Tag: writing
group name: gatherfluff
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May 12, 2007 05:21 PM EDT --
This group is being set up because, frankly folks, I cannot take it any longer! I've seen too many people on Gather misusing homophones, and it must come to a stop!
For those of you still under a . . . more
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October 08, 2007 09:39 AM EDT --
People are always asking me what it takes to do what I do...to be a writer. Since I'm assuming these people have probably written something – something specific – then what they are . . . more
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October 18, 2006 12:44 PM EDT --
Two and a half years ago I paid ten bucks to peddle Avon door-to-door. I started writing stories the week I started selling cosmetics. I don't know why. When people ask, I tell them I wanted to remember . . . more
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November 17, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
It hardly seems possible, a whole year has passed since I joined Gather. What an interesting, engaging year it has been.
It started with a small link at the top of a newsletter I receive weekly . . . more
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August 23, 2007 10:09 AM EDT --
the words that cannot escape these lips
dissapate behind my tongue
slide down my throat
and sit as a little knot in my belly
until the blood rushes in again like the tide
taking my words and your . . . more
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December 17, 2006 03:34 PM EST --
A "lyric story" is a collaborative story stitched together from snippets of song lyrics. This particular lyric story will be comprised entirely of holiday/Christmas song lyrics, and the idea . . . more
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November 18, 2007 09:54 AM EST --
Budding writers get a lot of advice - some of it good, some of it bad, a lot of it indifferent. But one thing you can always count on is that it's going to be abundant. So I'll toss my two cents . . . more
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April 13, 2008 10:18 PM EDT --
I came to Gather for the First Chapters Writing Contest, back when you could take your best girl on the trolley out to get a sassafras malted for just a nickle. I wore an onion on my belt, which was the . . . more
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October 28, 2006 12:48 AM EDT --
I expected my third semester Calculus class to be hard. But after the first class I knew I was in real trouble. The teacher was rumored to be a difficult grader and he made it clear that those . . . more
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May 03, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
As my daughters and I drove to their babysitter's house my 7 year old set forth on a writing lesson for me.
"Mom, that author lady came to our school and told us that when she was a little . . . more
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October 03, 2006 03:24 PM EDT --
I embarked upon my point whore campaign to demonstrate Gather's warped value system. I believe I have now proven this point beyond a doubt.
Yesterday, I published a thoughtful, well-written . . . more
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October 22, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
A "lyric story" is a collaborative story stitched together from snippets of song lyrics. This particular lyric story will be comprised entirely of Beatles lyrics, and the idea is to end up with . . . more
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October 07, 2006 01:34 AM EDT --
My fellow Gatherites,
It has come to my attention that we live in divisive times. Not that this is an uncommon state of affairs, since the ancestral human brain has a natural propensity for tribal . . . more
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June 23, 2007 07:12 AM EDT --
Dog Gone!
Gracie hobbled down the sidewalk obviously favoring her right leg. She was headed to her friend Sandy’s house for an afternoon of girl talk. Friday had been her last visit to . . . more
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October 09, 2007 05:46 PM EDT --
True story.
A few years ago, I got a call one day completely out of the blue.
"Kate, my name is April Such-and-such," said a snotty little voice, "A mutual friend of ours said you could . . . more
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May 16, 2007 09:44 AM EDT --
Homophones are our friends!
For those of you who are a little rusty on which homophones belong where, I have uncovered these web sites that can help you attain Homophone-ability!
Quia Homophone Quiz . . . more
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September 30, 2006 02:36 PM EDT --
As promised, herewith an accounting of earnings on Day One of my point whore/call girl campaign:
Outcalls (meaningless comments placed): 62
In-house tricks (comments received): 57
Points . . . more
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November 01, 2006 09:59 AM EST --
I lurked around Gather for several months after joining. I felt intimidated by the writing skills that I saw...and I would wander back to my "other" site where people . . . more
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November 07, 2006 06:33 PM EST --
Recently, a lot of talk has been circulating in Gatherdom about the Shameless Point Whore Phenomenon. We bow to our Queen, Jackie L., and her Court including Dame Ruth Dickson, Auntie Smedley, and Saint . . . more
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September 10, 2007 04:11 AM EDT --
A couple of years ago, before I resigned myself to writing lighthearted blogs about my life, Orstraliana or whatever occurs to me from time to time, I thought I wanted to write fiction. I entered a few . . . more
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