Tag: writing
group name: postaholics
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September 13, 2007 01:04 PM EDT --
Coffee or chocolate ….
Decisions, decisions. Ain’t life hard? But what a fun assignment for Thursday’s writing challenge. I saw Rose’s article announcing . . . more
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October 08, 2008 10:06 PM EDT --
No regrets you say. Well I have quite a few,
But my biggest regret is the day I lost you.
I didn't love you when I had the chance
I heard the music, but I wouldn't dance.
I hid in the corner . . . more
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February 07, 2007 07:19 PM EST --
In a perfect world, I'd write every day but I don't. This used to guilt me out until I heard Joyce Carol Oates speak. She writes in spurts like I do. Not everyday but every . . . more
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July 27, 2008 05:33 PM EDT --
A lop-sided moon
Shows its pock-marked face,
Smirking in a sky bereft of cloud.
While winter trees stretch,
Twisting their limbs toward the sky,
Lifting their last blood dried leaves in silence, . . . more
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July 10, 2007 10:59 PM EDT --
As we moved into our own home in the 80s, my 9 year-old-son naturally wanted a dog of his own.
Brian preferred a puppy but as things turned out, a friend had taken in a stray coon . . . more
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November 30, 2007 03:32 PM EST --
As you may already know, Terry Shaw’s novel won a contest here on Gather.com earlier this year. The contest itself was a test of faith - for everyone involved - in their work. Because there . . . more
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July 18, 2007 01:04 AM EDT --
Hello dear journal, how are you?
I heard you were lonely and tired of waiting soooooooooo long for me to come and tell you about what is going on in my life.
You have been sinking into a deeper and deeper . . . more
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May 06, 2008 01:54 PM EDT --
I remember the day when my world fell apart
and I was left in the dark with my cold empty heart.
I almost had you, or so I thought
So I got too close and my feelings were caught.
I became lost . . . more
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December 01, 2007 08:28 PM EST --
I opened Gather and found an invitation to a new group that features Christmas memories. It is the perfect season for this new group and I was inspired to relive this memory. I am lucky . . . more
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March 29, 2008 07:31 PM EDT --
Blogger?
Facebook?
MySpace?
Xanga?
LiveJournal?
I know there are even more than that.
I first started one on Blogger several years ago and wrote about the day my mom died and . . . more
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June 27, 2007 07:31 PM EDT --
Life started out simply enough for a child born in 1918.
. . . more
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April 08, 2007 11:07 AM EDT --
Writing
Dialogue: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Effective Dialogue (Write Great Fiction) - Gloria Kempton
Plot & Structure: (Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips REaders . . . more
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October 01, 2008 12:00 PM EDT --
I'm so excited! Last night I downloaded a trial of Photoshop and installed some blood brushes and look what I made.
Hurrah! Not bad considering I had no idea what I was doing with the brushes . . . more
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July 10, 2007 10:47 AM EDT --
Dateline: Internet
It should come as no surprise that the Society for the Prevention of Misuse of Homophones has announced its endorsement of John O and Kris M for President and Vice President of Gather. . . . more
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October 02, 2008 12:27 PM EDT --
As much as I told myself that I'd leave the cover as it was with the other versions, I decided that I was going to try to perfect it. The Photoshop trial will expire and it'd just be my luck that . . . more
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October 30, 2007 12:30 AM EDT --
1) LeJoy
Regrets for Two
Regrets for Two - By LeJoy R.
"How could you, Roger?"
He would never forget the look of hurt in Sandy's eyes.
"I'm sorry. If I could…" . . . more
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January 30, 2008 07:28 AM EST --
I WANT TO BE A PIZZA
I am just a blob of dough
but I want everyone to know
I am waiting for any joe
to phone and order pizza -- to go.
I want you to take me in your hands
spin . . . more
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January 07, 2008 06:35 PM EST --
...what would you say?
Recently I heard a new song on the radio..."Letter to Me." For some reason, this song really stuck with me, and I've been thinking about it quite a bit. Brad Paisley . . . more
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September 20, 2007 10:28 AM EDT --
Now photo-less and icon-free
it's all that I can think to be
no face for others to endure
(a small relief of that i'm sure)
no art, no snoot, no pic of old
no sepia of burnished gold
but . . . more
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March 17, 2007 09:16 AM EDT --
I get the impression from some people that they don't necessarily know how to read when they complain about even the slightest use of the passive voice in the work of others.
One author who wrote . . . more
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