Tag: fiction
group name: crimewritinghole
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October 10, 2007 12:22 PM EDT --
Tim Wallace entered the room. It had a beige motif which included everything from a chair, the wallpaper to a worn and creaky table and a moth eaten sofa. On the sofa sat, a slender woman with a green . . .
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October 07, 2007 09:55 PM EDT --
This is the very orginal beginning to the Eye of the Storm. Treali Storm is speaking here, and it's supposed to be simple, dramatic, and eye-catching. I am probably going to change this, for various . . .
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December 06, 2007 08:56 AM EST --
Only three more full voting days left in the ‘Search for the Next Great Crime Writer’ first chapters contest – thank goodness! I have read probably 50 or more entries myself, and have . . .
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October 07, 2007 10:11 PM EDT --
I wrote this in May. It is about Treali Storm. Well of course, considering the title. In case you are unaware (which you very well may be) I am an aspiring crime novelist and Treali is one of my most well . . .
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February 02, 2008 10:44 AM EST --
Ths is a short story (current length ~9100 words) I recently finished. It's kind of a different take on hardboiled, and it's the first thing I ever wrote in first person. I'm publishing . . .
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January 07, 2008 09:42 AM EST --
The results are in - congratulations to our 5 FINALISTS!
The 5 finalists below have been selected from a . . .
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November 29, 2007 04:48 AM EST --
There are 10 ½ more voting days in the ‘Search for the Next Great Crime Writer’ contest, Seems hard to believe. I know when I entered, I had secret dreams that I would be the next . . .
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October 26, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
I've been so concerned with the editing of my First Chapter submission; I'm not quite clear as to how and where to post it, being a first timer. Anyone with simplified input would be greatly . . .
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October 14, 2007 12:44 PM EDT --
None of this is my fault.
FOXNEWS is calling it “The Payday Massacre”, like I'm some kind of gangster killer. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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October 21, 2007 07:46 PM EDT --
Alex didn't wait for Lawson to radio agent Rebecca Simpson, he dashed out the infirmary door and headed to Sherri's room at a dead run, tearing open his stitches as he ran.
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November 15, 2007 12:00 PM EST --
The Round One reading and voting period for the Court TV Search for the Next Great Crime Writer Contest has officially begun! . . .
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February 09, 2008 12:18 PM EST --
2/9/2008:
OK, folks. I reworked the beginning and cut it down, removing a lot of the technical stuff. I have the story as a whole weaned from 9100 words to just over 8600 words, and I've . . .
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January 01, 2008 01:24 PM EST --
"Character is who your are in the dark when nobody is watching." . . .
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December 13, 2007 12:04 PM EST --
The results are in - congratulations to the 25 Round One Winners!
The 25 semifinalists below were selected . . .
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August 30, 2007 01:09 PM EDT --
If only I hadn't been looking for sea glass that Thursday on that beach, I wouldn't have spotted what looked like a discolored tongue. The beach was Pete's Beach and for a Thursday . . .
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March 13, 2008 11:33 PM EDT --
I came across David L. Robbins's article, Advice To Aspiring Writers early in my writing career while I was working on my first novel. At the time, I didn't know if my writing was marketable . . .
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October 08, 2007 01:21 PM EDT --
I wrote this poem way back in 2005 but it reflects the spirit of us nonconformists.
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Who are you?
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October 21, 2007 09:09 AM EDT --
Critique Welcome
Wearing full camouflage: jacket, pants and cap, did little good. Merle was still detectable crossing the kitchen. Behind him, a trail of waffled . . .
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October 08, 2007 02:04 PM EDT --
Description: Red, purple, orange hair; unusually tall; says 'like' way too much; wears red, including lipstick; six inch long nails; forgets what she is saying or doing often (while . . .
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