Russell Brand kind of screws up
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I was just brainstorming names for my next manuscript and I randomly thought it might be interesting if two characters shared the same diminutive first name (with it being longer for different names --...
View ArticleReally, You know more than the Mayo Clinic?
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View ArticleWriter's retreat.
I've got an unexpected week off work and a severe urge to get the hell out of town. I've heard about Writer's retreats / weekends / holidays where people head off to remote places or foreign cities, go...
View ArticleCountdown to 2022!
How has it possibly been another year again?! Join us as we count down the days to 2021! This is your very own advent calendar, except instead of being full of chocolate you get tasty, tasty...
View ArticleDo You Think You Could Respond To This? (Part II)
You can only respond to the question with another question? Did I studder? Can I go First? Did you eat that?
View ArticleThe Never Ending Story/5 word
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View ArticleLast goes first:
The object of this game is to write a sentence beginning with the last word of the previous sentence. Example: Post # 1: It was a dark and stormy night. Post # 2: Night and darkness frequently turned...
View ArticleSay the First Word that Comes to Mind, part IV
New year 2022 is coming... Today 12-21-2021 Time to born again... with the old thread. Without thinking about it say the VERY FIRST word that comes to mind... And let's start with: Christmas
View ArticleThe Expat/Emigrant Lounge
Who's moved around the world? Where'd you come from, where have you been, where are you now? What's it mean to you? What do you miss, what are you glad about? I'm an American, but I've been in...
View ArticleFox News Entertainer Calls For "Ambush" and "Kill Shot" of Dr. Fauci.
Faux News entertainer Jesse Watters made a living doing ambush-style "interviews" of people on their jobs or getting out of their cars for The O'Reilly Report. His trolling style of junk journalism is...
View ArticleThe Perpetual AW Book Chain
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View ArticleThe 2022 Sekrit Solstice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Story Swap!
Hear ye, Hear ye! The First of December is once more upon us, which means that we stand on the precipice of yet another season of writer-based joy and wonderment. That’s right, gang, polish up your...
View ArticleLast Movie You Watched...
What was the last movie you watched, or currently watching... Right now I am watching The Punisher. Great movie!
View ArticleFind that word in your WIP
So, I saw this game on a different forum, who, for the record, stole it from another forum, and I thought it might be fun to try here. I don't know if it will work, but I'll give it a shot. The idea of...
View Article"Old" People Writing for Teens V
MOD NOTE: You can find Volume I of Old People Writing for Teens here. Volume II is here Volume III is here Volume IV is here For the old people... who write for teens.
View Article8 billion today, world population about to reach 8 billion today
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