Tag: fiction
group name: onewordatatime
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January 13, 2007 03:00 AM EST --
December 2004 - For the last month I've been writing a novel. Every November since 2001, the year after I moved to Happy Camp, I've written a novel. Before then I only dreamed of writing novels. . . . more
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March 04, 2007 10:26 PM EST --
I will always remember this: the night I ordered duck l’orange I asked him what he was having and he said he was having a crisis. So I said ok, tell me about it, and he said the crisis is about you. . . . more
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November 10, 2007 11:16 AM EST --
I am running as fast as I can down the street, naked, right into the arms of the waiting line of police. Their lights flicker over me, quick dulled flashes behind my closed eyelids. A female cop smiles, . . . more
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September 07, 2006 06:43 AM EDT --
Thomas's eyes were bright and clear as he sat near the pond and a gentle breeze tussled his blond hair. He played in the garden everyday and the pond was his favourite place. He would sit and watch . . . more
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February 22, 2007 01:56 AM EST --
"I think I know what's wrong with your sink Mam" said the portly plumber to the concerned housewife.
"What?"
"Its clogged with ectoplasm."
"What in the world is . . . more
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May 14, 2008 05:37 PM EDT --
"Now what I want is, Facts." Dr. Norman said to the team of specialists. "What do we know about this virus?
"Very little Doctor," Selma Young responded. We . . . more
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July 09, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
This past weekend, I had the opportunity of reading Khaled Hosseini's novel " A Thousand Splendid Suns". The book gripped my attention for hours and after going through the first few . . . more
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April 16, 2007 08:31 PM EDT --
Today I am feeling extremely low. I became addicted to Gather and at the start I loved it. I tried to keep up with all my contacts, (108 ) and apart from a select few (About 10 of them) a lot have . . . more
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October 31, 2006 02:15 AM EST --
"Doctor! Doctor!"
A torrent of tiny bangs shuddered the door. Zach leaned up and tried to focus on the clock. 3:00AM.
"Doctor! Doctor!"
Zach threw off the covers and jabbed his feet . . . more
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September 08, 2007 10:46 PM EDT --
You've likely heard the quote that "you only have one chance to make a first impression."
I get e-mails from writer friends and am shocked by their inability to craft even a simple sentence . . . more
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August 31, 2006 02:57 PM EDT --
You're waking up again. It's cold, so you pull up more blankets, because you'd have to get out of bed to turn the fan off. You can't decide, for the third morning in a row, . . . more
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January 30, 2007 04:47 AM EST --
Writing Exercise #1 – Wedding Picture
Only minutes had passed after saying, “I do,” when my mother and the photographer rescued us from the onslaught of sweaty palmed exchanges. . . . more
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January 27, 2007 09:35 AM EST --
THE FRONT PORCH
At the sound of the roosters shrilling crow she arises to put on her clothes. Shuffling her feet, she struggles through the chilled house. On the front porch she sits, bones cracking . . . more
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March 30, 2008 09:05 PM EDT --
Angela sat alone at the kitchen table and took her new medication. The doctor said it would help stabilize her moods. She thought back over the last twenty four hours and prayed . . . more
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April 20, 2007 02:27 AM EDT --
Betty sat in her wheelchair staring out the window. She had no real thoughts or they all seemed to be scrambled up and she didn’t know why. Right now it didn’t bother her as she sat there looking . . . more
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August 06, 2008 08:26 AM EDT --
If Adam looks the guy in the face and shrugs, “I don’t know his name, dude,” then no one knows him.
Every other day, he walks into the camping store, itching his grimy scalp with long . . . more
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August 02, 2008 02:38 PM EDT --
“Today’s the big day, Izzie! Are you ready?“
“Yes, Momma. I have my special dress on, just like you wanted!”
"Your father has missed you a lot, you know. . . . more
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August 08, 2008 06:43 AM EDT --
“We still have twenty minutes until we meet up with Marsha. Where to?”
“Over here!” I cried staring in awe at the book store before me.
“Not again.” Alicia groaned. . . . more
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March 11, 2008 11:32 AM EDT --
The white line stretched out before her like some divine marker pointing the way to a twisted Oz. Sarah had no illusions about what her destiny held. Her precarious position with . . . more
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September 29, 2007 06:12 PM EDT --
Winston hesitated. Suncast shadows sketched a new black and white landscape in the snow, different after each big wind. The shivering reflex began even before he stepped . . . more
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