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    Weekly Wrap Up (Jul. 12 - Jul. 18)

    By wildone

    We had an interesting discussion last week with the Weekly Wrap Up. I see the weather has broke in some places and yet others is getting worse 😮  Up here in Canada, it is so hot and dry we are burning up. Over 1000 wildfires going on right now   I wouldn't go camping now unless it was on a river or lake shore.  So back to one of the parts of the camping theme, I mentioned about swimming. So if you never went camping, or you like 5 star service in a hotel or you camped on a lake or you
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I Think I've Come To An End ...

WARNING: Long entry.   We picked up Nana, our new German Shepherd puppy, on Friday morning and have been enjoying many pleasurable experiences with her. We took her to the vet yesterday and she weighed in at just over 8 pounds. Quite a handful.   A week before last my son sideswiped a Mustang on his way to work and in all likelihood totaled his Expedition, if he had collision insurance on it, which he didn’t. Well, it is a ’99, so there’s not much point in carrying that kind of coverage. Tha
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Obscure Oldie- "fascination" By The Human League

The Human League were an 80's British synthpop band, best known for their 1982 monster hit, "Don't You Want Me." They had some other, lesser-known songs, including this top 10 hit from 1983:     Man, Phil Oakley rocked the hell out of the 80's androgynous look. And this is just a song that would be fun as hell to dance to.   The thing of note about them is that the two female back-up singers/dancers were just ordinary teenaged girls that Phil found dancing at a night club, and asked h
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Not Meant To Be (Free Verse)

NOT MEANT TO BE   You wanted to talk about the night sky And the moonlight on the lake While he was swatting at a mosquito on his leg And wondering when you’d shift Your head heavy with poetry That was causing pins and needles in his arm
ZephyrSky

ZephyrSky

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Contemplating Water (Free Verse)

CONTEMPLATING WATER   It rained all night, turning windows into water features and water features into windows onto the nature of water.   But this was largely a futile display because most people weren’t awake to reflect on it.   I, however, stood at my bedroom window at two in the morning and still at four, curtains pulled back, all the house lights off, contemplating the fact that, of all the kinds of precipitation, rain is my favourite. I prefer its honest simplicity over the self-cons
ZephyrSky

ZephyrSky

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Picture/poem/1.19.15

Blue believer muffin pockets thigh huggers knee rippers skinny where skinny counts round where round cuffs the guy with blueberry jeans
Toast

Toast

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I Know What You Did

I know what you did.   It was a big mistake to leave me alive.   You tried to kill me but like a poor workman, you botched the job.   I begged you not too but you just laughed.   My family didn't matter.   Nothing mattered but you, your ego and your duplicity. You took it all.   There was however a complication. I survived.   For a while I didn't want to. I'm not sure how but I found a way.   It wasn't easy and someday I will be sure to thank you for that.   You really couldn
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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An Act Of Pretense

Some Thoughts on Writing (gleaned from minimal experience and maximum exposure)   THE NATURE OF A WRITER If you wish to locate writers in the universe of Venn diagrams, you must first locate the circle marked ‘crippling self-doubt’ and then find where it overlaps with the space for ‘absolute narcissism’. That’s where Art lives. This realization comes at a cost to the aspiring writer. Any good writer is an avid reader – this elementary relationship is always pointed out whenever an author who’s
ZephyrSky

ZephyrSky

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Not Everything Is Awful

Some good things in the world (other than sliced bread) that human beings are responsible for: playlists you make yourself and puff pastry you don’t; the Parthenon and the Borgesian Library of Babel; Google’s search-by-image option and amazon.com; the myth of Prometheus; Angostura bitters; the way bubble wrap pops; wit; Sharpie pens and the convenient way paper folds; delete functions and snooze buttons; the strings in Madonna’s “Frozen” and the synthesizer-turbulence of Tori Amos’s “Hotel”; par
ZephyrSky

ZephyrSky

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Car Wreck

Well, Friday turned out to be a bad day. I had just picked up my meals for delivery and was stopped at an intersection with a red light. I was headed east. As I sat there waiting on the light, a SUV came barreling in the other direction headed west and was T-boned by a pickup that was headed south through the intersection. They were going very fast and the pickup drove the SUV into ME! It all seemed to happen in slow motion. The sound of the crash was horrific and I watched as the SUV came
codywaustin

codywaustin

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Worldbuilding 2 - Top Or Bottom?

So, you've decided that you want to write something in a world that doesn't yet exist. In front of you sits a pad of paper and a stack of post-its an inch thick.   Where do you begin?   There are two broad schools of world building.   The top-down approach. The bottom-up approach.   Both techniques have their advantages and disadvantages.   Bottom-up: This is used when you have an idea for a place, character, or thing and you want to find a way to incorporate it into a wider world. Th
Andy

Andy

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The Four Fuk-Tards Of The Apocalypse Or... It's Over Folks

The end is near!   These are the best choices of our venerable political system and wise statesmen. I can only conclude that our civilization is in serious decline if the best we can do is the deeply corrupt, a socialist, billionaire blowhard grifter and a creepy religious fanatic.   How did it come to this? The signs of decadence and stupidity have been here for some time. Reality TV. Music Television without music. Boy bands. Rap and hip hop.   This civilization is on a downward trajecto
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Started Blog

Okay. So, I have wanted to have a blog/journal, so I guess this is as good a place as any. My blog will be very much like a journal documenting some of my general thoughts and observations.   Today has been a beautiful day in West Texas. Weather is beautiful. Wish I could go out and play golf today. Unfortunately, I have to be at my desk... even more unfortunate, it is a slow day. Not many calls, but, I have to be here anyway. I always say, if I am not on the phone, I am not making mon
codywaustin

codywaustin

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Back From The Dead And Never Going Down

I'm back, getting my creative juices flowing and trying to earn discreetly online.   A lot has been happening at home and it's been driving me up the wall. It hasn't been the most pleasant experience and it makes me sad that I've been on and off with all my projects mainly because I'm in hiding with my family.   But, I refuse to just stop and give up. I keep holding onto these little bits of myself that I feel matter. In the society I'm in, creativity is a waste of time most of the time. It'
thecalimack

thecalimack

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Another Good Reason To Just Say No

One of the best reasons to quit/avoid doing drugs are the dealers. Gone are the days you can share a joint with your English Lit professor. Now it is sketchy, twitchy guys who you would rather NOT know your name or where you live. The weed dealers used to be sweet, misguided lonely guys that you could get high and occasionally sleep with. The guys selling crystal, coke and other stuff you don't want to have anything to do with.   the Maniac- this coke dealer is paranoid, jumpy and armed bette
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Everybody Wants Some (Richard Linkater's Latest Movie)

Hey, did anyone get a chance to check out the movie trailer for Richard Linklater's newest film, ? It's set during the opening weekend of the 1980-1981 school year at a Texas college, and follows a freshmen pitcher as he adjusts to life as a member of college baseball.  I was able to catch a screening of the movie last Friday. (It's pretty limited release.) It was a pretty fun ride, and we get to see them go through all these different party scenes as the story goes on- disco, country wester
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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More Thoughts On Being Crazy

I’ve been working on this blog entry for a couple weeks now, but every time I think it has developed into something to publish, I don’t. Mostly, it’s all because of my new mental state which is now controlled by the ingestion of 2,000 mg of valproate sodium (Depakote) to stabilize my moods. Mania is mostly held at bay and never lasts more than a week; depression lasts barely more than a day or two. Mostly, I exist in a nothing state. I write stories, though it takes time to formulate and express
CarlHoliday

CarlHoliday

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Writing Conventions, Anthologies And Branching Out

In June, it will have been a year since the release of my first novel, Guitars and Cages, through Wayward Ink, something that I never would have ever imagined, but that I am immensely proud of. it meant the fulfilling of a dream, it meant that no matter what, i would be able to say that i was a published novelist and no one could ever take that away.   Since then, Broken Prince Mismatched Eyes and Desolation Angel have been released and I am in the middle of edits for Roadhouse Reds, these fo
layla

layla

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Time Moves On And A Lot Has Happened

It's been a long time since I've blogged here. In the meantime, a lot has happened.   I have been somewhat successful in getting published, with 11 books and 7 anthologies I've managed to get myself 'out there' although I'm not selling many books yet.   The publishing journey has been a very interesting one and I've learned a lot, good and bad. One thing I would absolutely advise anyone seeking a publisher is to make sure your contract includes a clause that your rights revert back to you im
Nephylim

Nephylim

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Not Just The Man In The Van By Daniel Norris

I thought with the start of baseball season going, the baseball fans here might get a kick out of an article that Detroit Tigers player Daniel Norris wrote, about what the sport means to him. He's best known as the guy who lives in his van during his off-season.   "More Than Just the Man in the Van" by Daniel Norris   I'm a sucker for free spirits who don't really go for the conventional life, and I really like this guy. I'm not a baseball fan, but he's a pretty cool guy. And so self-assure
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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New Story

I've begun work on a new story, a Sci-Fi/Fantasy story. I won't begin posting until it's completed, beta read, and edited. Word of caution, it could take a while. In the mean time, I will continue to develop The Field of Love and at some point, merge it into Trials and Tribulations.   I hope I don't disappoint.   Billy
Enoch

Enoch

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World Building 1 - The Introduction

This blog is primarily targeted towards speculative fiction writers. Whether that's epic sword and sorcery fantasy, grim near-future sci-fi noir, far future space opera, or any where in between. But there are specific cases and techniques which are useful to anyone who is writing any sort of fictional product.   What is world building?   At its very core world-building is about making decisions about your setting. A series of truths that define the interactions between your characters and th
Andy

Andy

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Springsteen @ North Carolina

Bruce Sprinsteen has cancelled his upcoming show in North Carolina. He claims fighting bigotry and prejudice is more important than a rock show. I fell in love with him in 1976 when I went to a concert in the school gym. I'm a fan of his music but even more I'm a fan of his political activism.   http://brucespringsteen.net/
Carlos Hazday

Carlos Hazday

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Anthonin Scalia's School

So is it true, after receiving an anonymous $30 million donation, they wanted to rename the George Mason School of Law to honor the recently deceased justice?   And the name chosen was the Antonin Scalia School of Law.   ASSOL or, I suppose, ASSLaw to avoid embarrassment.   Shit! You can't make this stuff up!
skinnydragon

skinnydragon

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