Tag: writing
member name: Charlotte McClain
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July 06, 2007 07:50 AM EDT --
Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away…
Oh wait, that's not mine. This is my sci fi galaxy about telepaths and evil dictators. I've acutally got 30 years worth of history worked out and . . .
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July 16, 2007 08:07 AM EDT --
I don't want to freak anybody out, so nobody take this personally.
Sometimes you run across something someone wants you to critique that is just awful. The story is trite, the grammar is bad, . . .
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September 28, 2007 07:59 AM EDT --
Ok, I've been chewing on this for a couple weeks now and I'll be the first one to admit that it's half baked, but I thought I'd throw it out and see if it floated.
Joining a critique . . .
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September 29, 2007 10:24 PM EDT --
Giving a good critique is difficult. You want to help the critiquee become a better writer, but you don't want to frustrate him or her out of ever wanting to create again. Finding a middle . . .
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January 19, 2008 03:15 AM EST --
I'm doing this workshop on treating your writing like a business and today's topic was web presence. This is something I've been pondering for a while anyway, but never really got on . . .
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September 28, 2007 07:23 AM EDT --
Being critiqued is both painful and exciting. You put your best into your art and then you hand it to some stranger to pass judgment on it. On one hand, you've made a huge leap from hobbist to, at . . .
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January 25, 2008 07:05 PM EST --
Dammit, cut it out!
I get 5 to 10 emails a day from people trying to get me to read their articles. I spend so much time cleaning out my email that I don't get the read the articles I . . .
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July 04, 2008 08:11 PM EDT --
A few days ago in the middle of the chaos that is my life, I was hanging out on the Romance Divas forum procrastinating when I saw a post about Lyrical Press lowering their word counts and seeking submissions. . . .
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April 27, 2009 10:45 AM EDT --
So here's the contest. Come up with a title for Arden FD #2 and win a copy of Three Alarm Tenant . This is a Gather Only contest!
The first book in the Arden FD series, Three Alarm Tenant , arrives . . .
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June 17, 2007 03:15 AM EDT --
I'm struggling with this one and need help. (Go ahead laugh, I am an English teacher.)
In the story I'm writing the sheriff and the reverend are important characters. Do I capitalize their . . .
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September 14, 2008 07:23 PM EDT --
I just got my first review for One Ring to Rule and it is gooood! On a scale of one to five cups, I got four. The reviewer said it was "non-stop delight" and the dialogue was crisp. I'm . . .
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September 29, 2008 03:37 PM EDT --
The RaptureMissy LyonsPrice $2
September, 2008ISBN 978-1-60659-030-0
The lure of a demon lover is difficult to resist, and impossible to leave, because sex is . . .
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May 30, 2007 08:40 AM EDT --
If you've got something ready, it can't hurt to try! (Well, if can but only a few bucks worth and some stress.)
Labor of Love (U - P/5)
Heart of Louisiana Chapter . . .
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April 29, 2007 12:53 AM EDT --
Here's a list of Romance contests and deadlines I found. Good luck to one and all!
Updated and all sites tested...Compiled by Donna Caubarreaux.
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E = Electronic Format Available
EO = Electronic . . .
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August 29, 2007 07:30 AM EDT --
Greetings and salutations. Pam is a friend of mine from another online group and she's new to Gather. In fact, she just joined up the enter the contest. She's a really excellent writer, but she . . .
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September 16, 2007 03:33 AM EDT --
C.C. commented that she has reached the 2 million word mark in her writing and I started wondering how many words I had written. Of course, lots of words are lost. One whole novel of approximately 70K . . .
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September 06, 2008 08:31 PM EDT --
My book, One Ring To Rule , has been out since Monday. Yesterday I decided to go moon at it some more on the website. Yes, I like to go look at the picture just to go look at the picture and read the . . .
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September 15, 2009 10:44 PM EDT --
As part of my ongoing answering of the questions from my post about picking a publisher , and now that my flu has subsided to where I can think in English again, "What are your major goals as a writer?" . . .
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September 07, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
I've wanted to be a writer since I was 12 years old. I was in fifth grade and reading behind my age level when I discovered The Hobbit. We were only allowed to check one book out from the school library . . .
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September 15, 2007 01:42 AM EDT --
Well, I suppose it was bound to happen. I've been corresponding with so many people recently that I just had to delete and email I hadn't finished with.
I email someone about the First Chapters . . .
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