Tag: writing
member name: Heather ~of the Whippets~ M.
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October 15, 2009 01:46 PM EDT --
In just over two weeks, it will be here. That’s right. It’s almost time once again for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month for the uninitiated).
This is my first year . . .
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November 17, 2009 07:03 AM EST --
When the month started, I had hoped to have “won” NaNoWriMo by about halfway through the month. Yes, that was an optimistic goal, since that would require 50,000 words. However, . . .
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October 10, 2009 03:35 PM EDT --
Spinning words like webs
woven by spiders, catching
the curious and the careless alike.
Spinning words like webs,
gossamer silkiness all but invisible . . .
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September 03, 2009 11:01 AM EDT --
I can’t say that I am actually new to the site. After all, I joined more than a year ago. However, yesterday, I decided that it was time to actually really start using it.
The site I’m talking . . .
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January 09, 2009 11:10 PM EST --
asdfjkl;
asdfjkl;
My fingers know you well.
asdfjkl;
asdfjkl;
They rest on you so often.
asdfjkl;
asdfjkl;
You are the center of a universe.
asdfjkl;
asdfjkl;
Worlds of words created . . .
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January 27, 2009 01:47 PM EST --
The other day, I saw a painting by Monet (my favorite artist) that set my fingers blazing across the keyboard. Within a very short time, I had an approximately 700 word chunk written. It isn't the . . .
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January 17, 2009 11:37 PM EST --
Words float
just out of reach.
Taunting, teasing
as they elude.
Reach out
and snatch for one.
It flies away,
laughing.
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January 02, 2009 12:38 AM EST --
Or, perhaps, I should say fiction vs. autobiography.
I write. That's what I do. That's what I have done since I could hold a crayon and scribble on a piece of paper. Perhaps, I don't always . . .
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November 02, 2009 05:31 PM EST --
Well, it’s now rapidly moving toward the end of the second day of NaNoWriMo. So far, I have logged 2,335 words; however, I have plans to sit down and do a bit more typing this evening. . . .
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June 25, 2009 09:51 AM EDT --
I had procrastinated for a while on doing it. Should I? Shouldn't I? Was it really worth doing it?
Finally, yesterday, I sat down and decided to do it. Another Gather member actually inspired me to . . .
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June 30, 2009 03:24 PM EDT --
Oh, how quickly time flies when you're not getting enough accomplished!
Okay, so getting more than a few hours of sleep a night might help. Actually, getting to sleep before 5:30ish probably would help . . .
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June 25, 2009 09:33 AM EDT --
In my recent readings, I've come across some writing sites with which I really am not familiar-- Infobarrel and Firehow. Since I've never heard of either before, my curiousity has been picqued. I am wondering . . .
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January 14, 2009 11:29 AM EST --
I've been with Helium for a few months, but I haven't really done much with the site until the past few weeks. I decided to get active with it because, well pretty for the same reason most people . . .
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April 09, 2009 09:19 AM EDT --
"Get back here, you little brat!" Emily had almost closed the distance between herself and the fleeing child. She dove and tackled the child, catching an elbow to the ribs as the two of them . . .
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July 12, 2008 01:25 PM EDT --
Letters added together into words.
The words meld into sentences.
These, in turn, become paragraphs.
Those paragraphs multiply into the story.
Gird yourself with the pages.
Arm yourself with . . .
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July 26, 2008 12:19 PM EDT --
Stumble out of office after four hours
Bleary-eyed from the computer screen
Remember to eat lunch
Only because one of your characters
Just ordered filet mignon
Originally published . . .
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September 04, 2009 07:43 AM EDT --
Ludolf Backhuysen (1631-1708): Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast (1667). This is the inspiration for the poem and is the prompt for Week 2 of The Art of Writing .
From . . .
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