Tag: writing
group name: nonconform
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November 25, 2007 03:25 PM EST --
Friends have been asking me to write another article, as I used to put out one every other day. As many of you know I am in the Court TV Crime . . .
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August 04, 2007 06:49 PM EDT --
I almost managed to miss the announcement of the 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. The contest, which is in its 25th year this year, began in 1982 at San Jose State University.
The competition . . .
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November 12, 2007 04:32 PM EST --
I'm doing some research for an article. What are your pet peeves of grammar issues? Why does it irritate you?
What do you have the most trouble with in editing writing?
Grammar, . . .
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August 21, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
myspace.com/potpurri
Todays topic is about how definitely dopey I can get when it rains just plain too much and the barametric pressure is at an all time high. Warning: if you don't like laughing . . .
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August 30, 2007 07:51 PM EDT --
Recently I have been on a truth seeking mission, all about me. Not the Government, not my friends, or enemies, parents or children. Nothing like getting caught up in someone elses failings (according to . . .
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October 30, 2007 10:06 PM EDT --
Today will be my last day floating on gather when I have the time. I received an email from my editor who said basically, that I can wind up this manuscript for the crime novel, as in soon, or I can . . .
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September 12, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
You've had a day like mine. I know it.
At the crack of dawn, the alarm clock goes off, like it does every morning, and it is time to head off to the pool to swim my mile. Only today, I don't wanna. . . .
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October 31, 2007 11:46 PM EDT --
I wrote another chapter today and since it was a busy day, that caused me to feel more hopeful than ever about entering the Crime Contest. I don’t like that blue color. Ahh, this is better. . . .
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June 28, 2008 01:15 PM EDT --
From my first time on Gather, I have always felt that it was a very smart and intelligent community. The many articles, stories, and poetry that my fellow writers on this site was and still is . . .
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August 31, 2007 05:31 PM EDT --
I had to reach back into the dusty archives of 30 years ago to produce a document for a legal process today, and it got me to think about do-overs. What would I have done and not have done?
I think I . . .
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September 24, 2007 09:51 PM EDT --
There's something about me. It's hard to describe, but when I talk, people don't listen. I mean, they often respond, talk back and do things that would seem to indicate that they're . . .
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June 16, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
I reach my hands deep into the freshly tilled soil and fell my way around until my hand strikes a cluster of hard round objects. Smiling I grab of the potatoes as I can and toss them into the large wicker . . .
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June 19, 2007 10:27 PM EDT --
As we teeter atop the peak of the detiorating barn roof top, gazing at the night sky, I feel close to Rachel. Over the past week, as we worked to make the adjacent one room cabin our home, we have built . . .
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November 09, 2007 10:30 PM EST --
Veterans Day will be observed on Monday, November 12. Sadly for many in the population, Monday will be just another day that the banks and post office will be closed. Most offices will . . .
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November 14, 2007 01:35 PM EST --
I need to write an update for friends who have been asking, even though I am at this moment upon the throes of death, wheezing my last painful breath, as my back and every muscle connected, including . . .
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November 24, 2007 11:24 AM EST --
Are you Listening to everything? Are you THINKING all the time? Are you contributing to the greater good? No? Well maybe it's because you think you're . . .
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January 11, 2008 02:15 AM EST --
When it comes to the "dream"....you writers know what i'm talking about. A lot of college, maybe a teaching job....english....either high school or college level...then perhaps just a sabbatical . . .
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October 31, 2007 11:25 PM EDT --
His shuffle upsets the girl's headstrong strut. "Hey, creep, take a hike!" she exclaims.
But as his uneasy pursuit continues, he becomes . . .
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December 16, 2007 05:17 AM EST --
Two $50 gift certificates to be awarded; one for a poem, and one for a letter to American troops in Iraq.
Here is how it works.
1. Write a letter, a poem, or both.
2. Letter should be 250 . . .
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September 18, 2007 10:47 PM EDT --
I used to wonder at finding myself whispering in my own back yard or even my own house just because I was voicing opposition to what was happening in our country. Nothing seditious mind you, I am very . . .
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