun filtered through the trees and the meadow was just ahead. I hummed as I looked at the daisies, blue bells and e ... more
Cheap Fixes—And Tiresome Writing
by ARSimmons on March 12, 2017The art of writing is actually attempted communication between alien worlds. Let me explain. No two people have the exact same mental “picture” for a word, much less a whole sentence. We are pat ... more
Ginger
by mhembroff on March 11, 2017There you were All alone in there Such a pretty little one Looking up hopefully "We would like a visit" "If you please" You were exquisite We were escorted to a little room She brought you int ... more
Bad Publishers
by debtad on March 05, 2017I have recently had a publisher that suddenly closed up. The web page is wiped out. The scuttlebutt indicates that they were being dishonest and aggressive to their employees and to their authors. Thi ... more
New way of reading
by carlag on March 01, 2017People can now read and download my books all for a pound! Visit my site to find out more: http://carlagodfrey2506.wixsite.com/membership ... more
Commas, commas, commas, and more commas
by ADennis1111 on February 23, 2017Well, you were warned. It’s now time to delve into commas. This little turd of punctuation is probably the most misinterpreted thing in the universe. The reason behind the misinterpretation is th ... more
Conjunctions and prepositions are our misunderstood friends
by ADennis1111 on February 19, 2017The previous posts, though regarding the art of editing, were geared towards giving you an idea of how storytelling works. This post will discuss a technical aspect of writing; proper sentence structu ... more
If I Were You
by carlag on February 18, 2017Introducing the cheater and the cheated: Celine is heartbroken, her perfect too-good-to-be-true boyfriend has actually turned out...well...literally too good to be true. So she swears off men for l ... more
Just A Number Sample
by carlag on February 17, 2017Just A Number: On the morning of Valentine's Day, thirty-six year old divorcee Martin Lewis receives a letter, suddenly, his mind is transported back to the past and memories emerge that he would ... more
Rap up
by mhembroff on February 16, 2017It has been over a year since I published my juvenile novel Bess's Magical Garden. At first there were a few sales on Amazon and with Friesen Press but it has now died off. I started selling them at t ... more