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Wish to be left alone to write and read poetry.
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Here you go...this ain't far behind...I think it pays too...
Open submissions for a one-sentence story mini-anthology!
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This task seems even more difficult to me. The submission guidelines call for "...a whole, round, satisfying story told beginning to end in a single sentence." I tried to imagine fitting an entire story into one sentence, but quickly gave up the notion as too daunting.
But best of luck to anyone who is up for the challenge.
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The aim of this game is to create a new word by changing one letter without rearranging the order of the remaining letters.
What a great topic!
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As this year is so close to finishing, I wondered how the year in writing new work has been for the authors here.
Did you have any goals to produce new work at the beginning of 2012, and have you achieved them? I'm referring to entirely new stories, poems, essays etc, not edited and reworked versions of texts already written and posted here or published elsewhere. All new stuff.
My portfolio of new writing in 2012 far exceeds my expectations in volume, exceeds my expectations in diversity of topics, and meets my expectations in quality of work. Stretching myself as a writer was my No. 1 goal for 2012, and I definitely accomplished that. I posted 13 new pieces in six different categories here: one each in Micro Fiction, Humor and Memoirs, two in Flash Fiction and Drama, and six in Poetry (some of which were written in styles I hadn't used previously).
The real surprise to me this year is that I entered five writing contests, placing in one of them (and the jury is still out on another). My competition entries are as follows.
• The End: Drama - 5,438 words - written for the Stories Space "New Beginnings" contest in March 2012. Although the story didn't place in the contest, it was well received by readers and drew notice from creative writing professionals, especially for its nuanced character development.
• The Crèche: Drama - 2,874 words - written for the Second Wind Publishing "Second Helpings" anthology contest in June 2012. While it was among the top 30 entries, the story wasn't selected as a finalist. I believe it is my best work of the year, however.
• Six-Word Stories: Five stories - 30 words total - written for The Six-Word Story Prize put on by Fleeting Magazine in September 2012. My entries failed to place.
• The Fantastic Voyage of Bellingham Sam: Humor - 2,397 words - written for the Stories Space "Summer Vacation" contest in September 2012. Received second place.
• The Hinge (Rhymes with Thing): Flash Fiction - 804 / 744 words - written in November 2012; revised for submission to the Women on Writing Fall 2012 Flash Fiction Contest. Judging is under way and finalists have not been announced.
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Any works in progress? If so, how is that going?
My first children's story will be finished and posted soon. 
It is also possible I may crank out one or two more flash fiction/micro fiction pieces by year's end. 
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Any cases of serious writer's block? Can we help in any way to get you past that?
While it may not seem to be the case given all the progress listed above, writer's block is always a problem for me. Usually, I just have to let a problem stew for a while and eventually a solution will present itself.
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I've also done a fair amount of proof-reading, editing and critiquing for other writers, helping them to fine tune their stories, texts and poems.
Yes you have, especially for me. I think I've only posted three items without asking you to read them beforehand, and your critique and suggestions have improved my writing considerably. Thank you.
