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New Bio Spotlights Criminally Cool Author Elmore Leonard 0 douglas9 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 1271
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Whimsicle, Thoughtful, Uplifting Poem--which I'd forgotten about until a podcast mention 1 SorellaLaBefana Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1256
A writer ( Caroline Crampton) posts: "I'm Done With Social Media" and is blogging now (and not Substack) 3 usonian Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1643
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Ken Dayenu Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 1043
🤓My Books are Free Too... on Smashwords Summer Sale. 3 mikelewis Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 1663
Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated. 5 usonian Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 2162
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Mme. Defarge Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 1576
How YOU can change the world through WRITING with Alan Moore Meet your Maestro BBC Maestro 1 Uncle Joe Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 2226
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$500 Well Spent 4 qwlauren35 Feb 2025 Apr 2025 8 2648
I Heard Back from an Agent!!! 47 leftieNanner Sep 2023 Apr 2025 94 15985
Any writers struggling with motivation 8 Mme. Defarge Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 3008
Wrote a Screenplay Which Seemed Poorly Timed Last Year -- Now It's Timely, Unfortunately 1 GreatGazoo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 2029
I wrote this poem in 2005 6 Marthe48 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 2545
Kairos and Chronos: The legend behind my CryptoCoin 13 mikelewis Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 3944
Hi All. Question about Writing software. 9 Baitball Blogger Dec 2024 Mar 2025 2 3732
Iowa Writers' Workshop: Funding cuts. 1 suegeo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 2001
Writers Protest Fed Crackdown On Iowa University Writing Program 0 suegeo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 1884
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Three Indicted and Internet Domain Seized in $44 Million Nationwide Book Publishing Scam Targeting Elderly Authors 2 bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 2480
How do I write a good article about a fiction film about Satan when I don't personally believe in that stuff? 8 Proud to be Woke Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 3487
On this day, January 18, 1882, "Winnie-the-Pooh" author A. A. Milne was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1979
Finished new "Christmas" book, "A Christmas Castle" 4 PATRICK Nov 2024 Jan 2025 1 2961
Corpspace! 0 DavidDvorkin Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 2101
I have an acquaintance who is trying to write a memoir 6 PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2024 Jan 2025 1 3079
Is Biography the Core Genre of Literature? 13 GreatGazoo Dec 2024 Jan 2025 2 4373
From Chuck Wendig on Bluesky - My writing process is usually: 1 highplainsdem Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 2170
OK, I am a huge AI hater....but, check this out! Edit. You don't have to be assholes 19 FirstLight Dec 2024 Dec 2024 8 6408
Eli's Quantum Pi 1 mikelewis Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 2443
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Interesting BBC article about Dorothy Parker (from 2017) 1 Mike 03 Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 2328
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Soft cover for my self published art book. 7 CTyankee Aug 2024 Oct 2024 4 3267
Lost Bram Stoker short story "Gibbet Hill" found after 134 years 2 BootinUp Oct 2024 Oct 2024 9 2606
David Burnham, whose police graft exposes inspired 'Serpico,' dies at 91 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 2367
Inventing the Page 2 hermetic Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 2435
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Magazine seeking entries. 1 hermetic Mar 2017 Aug 2024 0 3762
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 kingvitamin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 2426
Last day of my blog tour (and giveaway registration) is Thursday, 22 August 0 catrose Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 2383
Man-Baby! The Trumpolini Nursery Rhymes 5 ignatzmouse Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 3562
This is a fantastic review of my most recent book 4 DavidDvorkin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 14 3179
Not sure how to tease out the answer to this for writers 8 bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 3548
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Harlan Ellison's Gopher Story 2 red dog 1 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 2628
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Writer James Cain was born on this date. 0 Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 2205
My short story "Drawing Miss Hiller" 2 frogmarch Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 2666
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