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Kyla

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Welcome to the Creative Writing Network

Thank you for visiting Creative Writing and I hope this will blossom into a very useful site for Creative Writers. I have found several sites over the past few years which have useful resources and articles but the problem is they're all over the place. I am hoping the forum section of this network will prove to be very useful in categorizing useful information. Hopefully, we will post story extracts and help each other out in our quest to become authors (or continue if we've already made it).

Feel free to start adding your own forum discussions and groups - the sites yours to do as you please (well, within limits obviously).

Any suggestions / requests please get in touch

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I'm really happy to report that 'Tilly's Tale', written under my Harry Porter pseudonym has today appeared on sale at Amazon.com Hopefully it won't be too long before it also appears on Amazon's UK site too. Tilly is so excited her tail hasn't st...
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Meg Philip I'm almost finished with my second novel; who'd like to proof read it first?
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I'm over the moon today, because my book 'Tilly's Tale' written under my Harry Porter name was released this morning by 4RV Publishing. 'Tilly's Tale' is the first book in my 'Harry Porter's Dog tales' series and sets out to tell Tilly's life stor...
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Identity thief is on the rise! One of our authors recently had an attack on his identity. Lucky for him, he had an identify protection. Here is what the expert told him and I am going to do this pronto. Go into all your online social networking si...
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Brian L Porter

'Tilly's Tale' now at Amazon.com

I'm really happy to report that 'Tilly's Tale', written under my Harry Porter pseudonym has today appeared on sale at Amazon.comContinue

Posted by Brian L Porter on November 8, 2009 at 7:56pm

Brian L Porter

My Book, 'Tilly's Tale' is Released Today

I'm over the moon today, because my book 'Tilly's Tale' written under my Harry Porter name was released this morning by 4RV Publishing. 'Tilly's Tale' is the first book in my 'Harry Porter's Dog tales' series and sets out to tell Tilly's life story in her own words, beginning with the appalling story of her early life and endin… Continue

Posted by Brian L Porter on November 5, 2009 at 11:34am

Books In Sync

Dear Authors!

Identity thief is on the rise! One of our authors recently had an attack on his identity. Lucky for him, he had an identify protection. Here is what the expert told him and I am going to do this pronto. Go into all your online social networking sites (i.e. Facebook, My Space and other) and change your birthday year and day, change your location (state, city, etc) to help protect criminals from gathering information about you on line and piecing the puzzle together. Your information is safe at Bo… Continue

Posted by Books In Sync on November 4, 2009 at 5:49pm

Books In Sync

Books In Sync Announces Author Brenda Craig

Author Brenda Craig’s Bio:
Brenda Craig is an author and founder of Spirit Food for Life Ministries, home of journalsoftheheart.com, soakingwithapurpose.com and spiritualdecrees.com.

Brenda is a graduate of the International Prophetic Mentoring Counsel, a ministry of Mary Lindow. She has had many years of training through various ministries such as: Dr. Bill Hamon, Patricia King’s Glory School, Mary Lindow, Kansas City IHOP, Apostle John Dean of Alliance International Ministries and many others… Continue

Posted by Books In Sync on October 28, 2009 at 11:01pm

Books In Sync

Books In Sync Announces Award Winning Mega Multi-Book Author Brian L. Porter

Author Brian L. Porter is a member of The American Authors Association, The Military Writers Society of America and The Whitechapel Society 1888

Legacy of the Ripper by Brian L. Porter

The Incredible Sequel to the Award-Winning 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper'

From Award-Winning author Brian L Porter and Double Dragon Publishing comes the long awaited sequel to A Study in Red. Legacy of the Ripper takes up the story ten years after the events that transpired in the fir… Continue

Posted by Books In Sync on October 26, 2009 at 11:36am

Fiction Writing Headlines from About.com

Response to the November Writing Challenge

The stories written for this month's writing challenge have dealt with more serious themes than last month's did -- and the exercise in part calls for this. Based on a short story by Abigail Thomas, the exercise came to me through a friend who was completing an MFA at Sarah Lawrence. The idea is to portray a character at two different points in time and show, in 500-600 words, how the character has changed. Since change often comes through struggle, it's only natural that we would see more dramatic conflicts at work here.

To get a better idea of what I'm talking about, read and comment on the selections that have been submitted so far. Then see what the exercise challenges you to create.

Response to the November Writing Challenge originally appeared on About.com Fiction Writing on Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 22:54:11.

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Share Your NaNoWriMo Stories

Now that NaNoWriMo has officially kicked off, we want to hear about the events and write-ins that are keeping wrimos going. I started the storytelling off earlier this week with a short description of the November 1 write-in organized by About.com folks here in Brooklyn. As always, I was amazed at how much more I wrote when in the company of other writers. Have you attended or hosted a write-in recently? Did you find that it helped you crank your words out for that day? Tell us about your write-in.

Want to host a write-in, but not sure how? Find write-in advice from wrimos around the country. Photo: Intrepid guide coordinator Sue Funke is writing a memoir this year.

Share Your NaNoWriMo Stories originally appeared on About.com Fiction Writing on Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 13:22:24.

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Writing Space Therapy

A reader named Angie wrote in, asking me to post her predicament here. She wrote, "This year I moved into a new apartment -- and in with my boyfriend -- and I've had writer's block ever since. My old one-bedroom was right by the highway in a fairly industrial neighborhood, so there was always a jack hammer going off somewhere. I also had this courtyard that was really more of an airspace, and there was always music playing or a baby crying or a couple fighting. When I moved out, one of the MOVERS even looked out my window at my gritty little courtyard and said, 'You lived here how long?'

"But by hook or by crook, I did a lot of writing in that apartment. I thought that in my nice, new office, in my new, quiet neighborhood, I'd reach new levels of productivity -- I'd live happily ever after. But that hasn't been the case. I never feel quite right here. I've never been precious about my space (see above, if in doubt), but I need help. Writing space therapy, please! What can I do to make the office work for me?"

Does anyone have advice for Angie about how to make her writing space work? How did you get the chemistry right in your space? Let us know, below, in the comments, or even better, in our new user answer form. (You can even upload pictures. Angie sent a picture of her space: I told her to save it and do a "Before and After" once she's put our suggestions to work.)

Writing Space Therapy originally appeared on About.com Fiction Writing on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at 08:40:36.

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Writing Contests

Scribophile NaNoWriMo Contest

It’s November, and that means you just might be busy writing your NaNoWriMo novel. We thought that since you’re already writing, why not have a chance at winning a little cash while you’re at it? Submit the first chapter of your NaNoWriMo novel to our November NaNoWriMo contest for a chance to win. [...]

2009 HUMAN POTENTIAL NON-FICTION CONTEST

INHOUSEPRESS invites Essay entries for the Human Potential Writing Competition. The essays (or articles) are limited to 1000 words max. The winner (first prize) will be published on-line. Deadline for submissions: November 28, 2009. Open to Canadian and International entrants. Entry is free. More details… inhousepress.ca/contestrules1.html

Short Story Writing Contest: “Travel Stories”

Conditions of Entry We are proud to present the 4th writing contest for English books: November 4th to November 30th, 2009 While traveling we always have new experiences, whether they are amazing, life changing or just disillusioning. Tell us your travel story. It may deal with a travel journey to a new place, time travelling, revisiting one’s [...]
 
 

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