Walmart Cuts Paid Covid Sick Leave in Half
Walmart is cutting pandemic-related paid leave in half — from two weeks to one week — after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut isolation requirements last week for asymptomatic people...
View ArticleThe Book of Boba Fett
Caught the first episode which recounts events in both Fett's past and current timeline. SPOILERS: He gets out of the Sarlacc Pit. Very quiet show. Another space western set largely (it seems) on...
View Article2022 Writing (and Writing-Adjacent) Goals
Kinda surprised I haven't seen such a thread yet? But anyways, goals tend to work out better if there's some sort of measurable success (go to gym 3x week vs "work out more") or finish line (deadlift...
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[PLEASE READ FIRST POST] Post the First Three Sentences of your Novel
By popular demand, we're bringing this game back to Novels. PLEASE follow the rules. This thread has gotten out of hand before. I know folks like this one, so PLEASE please be nice to each other....
View ArticleWilling Beta Readers Volume IV
The first Willing Beta Readers thread started in 2006. It was replaced by Willing Beta Readers Volume II, which in turn was replaced by Willing Beta Readers Volume III in 2007. Many embers who posted...
View ArticleSimpsons Decline Analysis. Went for the Giggles, stayed for the Grim Reality
I, perhaps like many others, always felt the Simpsons viewership decline was due to an exodus of good writers / corporate sluggishness, maybe general Fox meddling mogul-ism. But this Salon article,...
View ArticleDefine your novel's story idea under a hundred words!
The idea behind this post is to summarize our stories' concept in less than a hundred words and see if we can hook each other with it. Mainly because I thought it would be fun and it could be a little...
View ArticleHello :)
A sort-of new writer here. By sort of, I mean I began creative writing in my early teens with Sci-fi and Fantasy. Fast-forward years of creative D&D play-by-post writing, and a couple writing...
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Not so new to writing, but definitely new here! Hi!
Hello! I'm Molly. Thought I'd open the door and introduce myself for once, instead of lurking in the shadows like I usually do. It’s crazy that I’ve never heard of this seemingly wonderful and active...
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Hello all :)
Hi! I’m Esther. Im glad to be here I’ve had a long and tumultuous time of it since I began writing when I was 14, more than a decade ago, and I’d love to be in a community of writers with similar...
View ArticleWhat the heck am I thinking?
Okay, I took the plunge and signed up. Now the question is whether I'll be able to eke out any time to come back and take advantage of, what looks like, a great resource. After dragging my ass home...
View ArticlePapa needs a puppy...
Dear god, when the head of the church that endorses intolerance of love tells us pet-owning is selfish. Rome: Deciding not to have children and lavishing affection instead on pets is selfish, according...
View ArticleComp titles - book proposal. How old can they be?
Happy New Year everyone! I am aware that comp titles should be no more than 5 years old. But what if an older edition of a book has an better Amazon best seller ranking (and higher sales) than a more...
View ArticleBeta reader sought for short story collection
I am looking for a beta reader for a second collection of short stories. The short fiction stories are like "Final Destination" meets "The Monkey's Paw" (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are...
View ArticleWhen Does Changing Book Covers Make Sense?
I have a recently released (Nov 17th) novel (published by Wild Lark Books) that due to a restricted budget has a less than desirable book cover. There is more money available now to improve the cover,...
View ArticleWhy does "talking animals" seem unpopular among MG agents?
So I've been wondering: I've been looking for an agent to query for my finished animal POV MG novel that features animals talking to each other, but not to humans - think Warriors or Animals of...
View ArticleQuick First Chapter Swap
I got an R&R on my first chapter, which isn't much, but it's definitely something. I'd be interested in swapping, if you want someone to just look over your first chapter (up to 3K). The first...
View ArticleCreative Couplets
The object of this game is simple: To pair two words, that together form an interesting turn of phrase, idea or expression. And each person who posts, uses the second word in the previous pair to begin...
View ArticleThe Perpetual AW Book Chain
Now that the Great AW Song Chain is chugging along nicely, let's see how a Book Chain does. Rules: Post a book and author that links, by title or author, to that posted by the previous poster. Example:...
View Article5 Letter Game
In this game you must always use a 5 letter word. Than you get the 3rd letter out of the word, and construct the next word out of that Example: Omega So the next word with 5 letters will begin with 'e'...
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