Current writing theme: Demon Hunter-The Tide Began to Rise


Warning: This chapter has not seen a beta read yet

Title: TOUCHED

Summary: Leah has always known she was different, it was hard not too when you see things that people normally don't. Not to mention, her family has a knack for disappearing...and ending up in the crazy house. When her mother disappeared from her locked bedroom on her ninth birthday, Leah knew whoever was after them meant business. After almost nine years of keeping her head down, one new student threatens her silence.

TOUCHED-12Down the Rabbit Hole

This was it.

This was the moment I’ve been waiting for since I was nine years old. A chance to get the answers to the questions that had haunted me night and day for more than half my life.

The moment that I had prepared for, had agonized over and had nightmares of.

Finally, almost to the day, I came face to face with someone that could answer all of my questions. And then some.

So I planted my feet, looked him in the eye…

…and hit him square in the face with everything I’ve got. And everything I've got was considerable.

Title: Resources for Writiers
Summary: A listing of my favorite software and books directed towards writers on the internet; click and see what you might find!

Down the Rabbit Hole, Alice

Title: Making Clay
Genre: Writers on Writing
Summary: "...a great man once told me that writers write. Raw material won't come to you in a flash of inspiration and no-one will make it for you."

Down the Rabbit Hole, Alice

Title: The Streets
Author: Elyse LaCroix
Genre: Drama/Romance
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: References to Narcotics in this chapter
Critique: Yes, I love comments and critique
Summary: Alexis is a young woman living in New York City and her world gets turned completely upside down
( The Streets - Chapter One )

The empire strikes back

In recent weeks, we've taken huge steps towards blocking spam accounts on LiveJournal. In fact, we've suspended as many as 30,000 accounts in a single day! We've implemented several pre-emptive measures to prevent the creation of spam accounts, and we've honed our detection of suspicious content. Spam bots are a crafty lot, so we'll continue to refine our tactics and keep up the good fight to keep you safe from spam attacks on LiveJournal.

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Enveloped in postcards

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Photos of the week

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hello im new here i just wanted to introduce myself and also say happy to be part of your community and also can i post any kind of story  i have written on here?

Title: Elhanan

Rating: T

Summary: The past will always haunt you, no matter how far you run.

Author's Note: I perpetrated something of a sketch of the protagonists. Found in here.

Beta: the lovely stella_owned

Warning: Work-in-Progress

Sequel to A Witch in Winter. All parts can be found HERE.

( Story 2: Poisoned Pawn (Part 3) )

This is a creation myth from my current project. I'd like feedback about whether it's too wordy, or if it doesn't sound proper.

( In the beginning... )

Mary Sue & The Protagonist
Word Count: 1,757 words.
Rating: PG-13, for violence and guns.
Summary:  Miss Mary-Sue doesn't want to die, but it's the only way the Protagonist can move on.
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( I beat the hell out of Joey Montiago yesterday, near Starbucks, so everyone could watch. )

This week's installment of Tuesday's Tips is dedicated to those insane souls who have taken up the National Novel Writing Month challenge: The completion of a 50,000 word novel in just 30 days. While some of the tip's titles may seem sorta obvious, I'd still recommend checking them out. After all, you're attempting to write a book in a month. You're gonna need all the help you can get.


With NaNowriMo already 36 hours in (EST), it may be a bit late to point you towards Robot's 6's advice regarding Hooking Readers in the First 8 Pages.



Keep in mind, though, that hooking the reader is only the beginning (literally!). Once that's accomplished, you've gotta figure out a way to keep them hooked. How? Cliffhangers.



As the pile of paper you hope to hold in your hands come December 1st will be -- at best -- a first draft, Between Fact & Fiction's Tips for First Drafting seems pretty damned apt.



There's no two ways about it -- 50,000 words is a lot of words. The temptation to pad things out with a bunch of thesaurus entries will no doubt prove awfully tempting. But when choosing words, should you eschew the arcane? (Or, to put it simpler: Big words -- yes or no?)


The Writer's Digest's 4 Techniques to Fire Up Your Fiction is actually closer to 27 techniques, as each of the aforementioned 4 are outline headings with 6 or 7 sub-divisions. Tricky? Yes. But who in their right mind is gonna purposefully click on a link boasting over two dozen writing tips when they're frantically trying to type 1,667 words per day?


To close this out, I'm offering a special link to those of you who promised your friends and family that you would not be participating in this year's madness. Consider it a sort of self-help group for folks trying to kick the NaNoWriMo habit: All Things Good's Saying No NaNoWriMo.

Title: Waiting for Sunset
Characters: Peter Calighan and Ian Wells
Chapter: 5/? 
Rating: T
Warnings: Contains religious aspects! 
Summary: Peter is a 14 year old Catholic boy. He has been raised to be the best that he can by two parents who want to see their son grow into a good, Catholic man, marry a good Catholic woman and create good, Catholic babies. Ian is a free spirited young man with the ability to talk to nearly everyone and make even the most laid back people feel awkward. When the two boys meet randomly at a party, Peter's perfect, Catholic world is thrown into disarray as he begins to struggle with the feelings he may have for Ian...and the feelings that Ian definitely has for him.
 Author's Note: Alright, this is officially what I'm working on for my NaNoWriMo, and now that I'm in the throes of that, posts will be slightly more regular on this story than they had been!
 

Previous Chapters.

Chapter Five.

as was suggested, this is more of a scene, although it's still told as part of the retrospective narrative. it's also much shorter. just a few paragraphs.

( The keep had fallen and old Baronet Henri been slain the same day the daughter they had never named came stillborn, and Lisbet had bled to death in the birthing chamber. )

Check out my review of damcphail Danielle Ackley-McPhail's The Halfling's Court: A Bad-Ass Faerie Tale.


Good luck to all of the Nanowrimo participants out there!

The next part, after this I may have to stop for a bit to write more...goodness.

please R&R

One I think it started when I met him...
Two give silence a name, it becomes a sound.
Three Silent sirens heal the soul
Four With you here, I can't remember why I stopped doing what I love in the first place.
Five Everything hurts when you try to recall- what your mind wishes to forget-
Six forgive and Forget, you never forget but you hope for Forgiveness


Title Silent Sugar Trail
rating G-for now
Genre Mystery/slice of life
Summery ( Full summary ) Tomo finally makes his decision, and in the midst of all the excitement Musu reveals a bit of himself that even Misaki wouldn't have guessed. French?



( Your sign is my clue. Legit. )

_{Hopefully I edit it alright.}

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