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| Criminal |
[25 May 2012|03:23pm] |
After my long absence I return with the newest chapter of my story Criminal.- Criminal Seventeen
Also, the other chapters can be found on my page.
FEEDBACK WOULD BE APPRECIATED, especially if you've read previous chapters.
Thank you, Lydia.
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| Taking Sides: The Re-Write/Beginning |
[25 May 2012|11:42am] |
So last November 2011 for Nanowrimo, I started working on a novel titled "Taking Sides". Unfortunately, November is also when classes get busy, so I was unable to make it past the Chapter 3. Now that I have more free time (aka unemployment sucks), I have taken it up again in the hopes of maybe getting it published.
I've been writing since I was a child. In elementary school, when we were given vocab words and told to use it in a sentence, all of my sentences combined to form a story. I was such a precocious little thing, wasn't I? lol. I started writing fanfiction when I was about 12 and have been doing it regularly ever since. Almost ten years later, I have finally decided to try and make my lifelong hobby into a career, or at least that's the idea.
As I said, I wrote up to mid-way through Chapter 3 in "Taking Sides". However late last night I came to the realization that I hate everything that I've written so far. It was boring and too slowly paced. And just like that, 25 pages went down the drain.
Here's what I've decided:
-Despite the fact that I've always written in third person, this novel is meant to be written in first person.
-I need to flesh out more details on the other major characters - not just the main one.
-I would like to make the novel 500 pages or so.
Here's what I've done:
-Written out each of the four major characters and listed their Physical Characteristics, Personality Traits and any major Outside Influences that shape their reactions.
-Wrote out a plot summary
-Divided the plot summary into 3 Acts: Setup, Confrontation and Resolution.
-Picked out actors/actresses in order to more solidly personify my characters' personality and features
So, who wants to know more about my novel?
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| What do you look for in a writing group? |
[21 May 2012|02:25pm] |
I'm thinking about starting a new writing group, somewhere in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
I have a basic idea of the kind of writers/writing I'm looking to attract, as well as what I'd like to be able to
offer members, how I'd like to run meetings, moderate critique sessions etc. That said, I'm sure there are all manner of things I haven't considered, so I thought I'd ask here.
If you've some experience of writing groups, good or bad, I'd appreciate your input.
If there's something not covered in the poll (http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=1841662), please feel free to leave a comment (either here or over there).
I'm particularly interested in things which made a big impression on you, either in a good or bad way.
Many thanks in advance 
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| Catching the sunlight, original M/M fic |
[20 May 2012|12:23am] |
Title: Catching the sunlight
Summary: Being a cop is a macho gig, and sometimes you forget that you're more similar to your colleagues than you might think.
Rating: No sex, don't think there's too much swearing. We'll go PG, there is a little swearing.
Genre: Kind of train of thought, introspection, if that doesn't sound too pretentious. It's pretty much fluff with a bit of an edge in places.
Warning: contains discussion of a homosexual relationship, though nothing sexually explicit.
Disclaimer: These guys are all mine, would appreciate it if nobody used them without permission, as it were ;)
( Get it here... )
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| Fellow Writer Inquiry |
[17 May 2012|01:39am] |
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I’m a grad student who has the summer (mostly) off. I want to use this time to work on a story that I’ve been contemplating for a while but haven’t had a chance to write and to better my writing in general. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in starting a pen-pals-type relationship with me, where we could discuss our respective writing and bounce ideas back and forth. And be friends, because friends are fun. Being in preliminary stages of writing and admittedly shy, I think talking things through one-on-one may be helpful. I write realistic fiction for young adults, but I’m open to discussing stories of all genres. Feel free to email me at risibilities@gmail.com, if you’re at all interested. :-) Or comment here -- you know, whatever you'd rather.
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| The Problem With Pie |
[16 May 2012|09:26pm] |
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Title: The problem with pie or Why Doris never should have been so nice to 4b
Word Count: 1872
Summary: "The world didn’t end with a bang (not entirely). And despite what Thomas Eliot says, neither did it end with a whimper. No, the world ended with an old ladies kind gesture."
Notes: First time posting, excuse me if this is wrong. The story isn't aimed at adults; rather young teen- I'm writing a couple of stories for a friends daughter and thought I'd get this out to see people opinion of it.
( read on )
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| New Canadian Science Fiction - 'The Ghost Wars' |
[13 May 2012|11:23am] |
If you have a Kindle, my book 'The Ghost Wars' can be found-
The Ghost Wars by Cole J. Davis Permalink: http://amzn.com/B0082RDM30 on Amazon.com
Or here-
The Ghost Wars by Cole J. Davis Permalink: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0082RDM30 in the UK.
For those in Europe, it's also available in your regional Amazon site.
Product Description
The Ghost Wars is a literary science fiction work focused on identity, diversity and the spiritual underpinnings of the nature of good and evil. Set in Vancouver, Canada; our protagonist RCN Captain Billington sees the world from a higher vantage point of a world in which money is no longer man’s ruler, where the health of the planet and the body politic trump all.
Alternating between three interconnecting lives, Jason Bowen, Cole Billington and Cecil Smith each have their own individual experiences of being the outlier in their world. Jason’s autistic neurology has found creative expression through the development of an intricately layered inner world. Cole’s bicultural heritage as a despised alien species with a lifespan of five centuries gives him an inherent sense of how autistics view the world. Cole’s war torn childhood on Garconer Colony has left him with his own dislocated inner aspects. Sucked up by a spatial-temporal gravity well; Cole was torn out of his own time and has been working with the Commonwealth Protection Bureau since its inception in nineteen ten. Born in nineteen hundred; Cecelia Smith began working at the CPB in nineteen twenty eight, going by the name Cecil. Cecil’s life as a transgender man parallels Jason’s own gender queer one.
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[04 May 2012|11:27pm] |
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Title: Little Secrets Part: 1/1
Word count: ~750
Summary: It was okay; she had her fairies and maids and butler to protect her. Plus, nothing bad ever happens to the princess.
A/N: Whoops okay, don't mind me. Kind of maybe for a school writing contest. I actually have no idea where this came from, and it's weirdly dark and sinister, but I just ran with it. Still unsure bout it so feedback would be perfection.
( They said they wanted her radiance to stay hidden, to keep it their little secret. )
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| How would you run a writing panel/Q&A? |
[01 May 2012|12:34pm] |
If you attend/take part in writing panel/Q&As and you've got a minute, I'd appreciate your input on the subject of writing panel/Q&As. We use a system at NJAN (The New Jersey Authors' Network) which seems to work okay, but I'm always looking to improve things.
By all means give me your suggestions here, or if you prefer, in reply to my original post on the subject (so other folks can see them) http://jongibbs.livejournal.com/276243.html.
Many thanks in advance :)
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| "chasing the burning bush" |
[01 May 2012|08:00am] |
(from adult stuff left elsewhere)
"Enjoying" em-talking to vous, is perhaps not the right word. The facial muscles can start to cramp up, smiling so much from reading and rereading email from a girl with a city so different from ours. I'm beginning to see yours, now, like a Pubis Amsterdamus -- with naked girls waving from the pubic windows, beckoning lonely sailors inside for a roll in the tulips. Did I spell that right? Is it "two-lips"? I'm not sure how the Netherlanders spell it.
And I'm thinking Ms. Baun -- yes, I haven't forgotten the lady who taught us so much in AP biology (advanced placement biology lecture: "Okay, today we'll talk about the placement of the penis inside the vagina. When he slips the wood inside, girls, ask him to move it around in a clockwise direction. Scientists are still not sure why "clockwise" seems to work best in sending all the sleeping workers at the orgasm factory back to the orgasm assembly line. But it does. Believe me.") -- I'm thinking Ms. Baun would remind you, here, of the other part of the expanding balloon floating over the hot, hot tulip fields, analogy.
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| Fan-Fiction |
[26 Apr 2012|01:54pm] |
So, I'm back from the hospital and getting back into the swing of daily life again, and that totally means posting discussion questions, my friends!
So today's topic is fan-fiction. Not "Is fan-fiction real fiction?" because I know plenty of folks in this community write and take great pride in their fan-fiction, and I didn't post this so they could be insulted.
So, fan-fiction. Do you like fan-fiction? Write it? Read it? Have a favorite series, pairing, variety, etc.? Is it (or has it been) important to your life? How has it impacted your "original" fiction (if at all)?
And if you aren't into fan-fiction, feel free to reflect on why not.
Personally... ( Read more... )
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| Chained Hearts--The Blurb! |
[25 Apr 2012|04:00pm] |
The official blurb for Chained Hearts (book #3 of Sentries) due out June 8!
Todd and Nick Ruger are alive and on the run in the Yellowknife Protectorate, but maybe not for long. After narrowly escaping New Colorado, where they were implicated in the assassination of Chancellor Shaffer, they’re running out of steam: Todd is gravely ill and Nick’s injured. Just when it seems like the harsh winter will get the best of them, they find refuge with a doctor in the isolated town of Elk’s Ridge.
On the surface, Elk’s Ridge seems the ideal place to rebuild their lives. Nick begins training as the doctor’s apprentice, and Todd works in a lumberyard until they’re recovered enough to return to their duties as Sentries. They make friends, forge a new life, and most importantly, there’s no sign of anyone from New Colorado.
They should have known it was too good to be true. Victor Raleigh, the new Vice Chancellor of New Colorado, knows all about Nick’s psychic abilities, and he wants them in his corner. When Nick is betrayed and captured, Todd sees no alternative but to head back to the war zone to rescue him. But will Nick be the same man Todd loves after Raleigh’s pet psychic vampire is through with him?
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