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Flashback Friday by One Voice~Write Right on Nov 6, 2009Psalm 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.***Flashback to a day in your past of peace and harmony. What? You can’t remember any? Well let me tell you... I...

Book Review: Tomorrow! by Philip Wylie by A Progressive on the Prairie on Nov 3, 2009It was an era more than half our population knows only through history. It was an era in which the United States went from being the only nation possessing nuclear weapons to facing the reality that the “Godless Commies” also had them.

I Always Swore I’d Never Do This But . . . by Diary of a Mad Editor on Oct 31, 2009I’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. I’ve never really been into that whole “let me write-a-novel-in-30-days-who-cares-if-it-sucks-ass” movement, but I figured I had to change my game to finish this novel I̵...

Book Review: Nibble & Kuhn by David Schmahmann by A Progressive on the Prairie on Oct 30, 2009Do real private detectives read detective novels? Do police officers read crime fiction? I wonder because, as a practicing attorney, I don’t usually read novels dealing with lawyers. Even when written by attorneys, story-telling seems to req...

Story: The Song of Ximena Aljibe Part #1 . . . #WesternWednesday by Your Predator on Oct 29, 2009“Good evening fine folk of the south desert, and honest men of the tilled earth. As you know, one night a week we have our very special performer. You all know her. You all lust for her, in your secret dreams. To all our delights . . . welcome...

A Rewrite of Yesterday’s Post by A Writer's Life on Oct 29, 2009Yesterday I received a comment that helped me along in my writing through my block. I admit at first that I was somewhat upset with the comment. How could you say the story is over? But as I kept reading what I wrote I realized that the way it read t...

The Lost Symbol – The Road Best Not Travelled by Freemason Information on Oct 28, 2009There is nothing I like better than a good murder mystery.  I cut my teeth on Sherlock Holmes, Lord Peter Wimsey, Perry Mason and Ellery Queen.  Nowadays I turn to such luminaries as John Grisham, Scott Turow, Richard North Patterson and William Be...