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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).

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I'm really, really pleased to have discovered today that my new release 'Pestilence' is now available in Australia and can be ordered from 'AussieBookSeller' in Artarmon, NSW. with free delivery within Australia as well! Follow the link and see item…
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This story is brought to you courtesy of ArtInfo.com Although modern graffiti was born in Philadelphia in the late 1960s when CORNBREAD and COOL EARL began bombing their names on streets and subways, New York City will always be graffiti’s home.…
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Game on! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are taking legal action against the British tabloid News of the World for its story last month that alleged the couple were working out details of a split. "The News of the World has failed to meet our clients'…
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The dust jacket text for Gone Away: Into the Land promises an epic fantasy adventure. I can tell you that this is one novel that exceeds expectations. Author Jeffrey B. Allen takes the reader on an adventure that will leave you thinking about the…
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Brian L Porter

'Pestilence' is now available to order in Australia!

I'm really, really pleased to have discovered today that my new release 'Pestilence' is now available in Australia and can be ordered from 'AussieBookSeller' in Artarmon, NSW. with free deli… Continue

Posted by Brian L Porter on February 9, 2010 at 11:15am

Alfred Kobacker

D-Train to Deitch: Graffiti's rise to the mainstream



This story is brought to you courtesy of ArtInfo.com


Although modern graffiti was born in Philadelphia in the late 1960s when CORNBREAD and COOL EARL began bombing their names on streets and subways, New York City will always be graffiti’s home. Pioneers like TAKI 183 first m

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Posted by Alfred Kobacker on February 9, 2010 at 8:03am

Colene Cortez

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt are suing tabloid over breakup story

Game on! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are taking legal action against the British tabloid News of the World for its story last month that alleged the couple were working out details of a split.

"The News of the World has failed to meet our clients' reasonable demands for a retraction of and apology for these false and intrusive allegations which have now been widely republished by mainstream news outlets," a lawyer working for the couple in London said in a statement. "We have advised them to b… Continue

Posted by Colene Cortez on February 8, 2010 at 11:01pm

Alfred Kobacker

Doctor finally looks at charge in Jackson death

Dr. Conrad Murray, who has been trying to surrender to authorities for a week, will likely get his chance with prosecutors saying they will file a charge Monday in the death of Michael Jackson.


A district attorney's spokeswoman did not name the doctor nor say what the charge will be but Murray's lawyers have said they expect a single charge of involuntary manslaughter against the man who administered an anesthetic to the singer before he died.


As the last person to see Jackson a

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Posted by Alfred Kobacker on February 8, 2010 at 4:47pm

Alfred Kobacker

Super Bowl TV spot brings Leno, Letterman together

Super Bowl viewers were rubbing their eyes at the sight of a TV spot pairing CBS late-night host David Letterman with longtime NBC archrival Jay Leno, plus media magnate Oprah Winfrey.


Appearing early in the CBS-aired game Sunday, the ad depicted Letterman and Leno glumly sharing a couch watching the Super Bowl, with Winfrey seated between them trying to make peace.


Letterman grumbles, "This is the worst Super Bowl party ever."


"Now, Dave, be nice," Winfrey urges.


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Posted by Alfred Kobacker on February 8, 2010 at 6:37am

Fiction Writing Headlines from About.com

New Writing Challenge Submissions

We've had some exciting responses to the writing challenge so far: each one has taken a completely different approach to the prompt. Nadine C. Keels wrote a poem that works with the image of the prompt but also incorporates a bit of free association. James Abel started with a more literal interpretation: "I took the approach of wondering in what context a wedding cake would ever be in a road." He came up with two possible conclusions and then used one for his story, which takes us into the contemporary art world. And a reader who asked to be known as JMS submitted a chilling modern-day fairy tale, which explains the image in a completely different way.

Take some time this Monday morning to read and comment on the submissions so far, and consider sending in your own story. (The challenge is open until February 28.) Thanks to all the writers who have submitted work so far. A few other responses have come in: I hope to have them up shortly.

New Writing Challenge Submissions originally appeared on About.com Fiction Writing on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 09:26:07.

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Contribute Self-Publishing Stories

As self-publishing becomes easier and more acceptable -- and traditional publishing contracts become ever more elusive -- many people are choosing to circumvent the traditional publishing industry. However, with so many companies to choose from, it's actually harder these days to tell the difference between legit presses and opportunistic ones.

It occurred to me that the best way to help writers who are considering print-on-demand or self-publishing is to provide stories from people who have done it. If you've self-published, or used a print-on-demand service, please review the company you used. What did you think of your experience? What would you do differently? Let other readers know what they can expect from the various companies out there.

Contribute Self-Publishing Stories originally appeared on About.com Fiction Writing on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 09:22:36.

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February 2010 Writing Challenge: The Wedding Cake in the Middle of the Road

The writing prompt for this month comes from an exercise created by NPR host Susan Stamberg and novelist George Garrett for a radio series in the early 1990s. For the series, they charged six authors with the task of writing a short story using the image "the wedding cake in the middle of the road." The stories were read on Weekend Edition, and then anthologized, along with 17 others, in a book called The Wedding Cake in the Middle of the Road: 23 Variations on a Theme. We'll essentially be creating our own anthology this month, though with any luck, we'll have more than 23 variations.

The theme appealed to me at this time since Valentine's Day looms large in February here in the United States. The image clearly offers love-wary cynics opportunities for inspiration, but creative romantics should find many possibilities as well.

To participate, write a short story of 2,000 words or fewer using the wedding cake image and submit them by February 28. (For those who took to last month's exercise, prose poems are also perfectly acceptable.) Submissions must follow these guidelines to be included. If you'd like an immediate response, or would like a response on some other piece of writing, please post your story in the forum under "Share Work." Either way, thanks for sharing your work, and happy writing.

February 2010 Writing Challenge: The Wedding Cake in the Middle of the Road originally appeared on About.com Fiction Writing on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 11:00:52.

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Writing Contests

Textnovel.com (www.textnovel.com) is running a contest January 1, 2010 through August 31, 2010 for the best online serial novel. Textnovel allows writers to get attention based on how many followers, views and votes they get and also provides an interactive format for creating the novel. The prize is $1,000 and the winner gets [...]

Call for Submissions – William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

Deadline for Entries: January 31, 2010 Nominations for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing will be accepted through January 31, 2010. This award, given by Stanford University Libraries in partnership with the William Saroyan Foundation, recognizes newly published works of fiction and non-fiction with a $5,000 award for the winner in each category. [...]

Writing Contest | “Family Stories” | No Fee

December 21, 2009 to February 23, 2010 There is currently running a free-to-enter short story contest on BookRix for writers and readers. The theme is “Family Stories”. (No page limit) Prizes on the line include $1.800,00 in prize money for writers, “fame!” and Amazon vouchers (each worth $20) for voting readers. Prizes for authors: First Prize: $1000 Second Prize: $500 Third Prize: $300 The [...]
 
 

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