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Life Lines

Life Lines

July 16, 2018 by Alice Nelson 29 Comments

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story, writing

Conference Room Number 3

Conference Room Number 3

June 26, 2018 by Alice Nelson 22 Comments

Filed Under: Drama, Magical Realism Tagged With: death, Drama, fantasy, fiction, Flash fiction, Humor, Short Fiction, short story, writing

The Right Hand Man

The Right Hand Man

April 27, 2018 by Alice Nelson 16 Comments

Filed Under: Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, Humor, Short Fiction, short story, suspense, Thriller, writing

The Last Ride

The Last Ride

March 29, 2018 by Alice Nelson 8 Comments

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story, suspense, writing

Better Than Therapy

Better Than Therapy

October 14, 2017 by Alice Nelson 2 Comments

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story, writing

The Rise Part 2: The Outlier

The Rise Part 2: The Outlier

August 18, 2017 by Alice Nelson 4 Comments

Filed Under: Fantasy, Magical Realism, Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: fantasy, fiction, Flash fiction, science fiction, Short Fiction, short story, suspense, writing

a.m.

June 26, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: haiku, Hell, loss, love, night, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, romance, romantic, travel, writer, writing

all human (for Orlando)

June 12, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: change, club, death, florida, guns, haiku, LGBT, loss, mass-shooting, night club, orlando, poem, poet, poetry, pray, Pulse, reflection, rhyme, shooting, terrorism, violence, write, writer, writing

The Amazing Danny Fortune

May 23, 2016 by David Cook 4 Comments

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: fiction, Humor, magic, writing

A killer sales tactic

April 29, 2016 by David Cook Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Humor, Uncategorized Tagged With: fiction, Humor, writing

What’s in the Box? (a very short story)

April 12, 2016 by Jared Hines 5 Comments

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: amwriting, challenges, fiction, Humor, imagination, Inspirational, life, literature, metaphor, micro fiction, motivational, mystery, nature, short story, suspense, thinking, trees, work, writer, writer's block, writing

What’s involved in publishing a book

April 9, 2016 by Ann Stanley Leave a Comment

Filed Under: On Writing Tagged With: fiction, On Writing, self-publishing, short story, the publication process, writing

Miss Magnolia

March 27, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: adulthood, childhood, children, conflict, easter, free-verse, magnolia, memory, nature, peace, poem, poet, poetry, rhyme, seasons, sleep, spring, trees, writing

No one (a free verse)

March 21, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: alliteration, alone, computers, death, free-verse, freeverse, internet, lonely, loss, poem, poet, poetry, Poetry Day, rhyme, thinking, thoughts, words, World Poetry Day, WorldPoetryDay, writer, writing

Creative Writing – The Hobbit: Movie vs. Book

March 5, 2016 by Alice Nelson 12 Comments

Filed Under: On Writing Tagged With: Blog, Books vs. Movies, writing

Leap Day Birthday Blues

February 29, 2016 by David Cook 12 Comments

Filed Under: Humor, Uncategorized Tagged With: February 29, fiction, leap year, writing

Writing Alone

February 28, 2016 by Jared Hines 3 Comments

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: alliteration, feelings, lost, nature, poem, poet, poetry, rhyme, sleep, writer, writing

Blistered Feet (A Valentine's Sonnet)

February 14, 2016 by Jared Hines 1 Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: loss, love, nature, poem, poetry, rhyme, romance, romantic, sonnet, valentine, valentine's day, writing

Haiku Wars

January 17, 2016 by Jared Hines 5 Comments

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: death, haiku, life, loss, poem, poetry, rhyme, thoughts, writing

Shadow Play

January 10, 2016 by David Cook 5 Comments

Filed Under: Horror, Humor Tagged With: fiction, writing

Poetic Pause (a sonnet)

January 3, 2016 by Jared Hines 3 Comments

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: death, fear, life, love, poem, poetry, sonnet, writing

Food for the Mindless Masses (Ch. 2)

November 30, 2015 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: challenges, decisions, fiction, galaxy, nature, planets, poetry, science fiction, short story, Space, war, writing

A man of few words

November 16, 2015 by David Cook 13 Comments

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: fiction, writing

Write a Story They Won't Soon Forget

October 24, 2015 by kstuart00 3 Comments

Filed Under: On Writing Tagged With: detail in writing, On Writing, on writing well, writing, writing compelling stories

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