Tag: writing
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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October 04, 2009 07:08 PM EDT --
Every November for the last eight years I've participated in NaNoWriMo . This November will be no different for me.
I had a great plot come to me while I was journaling a few weeks ago and I'm going . . .
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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 . . .
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June 26, 2008 08:25 PM EDT --
It is a hot Sunday morning.
My restless eyes move around the chapel
And focus on the old man
Who sits across the aisle
In a homemade wheelchair.
I wonder what he thinks and feels
As he blinks . . .
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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 . . .
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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. . . .
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May 02, 2008 05:04 PM EDT --
This was done a few days ago along with four others. I'm just now getting the chance to post it. As always ALL feedback is welcomed.
These are done in fun by me, but make no mistake, they are . . .
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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, . . .
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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 . . .
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September 06, 2007 10:56 AM EDT --
This week’s Non-News Award of Excellence (or Not) is hereby awarded to Gather member
Nippy Katz (Not his real name) Mentor to bad girls and boys everywhere (williemctell.gather.com)
Non-News . . .
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October 05, 2008 10:28 PM EDT --
This is a poem that I just couldn't finish. I started it a long time ago and don't remember what my original intent was. I feel it needs more though, so I am putting it out here for . . .
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October 18, 2007 01:33 AM EDT --
I've started a new group called "Quick Writing Challenge" and here is the link to the first week's challenge!! Challenge started on Monday and will end next Monday...
Quick . . .
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February 28, 2008 01:38 AM EST --
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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 . . .
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August 15, 2007 12:14 PM EDT --
I've been neglecting my homophones. To make up for it, I am posting this homophonic fairy tale. Also, I will list a few others. I suggest all of you grab a couple and use both to make a sentence.
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July 16, 2007 09:41 AM EDT --
In response to Wendy R's article entitled, "I Did it!" I thought I would come up with my own commentary on something I did, Gather-related. (Yes, I'm a copycat. Wendy is my friend, so . . .
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May 02, 2007 03:46 AM EDT --
I waited for you with bated breath
In hopes that once again,
We could share that oneness
we knew when we were friends.
But has time and distance erased
The closeness we once knew?
Because . . .
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June 28, 2008 09:08 PM EDT --
Would you mind if I borrowed your dream?
Somebody stepped on mine
And the broken pieces crumble
and scatter more with the passage of time.
And could I maybe stand in your shoes
And try to feel taller . . .
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September 11, 2008 12:37 AM EDT --
It hurts to love somebody
When you know that they don't care.
There are times when you feel like crying,
But you know it will lead nowhere.
Sometimes I fall into your eyes
And in my head . . .
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