Tag: arts
group name: fictionaddiction
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May 15, 2007 05:44 PM EDT --
Rarely does a film combine visual brilliance and emotional pitch quite like Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. It takes place in 1944 Spain, but it represents the sad horror of all wars. It . . . more
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October 13, 2006 06:22 PM EDT --
The low floodlights come up first, gels of blue, deep red, purple and some muted yellows. Hakim, with his own mini floodlight in the left-hand bass drum takes up the beat, both feet beating out . . . more
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June 16, 2007 05:57 PM EDT --
M.J. Rose is an author and an expert on marketing. She wrote an interesting article (for publication) a few years back culling information from various authors who had been published that were willing . . . more
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March 19, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
Here is my first attempt of putting my stuff out there for the world wide web to do with what they will. I used to have a really good writing community--flesh and blood and all that--but life has gotten . . . more
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August 04, 2006 11:27 PM EDT --
Fiction
serious critique solicited
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I can feel the sounds around me. They are like the rain and wind and leaves are to all of you. The noise itself has a texture, much like the ways you describe . . . more
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January 14, 2007 12:06 PM EST --
I’ve been sort of foolish, and for that I’m embarrassed, thinking all along that a man wrote Prep. From the first chapter on, I’ve thought to myself, wow! This guy has really gotten into . . . more
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September 18, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
Our first Gather Gnome Contest
Can you guess the Gather Gnome's Age?
Is our intrepid gnome
A) 200 years old
B) 225
C) 279
D) None of the above
For a clue, read the latest installment of the . . . more
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July 19, 2006 12:04 PM EDT --
After reading The Grapes of Wrath, I have come to understand why Steinbeck was my Babba's favorite author. An epic saga it follows the journey of the Joad family as they move from dust laden Oklahoma . . . more
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July 06, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
I never really thought too much about book covers until I started sitting on the other side of the desk. They seem to be one of those things you take for granted. We all like to think that . . . more
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October 16, 2006 12:58 AM EDT --
Waiting tables is a great job for a college student. It's flexible, and for someone without a degree it offers the most money for the time . . . more
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October 19, 2007 09:54 AM EDT --
New York City is an ideal place for people of all ages who want to unwind, play, and meet new friends in an energetic backdrop. Beginning at the . . . more
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June 30, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
I bought this movie last weekend and finally had time to sit and watch it. This movie literally made me cry. I'm 42 years old and until last night, I haven't cried at a movie since the first time . . . more
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February 12, 2007 08:22 AM EST --
WRITING PROMPTS
The term “prompt writer” sounds scary, but in reality, every serious writer has his or her own prompts.
What is a prompt? The dictionary . . . more
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June 13, 2007 12:40 AM EDT --
Two weeks ago in New York, I had the privilege of appearing on a panel at the Backspace Conference. It was my first experience at a writing conference, and one I'd recommend to anyone in our solitary . . . more
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February 06, 2007 07:33 AM EST --
In the past I've written articles on CRITUQUE GROUPS, SHOWING vs TELLING, ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE.
Where some of the writers involved with this competition are nearing the end of their first chapters, . . . more
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August 15, 2006 11:23 AM EDT --
I think I've written a bit about this e-zine before--http://www.thetowndrunk.org is currently open for submissions! They are looking for short, speculative stories. From the guidelines: . . . more
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October 06, 2006 08:51 AM EDT --
For those of you who missed it before , the way this works is everyone writes ONE sentence of the story. You can write as many sentences as you want but they have to be seperated by a sentence written . . . more
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January 26, 2007 02:24 PM EST --
It's been said that "everyone has a story to tell". That quote goes back many years and for a writer who wants to be published and sell books, that statement is a nemesis.
That statement . . . more
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August 31, 2007 11:38 AM EDT --
I recently had a phone conversation with an old friend with whom I’d been out of touch. During the course of the conversation she asked me about writing, not really about mine specifically, more, . . . more
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August 29, 2007 03:42 PM EDT --
Let's pause for a moment and think of the devastation caused by rampant roaring fires of large parts of Greece. I think that a prayer is needed. Amen. Thank you all.
Introduction
The nine Muses of . . . more
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