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  1. In the Lap of the Gods 18

    by Steve Morgan - 2008-07-20
    Standing outside the Head's office was the old team of lawyers. Treadray the only one seemingly unconcerned. He's a bloody masochist seethed  Steve. He's enjoying this whole thing. Noble looked like...
  2. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote: Crime, Punishment, and More

    by Philip Spires - 2008-07-15
    In Cold Blood by Truman Capote was published in 1966, and is based on events that happened almost fifty years ago. The events were real. This is not a work of fiction. The Clutters, an appropriately ...
  3. Don't Write Short Texts. Write Concise Ones

    by Philip Yaffe - 2008-07-12
     by Philip Yaffe "Don't write short texts. Write concise ones." If you are puzzled by this admonition, it is probably because you have been led to believe that "short" and "concise" are synonyms....
  4. In the Lap of the Gods 15

    by Steve Morgan - 2008-07-09
    In the Lap of the Gods is an ongoing saga of what my life was like as a young boy who was brought out to New Zealand by a widowed mother.It recalls the experiences I had while attending three totally...
  5. Writers: How to Find the Right Words Every Time

    by Melinda Copp - 2008-07-08
    Creating images in a reader's mind is what writing is all about. But oftentimes, finding the right words to express the meaning we want our readers to gain can be tricky. Writers toil over their word...
  6. In the Lap of the Gods 14

    by Steve Morgan - 2008-07-07
    Once they had gone the dining room erupted into a cacophony of catcalls and taunts, everyone delighting in the misfortune about to befall the terrible trio. All thankful it wasn't them on the receivi...
  7. In the Lap of the Gods 13

    by Steve Morgan - 2008-07-06
    "Let's go after school," Noble said. "We'll meet behind the chapel and go from there." What the Three Lawyers had planned was to go cross-country and over to the waterfall. It was a favourite sanctua...
  8. In the Lap of the Gods 12

    by Steve Morgan - 2008-07-04
    So started the terrible trio. Steve could not have fallen in with a worse pair of troublemakers if he'd tried. It was going to be a long trip up the mountain once again. Well known to the masters, Tr...
  9. How to Apply the Three Acid Tests of Effective Writing

    by Philip Yaffe - 2008-06-28
      by Philip Yaffe  "If you don't know what you are looking for, you are unlikely to find it, even if it's right in front of your nose." -- Anon  We all write in hopes that our readers will unde...
  10. Shakespeare: What Can a Great Poet Teach Us About Clear, Concise Expository Writing?

    by Philip Yaffe - 2008-06-28
     by Philip Yaffe  William Shakespeare was unquestionably one of the world's greatest poets and poetic playwrights. Arguably, his mastery of English far surpassed that of anyone else who ever put p...
  11. How Not to Write a Business Book

    by Donald Mitchell - 2008-06-25
    While it would take a much longer article to describe all of the things I tried that didn't work in writing a book, it's worth noting some of the many mistakes I made that others might see as opportu...
  12. Gianni Truvianni's Life in Poland Under Communism

    by Gianni Truvianni - 2008-06-22
    My experience with Poland started back in 1987 when I arrived in Warsaw to visit a friend of mine whom I had first met in New York while we were both students at Hunter College. There was something a...
  13. Gambling in Casinos is Legal so Why is it Illegal on the Internet?

    by Gianni Truvianni - 2008-06-22
    Recently the United States government has passed a law making it illegal for credit card companies or other such institutions in the United States to make payments over the internet to businesses tha...
  14. Creative Techniques That Make Business Writing Stand Out

    by Melinda Copp - 2008-06-20
    When most writers think about marketing materials, press releases, and how-to writing projects, they assume creativity is a waste of time and energy. Why not give it to them straight-right? But busin...
  15. Overcome Writer's Block: How to Cure This Common Ailment

    by Melinda Copp - 2008-06-18
    Every writer at one time or another suffers from writer's block. It's that painful inability to get your thoughts down on paper and it comes after all different kinds of writers. Unlike other ailments...
  16. Some Silly Facts and Truths About the Internet Writer Known as Gianni Truvianni

    by Gianni Truvianni - 2008-06-10
    I as some of you may already know was born in New York City in the year of 1967 but am currently living in Warsaw, Poland with my wife of the last 11 years and daughter whose expired years will number...
  17. Townsend Author Presents Children's Book on Autism at Townsend Library on Saturday, June 21

    by Steve Dubin - 2008-05-25
    Cheryl Pillsbury, an author and resident of Townsend, Massachusetts, inassociation with AG Press, announced today the launching of her new bookchildren's book entitled "AMIE." To celebrate the launch...
  18. Get a Cast of Characters to Help You Write A Book

    by Joan Clout-Kruse - 2008-05-12
    Have you ever sat at your computer or with your writing pad and your mind is blank? The words just won't come. You had a great plan to write a book but you are stuck. Or maybe you are feeling a litt...
  19. Teena

    by SreeLakshmy - 2008-05-11
    Teena was a daughter of a rich landlord. She was last among the five children of her parents. She was neither fat nor thin, but an adequate figure for her age. She was beautiful but her complexion was...
  20. Scribbles and Margins

    by Elea Almazora - 2008-05-09
    Even though it may not seem like it, the times wherein I have the opportunity to write - simply write! - for my own pleasure, for the sheer love of it, have been getting fewer and fewer as the days go...