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I started writing in January. 3 CrispyQ Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 1882

Slush Pile Hell. Always a fun read. 2 valerief Aug 2014 Aug 2014 6 1881

Anyone going to the Rocky Mt. Fiction Writer's conference next week? 0 CrispyQ Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1740

A poem. 2 littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 Aug 2014 4 1991

Great NYT piece on writing, and failure 0 Brainstormy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 1818

Plot Thickens as 900 Writers Battle Amazon 0 geardaddy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1632

So I finally found a critical reading group. 20 Squinch Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 3695

How to write anonymous non-fiction when the details would give you away? 7 NightWatcher Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 2324

To those who are published... 13 shockedcanadian Nov 2013 Jul 2014 0 2803

Philosophy Of Love 0 theexwife Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1556

My new book 6 DavidDvorkin Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2130

My Son Claims I'm A "Girly-girl" 6 cali Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2380

Free at Amazon: Novel, "Mack the Ripper" Marxist take on the Whitechapel Murders 0 McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1786

A Painting Hangs Over My Life 14 cali May 2014 Jun 2014 11 3884

"How to use a semicolon"... 11 TreasonousBastard Oct 2013 Jun 2014 13 3992

Happy Towel Day: Six Life Lessons From Marvin The Paranoid Android 2 icymist May 2014 May 2014 1 1920

10 Painful Rejection Letters To Famous People Proving You Should NEVER Give Up Your Dreams 2 geardaddy May 2014 May 2014 3 2263

Trying to remember a poem... 0 TommyCelt May 2014 May 2014 0 1552

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 May 2014 1 1435

A piece I wrote recently on art 6 cali May 2014 May 2014 2 2389

One of the benefits of being a news person as a writer is some of the people 0 nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1435

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 Quixote1818 Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1505

Looking back at our years, 8 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 Apr 2014 1 1923

The Rowan Tree - political novel - free for Kindle 2 breakingranks Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1799

Writing contest thread Spring 2014 0 Tsiyu Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1483

I need help editing my paper for submission to a medical journal 1 w8liftinglady Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 14029

Does anyone have experience in writing solicitation letters for a business? A new job is requiring 1 adirondacker Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1747

anyone doing this Kindle Worlds (writing for an established world for profit) 0 eShirl Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1558

Good contest for fiction writers 6 Brainstormy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2251

Blogs...Does Anyone Blog? 6 CherokeeDem Jan 2014 Mar 2014 0 2218

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Free ebooks! Free! 1 DavidDvorkin Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 2043

Listen to 15 Literary Icons Reading Their Own Work. 0 elleng Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1509

ABNA Novel contest 5 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 3 2259

Pikes Peak Writers Conference 0 SheilaT Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1447

Recommending a website 1 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 4 1936

Introducing myself 8 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2403

It's nearly done!...edited on July 21 - it is essentially done! 4 NRaleighLiberal Jun 2013 Feb 2014 5 2134

Tiddlywikly 0 nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1423

Online writing programs? 6 HipChick Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2358

The diiference. 4 rug Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2138

Today I had to work on a hard story. 0 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1447

Here's a link so you can download most of this years Oscar contending screenplays, legal and free 3 TeamPooka Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 2353

So before Tom's computer bit the dust, (it is at the shop getting upgraded, we use our electronics ) 1 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1403

Two weeks of almost no writing, due to a family emergency 0 nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1353

5 Dumb Writing Gimmicks That Became Classic Books 0 icymist Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1851

I've gone and done it again 5 PATRICK Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1864

special NaNoWriMo 2013 free trial version of Scrivener *almost 2 months* 5 eShirl Oct 2013 Nov 2013 1 2180

Hey fellow writers. Here is a possibly useful tool 1 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 Nov 2013 1 1542

Markdown language (ok for the non geeks text files with markup) 3 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1901

If I may brag (again) 7 Pab Sungenis Aug 2013 Oct 2013 4 2314

E-book publication? How do you go about it?t Is it better/cheaper than an Agent? 19 Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 Oct 2013 1 4155

Free Sample Chapter of My New Mystery Thriller - The Lineman 2 soleft Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1812

Ok, here is a link to a piece I am working on 7 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2154

Shameless commercial plug. 0 Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1666

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 davidpdx Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1307

Alternative History Fantasy Novel Free at Amazon, "The Idea of Good and Evil in Diablo, California" 1 McCamy Taylor Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1555

Ever had a character "Photo Bomb" other stories you are writing? 5 Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 Sep 2013 1 2308

On the literary trail in Scotland 0 theHandpuppet Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1500

My latest sci/fi novella "The Marriage Hearse" free at Amazon 4 McCamy Taylor Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1762

Dust Net - my latest book is now available on Amazon 3 DavidDvorkin Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 1866

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Born again in a second language 1 mgc1961 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2181

Words of wisdom from women who write. 1 nolabear Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1662

Famous highly metaphorical writers 1 SpearthrowerOwl Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2136

I'm looking for a word or phrase 16 IDemo Jul 2013 Aug 2013 0 5436

I had my sis read some, she says I need an edior due to some speling mistakes... 5 Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2378

Free at Amazon for Three Days, Science Fiction and Fantasy by McCamy Taylor 1 McCamy Taylor Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1817

It's finally finished. 4 Pab Sungenis Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2114

Hello all, looking for investigative journalist help... 2 shockedcanadian Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1652

First book ready. Now need to find Agent. 12 Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2957

First time paid for writing! 0 LiveNudePolitics Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1475

Experienced authors - is last month, last section procrastination typical? 5 NRaleighLiberal May 2013 Jun 2013 0 2020

How I got my creativity back 8 Addison May 2013 Jun 2013 1 3140

Question about publishers or agents dealing with young writers. 10 CherokeeDem Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2543

Over the years I have developed 5 nadinbrzezinski May 2013 Jun 2013 0 2141

Unpublished novel by Pearl S. Buck turns up in Fort Worth storage unit 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1762

Apart of my labor blog I started a writing one 0 nadinbrzezinski May 2013 May 2013 1 1550

Literary Journalism: A Discussion - for NYRBophiles (like me) 0 ashling May 2013 May 2013 1 1656

My self published book won Writer's Digest Self Published Books award in mainstream/literary fiction 17 nolabear Mar 2013 May 2013 5 3623

I figure this is as good a place as any to plug my book... 2 nomorenomore08 May 2013 May 2013 1 1887

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