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    Weekly Wrap Up (Jan. 5 - Jan. 11)

    By wildone

    First a disclaimer, I'm tired and none of me editors are around to read the wrap up for me   I hate to say but the first couple of weeks have been terrible for our US friends and neighbours it seems. With LA burning down and the east and southeast getting blasted by ice and snow, I have to say I hope that all of them are okay  I'm sure there is other places too that are having strange and wakey weather too, like Friday we had an actual thunderstorm (rain) and a blizzard Saturday night. Noth
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Melancholy ... the broken staff of life

Expository writing

What used to come easily now takes a moment or two of concentration. Honestly, I try to stay out of the exposition trap, but sometimes the story needs a bit of placement for it to get out of the starting gate. For dramatic effect it’s far better to jump right in and let the characters run with the plot, but this new story needs a bit of exposition to get moving. It’s good to know I have a starting point, though it is 858 words in and an end point when a potential might have been is turned into a
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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JC's Writing Blog

I kinda finished it... Wow...

Errr entry four.   I kinda went all out over the last three days and i finished Woman's Game 1: Book of Genesis. Wrote just under 6000 words in 3 days... I have a serious case of the Nephys.   And the word count comes round at 29691. I'm amazed. 691 words more than i expected.   I need to develop the plot (aka rewrite the plot) of Book 2 in order to completely round the story up and the dreaded plot holes, which relates to my question this week.   I will definately have this with Cia bef
JC's Writing Blog

What a week! Third Entry

Wow What a week I've produced a fair bit in the last week. I've focused on The Woman's Game this week and i've completed just over 2 chapters. I've gone from 18089 to 23729 which was fantastic and I am about to finish Chapter 10 which is way more than i predicted that I would have created. I may have this with Cia before the end of July   Frosty is still looking at Angel for me So no writing on that one   No questions this week just happy about having produced nearly 6000 words   C
Skywriting

Story blurb

You're doing it wrong you know.   I turned, abandoning for now the sidewalk chalk drawing I had been working on. There stood a young man, no older than his mid twenties, clothed in a black leather jacket and, judging by his smirk, enough arrogance that I dropped my guess to his age by five years. "Doing what wrong?" I asked,   That sigil, he replied, pointing to my half finished art. You should use blue chalk for that line, or you'll never get it work properly.   "I haven't the faintest id
B1ue

B1ue

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jamessavik's Blog

My 2nd worst day ever

Today I got the talk from my boss. His partner left the firm and he can't afford to keep me. I join the mass ranks of the unemployed.   How can this day get any worse? Add a robbery. While I was inside a convenience store a thug helped himself to my new i-Phone, debit card and a gas card.   Now I'm afraid to leave the house.   Never ask What else could go wrong. It will.   How many times do I have to get up after being floored? Just the next time.
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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miker33's Blog

More things on my mind

Hey, I have more things on my mind based on open mind towards homosexuality, but also the religion ( I know that none of you didn't really much care for religion, again sorry if I offend you all by saying it).   One thing that have been on my mind was due to a religion (in other words, my friend's words had been on my mind). Apparently, one of my friends who I know, used to be a Baptist... Why is he 'USED' to be a Baptist? Well, it's because he had converted to Islam (that, well may be tend t
miker33

miker33

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Mark92's Blog

Have I made progress? I think I have.

I joined here in April a pretty sad case. Lonely, confused, hurt time and time over. Have I made progress? I'd like to think so, yeah I guess so. I joined here to read, to find something that sort of spelled out how I feel. I'm big on feelings and emotions, and what the senses are. How have I moved on? Well I write now, something I love to do,and want to carry on doing. A lot of you know I didnt go to school, at all not even properly home schooled, in fact most of it is self-taught. So thi
Mark92

Mark92

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Melancholy ... the broken staff of life

Oh, bother . . . .

Okay, this is the deal. I've got a sixteen-year-old who is entering college. Yeah, it's a stretch, but skip a few years and suddenly you're in his shoes, too. So, anyway, this kid is entering because his family situation puts him there, probably by a bunch of geezers smoozing away with expensive bourbon and thick cigars who are not mentioned for obvious reasons.   So, anyway, this sixteen-year-old boy has an eighteen-year-old assigned to ease his entry and, well, not knowing the kid's age beco
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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miker33's Blog

Few things on my mind...

Hi all,   Just feel like spilling things that have been on my mind past 24 hours. First of the all, I am going to apologize in advance if any topics what I am going to discuss in here may annoy you. If it does, then please do not read further. Well, we know that the world is so complicated, never is simple. There are a lot of issues, such as war, government corruption, and etc. One BIGGEST question is that- Is America now open minded towards homosexuality? I mean, New York had passed th
miker33

miker33

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Melancholy ... the broken staff of life

Staring at my ceiling

I saw Yoko Ono and Saint Paul on my ceiling today. The image of Yoko Ono was from the top down across her face and depicted her at a much earlier age. Why she chose to appear on my ceiling is beyond me. I would’ve very much appreciated if she had chosen someone else’s ceiling, but that was not to be today.   My ceiling is of the industrial blown-in variety and more than likely contains a sizable percentage of asbestos. Whether it is slowly sifting down upon the residents of the shelter is anyb
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Life is worth an entry

What purpose do we have?

I sit here typing out this blog and wondering what is our purpose. Is there a purpose to everything we do, somethings, or nothing?   Some days, we hope for rewards based on our actions; either good or bad actions, but nevertheless some think the purpose is based on rewards.   However, should we base our lives on rewards?   What ever happened to doing what is just and right for the reason that it is for the greater good. Rewards should not drive human actions, nor is it purpose.   Then
W_L

W_L

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JC's Writing Blog

Second Entry. Several Questions...

Time for another entry   This one will be an update but also a few questionsfor GA Authors or Members   Update   Well I'm now i'm officially halfway through with Woman's Game. I've gonefrom 16808 words to 18089. Very pleased with myself with that J The story is reallycontinuing and i'm really looking forward to getting Cia's thoughts on it Excellent editor and beta. Reccomend her to anyone J Can be harsh, butonly does it for the best   Angel 3 hasn't gone up as much but i finished th
Melancholy ... the broken staff of life

40+50=70+30=100

I received my disability award from the Veterans Administration the other day. A month and a half ago they awarded me 40 percent for my crotchety knees. Now they awarded an additional 50 percent for the bipolar and 30 percent for what is called individual unemployability. In other words, I’m 100 percent disabled due to the bipolar, the knee problems, and individual unemployability.   The individual unemployability is the important facet of the equation. They went to great lengths to explain my
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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JC's Writing Blog

Well i thought it would be a good idea...

Well Hello Guys and welcome to my new blog   I'm going to talk about my writing here and problems i encounter and how my word count is doing and that sort of thing.   Any comments would be appreciated and stuff   But i'm just going to start on a basic list of my stories and their current word counts and in future work from there       Womans Game: Book of Genesis: 16808 - 8 Chapters So Far   Angel 3 - 10103 - 3 Chapters So Far   Fall Anthology - COMPLETE - Really need to submit
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happiness. -

The question was on the tip of my tongue,   But I couldn’t get it out.   Every now & then...   I wish I had it in me to walk up to you at graduation & say I have liked you too for what seems like my entire life.     The summer when I was 18.   I had burst out crying alone in my room one morning   & realized that no one truly knew how unhappy I was,   Nor did I want anyone to know.   I could hear a boy silently crying on the television,   Which had been on s
MidnightSecret

MidnightSecret

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Nephylim's Blog

The Right Thing

I've been having quite a few problems with regard to doing the right thing lately and more often than not they have turned out to be the wrong thing.   The thing I am concerned about today is my job   Being a lawyer you would think i'd be cool headed and analytical... well I am when I'm behind the desk or in the courtroom. I am far better sorting out the lives of strangers then I am with my own and those close to me.   I think it says a lot that I am the most disorganised person EVER and m
Nephylim

Nephylim

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jamessavik's Blog

My phone is smarter than I am now.

< ?   I bit the bullet and joined the new millennium. I bought a smart phone.   Specifically an Apple iPhone 4. It's an impressive piece of technology.   My particular iPhone has 32 Gigabytes of memory.   It is a Kindle.   It is a web enable device.   It is an iPod.   I'm pretty sure it's got a phaser if I can just figure it out.   However- I am a grown up. You'll never catch me sexting anybody. With my luck I'll send naughty pics to a wrong number that just happens to be a
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Life is worth an entry

Is it strange not to feel

For those of you, who know what I do and those who don't, I had a very weird day today.   I am a head of accounting for a health management firm that manages community health centers, in European equivalence, these health centers are similar to a local clinic combined with an apothecary and outpatient services from a traditional hospital.   I work in tough neighborhoods in Boston, making sure the accounting works correctly and people are not trying to rob the organizations blind. Today, whi
W_L

W_L

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Wry Wrambling of a Rebellious Rimbaud

The Thing About Mark Is...

June 25th, 2011   The thing about Mark is…hard to define and I’ve tried to define it, shape it, and understand it going on three years. It could be his looks, he’s a real f**king hottie in a complete nerd star way. His personality? Maybe, he’s playful and caring and loves his friends and family with a passion that is scary for someone with my background. His work ethic? He goes to school full time and works full time. His drug addiction? He has to smoke first thing in the morning and se
Jason Rimbaud

Jason Rimbaud

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Life is worth an entry

Why do people dream of a democracy?

I was pondering this thought as I keep hearing the radio responders, chiming over and over again about how the US is a Democracy and their voices matter in the decisions.   This lie to people might maintain order and this dream of democracy has been with many for a long time, but the US has never been a democracy, nor has any of her current allies. Sure, every nation has varying forms of representative government, but no nation has had a direct universal democracy as the primary form of govern
W_L

W_L

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old bob's Blog

Advices, to give them is the easiest way

My professional life took place in several stages:   The apprenticeship of a young engineer, trying to practice what he learned at university and gaining his first experiences of junior officer in the industry,   The maturation period, as a general consultant working for an association of companies in the oil sector, with the purpose to improve the profitability of the 1'200 members of the association, from small commercial oil distributors to the big heads of several networks of oil stor
old bob

old bob

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Random Thought's

Life or something like it

Things have been kinda of spiraling out of control since April.   To set the stage: Christmas 2009 my grandfather was diagnosed with colon cancer. It was removed but had spread. He was seeing a doctor at Johns Hopkins and was getting some experimental treatment. When that didn't work and the cancer had spread they tried cemo. It didn't work and my grandfather got worse. In March this year, he did a 15 minute conversation with his kids. The day he met with my mom he had her drag me from work be
AquariusGuy

AquariusGuy

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Nephylim's Blog

ANOTHER Update

I'm sure you're all very bored by now with my sudden splurge of blogging but I just wanted to say that i've taken the job. Three days a week 9.30 to 3. I'll always be home for Efan and I wil always have a day off tomorrow.   Still plenty of time for writing and painting but with a cheque at the end of the month.   I am SO excited about telling the Benefits Agency where to stuff their benefits. There is nothing beneficial about them at all.   As for the morphine well, I reckon I am going
Nephylim

Nephylim

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