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January 26, 2008 09:35 PM EST --              Shortly after submitting the first chapter of my novel in the Next Great Crime Writer Contest, I wondered just how good (or not so good) a former Gather.com . . . more
December 28, 2007 10:06 AM EST -- Imagine and hold what cannot be yours Speak to yourself when you are alone Look into the mirror and tellyourself What do you see when no one else isthere To impress, to shame, to . . . more
It's Personal (Chapter 1)
by John L.
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June 11, 2008 06:07 PM EDT -- PROLOGUE 8:30 p.m. Thursday, September 17 (Brooks University, Winfrey Hall) I'm a single Christian white male, 23, with no car. Please, if you had to reread that, then just stop reading . . . more
December 28, 2007 11:37 AM EST -- Nearly twenty-five years ago, Casie Schwartz was a ten year old fifth grader enrolled in Washington D.C.'s public school system. Casie had been popular and well-liked, one of the few popular girls . . . more
December 28, 2007 07:24 PM EST -- Dimitri Youngblood stared in shock at his victim-to-be. Kenneth Wilkinson seemed greatly at ease, and even amused at the killer's bewilderment. "You've come to kill me, haven't you?" . . . more
November 11, 2007 11:25 AM EST -- See the bottom of the article for updated information!   Back in September during the First Chapters Romance competition, three of our friends from the Writin' Wombats banded together . . . more
March 19, 2008 08:51 PM EDT -- Natalie Schultz paced back and forth outside the crime laboratory in the chilling hall. Technicians rushed by in both directions, hurrying to get someplace. The occasional agent would waltz in, disappear . . . more
December 28, 2007 09:08 PM EST -- Natalie Schultz was in the briefing room with Casie Schwartz, who awaited the entrance of the Director with bated breath. "Yikes," Casie said aloud. "The Director. I can't believe . . . more
July 04, 2008 03:32 PM EDT -- PROLOGUE 8:30 p.m. Thursday, September 17 (Brooks University, Winfrey Hall) I'm a single Christian white male, 23, with no car. Please, if you had to reread that, then just . . . more
April 12, 2008 08:43 PM EDT -- Note to those who clicked on the tile expecting exercises for you to do: You can do these exercises too! These are the writing excerpts I did with them. Exercise One, take your character through their . . . more
December 28, 2007 06:56 PM EST -- Jonas Ephraim had been a famous writer, publishing over fifty bestselling novels in various genres, some under pseudonyms, and over ten nonfiction works that were hailed as some of the greatest and most . . . more
February 10, 2008 08:53 PM EST -- Ever mix dinner with a discussion of bones, bodies and fire? That's what we did Friday night in Knoxville. But don't worry. It was for a good cause -- a fundraiser for the Friends of Literacy. . . . more
December 28, 2007 10:12 PM EST -- Casie Schwartz shrieked and turned to see her fiancé, Secret Service Special Agent in ChargeEugene Kaufman. "Oh my god,"she said, gasping. "Don't ever do that again!" . . . more
December 29, 2007 12:13 PM EST -- Natalie Schultz was already on the phone, to 911. "Help! We're at the Wilkinson house-it just exploded. There was a mixture of methane gas and oxygen that detonated resulting in a large fireball . . . more
December 30, 2007 01:03 PM EST --   Patricia MacLeod had been a white woman of average height-about 5'4". She had had fiery red hair, a vibrant colour that emphasized the pale blue of her eyes. She had led a rather unassuming . . . more
December 16, 2007 11:08 AM EST -- This is the first chapter of some 35 thousand or so words of my rough/first draft of my second novel.   ---   President Carl Maynard of the United States was about to die;only he . . . more
January 01, 2008 04:12 PM EST --   Right here. Right now. This has to end somehow. Thoughts raged in a storm in Casie Schwartz's head. But she needed to concentrate. She needed to focus. Her blurred vision cleared and she realized . . . more
January 30, 2008 05:12 PM EST -- Did you know that February is Crime Writing month at Write Here Right Now? Write Here Right Now is holding what could be deemed as a crime NaNoWriMo, only the word requirement is 1,000 words a day compared . . . more
January 03, 2008 09:25 PM EST --   Casie Schwartz walked down the hall to the interrogation room. Her heart was beating fast, and she willed it to stop. She shut her eyes for a moment, shutting out the harsh fluorescent light. . . . more
October 11, 2007 07:15 PM EDT -- Hosted by the Crime Writers Writing Hole: What: A short piece of fiction, limit 25,000 words, in the crime/mystery/thriller genre. ( In response to a comment seen below, the suggested minimum word . . . more
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