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I found this nifty table online, and it's been helping me with my writing 15 sakabatou Monday 13 hrs ago 9 576
I Heard Back from an Agent!!! 37 leftieNanner Sep 26 Nov 11 92 2813
Louise Meriwether, novelist who conjured 1930s Harlem, dies at 100 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 13 Oct 13 2 1009
A few days ago there was an OP on artist Edward Hopper's "Night Hawks." 2 brush Aug 2023 Sep 26 1 2173
Cage of Bone 0 DavidDvorkin Sep 26 Sep 26 1 826
SPSFC#3! 4 DavidDvorkin Aug 2023 Sep 20 3 778
Heat Lightning 4 RSherman Sep 8 Sep 8 3 975
Strange Saturday Funky Mood Blues 0 RSherman Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 838
Pgh Playwright 'August Wilson: A Life' By Patti Hartigan, Fences, Ma Rainey, Two Trains Running: NYT 0 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1344
On Writing. And on Trump. 2 Brainstormy Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 678
[Trope Discussion help] First Girl After All 13 sakabatou Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1934
Can woodchucks run in reverse? 8 RSherman Jun 2023 Jul 2023 9 1246
What happens when sometimes you feel like you should be a writer 3 Waterguy Jun 2023 Jul 2023 1 1870
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Waterguy Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 463
The pressure in being only a small part of a story 0 Waterguy Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 1332
My very own Progenic genetic beginning 0 Waterguy Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 432
Just Last Saturday I took in a Tudor's Exhibition At The Legions of Honor Museum in SF 4 Waterguy Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 2183
My Writing Workshop Experience 6 nuxvomica Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 936
The Wrath of GOODREADS 2 mainer Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 682
Rest high on that Mountain (Scott 1959-2022)/Good times in Lake George, NY 2 RSherman Jun 2023 Jul 2023 8 2025
A wondering about Kings, and the idea of the first Throne 1 Waterguy Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1641
How Review Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It's Published 1 mainer Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1042
NOVA SCOTIA WILDFIRES 2023 0 RSherman Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 577
My own personal Johnny - A Poem 0 Waterguy Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1515
AI Writing Apps 9 bucolic_frolic May 2023 Jun 2023 0 1094
On this day, June 16, 1904, "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1798
What the Trump indictment can teach us about good writing 3 usonian Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 1605
I am currently editing a science fiction anthology. 5 PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 1178
I'm writing a volume of memoirs 1 Not Heidi May 2023 Jun 2023 0 1232
What do you do when a sibling insists on your not ever writing about your family? 29 pnwmom Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2147

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Shopping agreement 8 DavidDvorkin May 2023 May 2023 7 880
Dash Hammett was born on this date. 0 Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2023 May 2023 2 1485
When someone reads a book 10 Marthe48 May 2023 May 2023 0 1275
I'm ready to write again 10 WhiteTara Mar 2023 May 2023 4 1155
Last night's Edgar Awards ceremony, aka Poe's Prom 0 Mme. Defarge Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 2038
ZIPOdes 4 RSherman Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 787
I just finished reading "Riders on the Orphan Train" 4 WhiteTara Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 2743
More original writing...I need the practice 3 Steerpike Jun 2022 Apr 2023 3 2692
Reaching Black Audiences 0 qwlauren35 Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 736
Reading Riting and Rithmetic 0 Waterguy Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 1743
First thing I remember was listening 0 Waterguy Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1669
Has anyone used Draft to Digital to release indy ebooks? 4 wryter2000 Jan 2023 Mar 2023 0 2780
A new interview-plus for fans of John Irving... 0 RobertDevereaux Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 1611
I've recently found this group 17 Bettie Dec 2020 Feb 2023 13 3906
A Positive Step Forward - Submitted a Query to an Agent 3 leftieNanner Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 2422
Looking for advice on Self Publishing. 4 Delmette2.0 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 909
ChatGPT disaster: SF mag Clarkesworld closed to submissions. Amazon Kindle flooded. 8 highplainsdem Feb 2023 Feb 2023 8 3461
About ie and ei 8 Marthe48 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 1295
On this day, January 21, 1950, George Orwell died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 2475
WHEN TRUMAN CAPOTE'S LIES CAUGHT UP WITH HIM 4 douglas9 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 9 1295
Podcast interview on Oranges for Magellan added ... (reply #6) 6 A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2022 Jan 2023 21 2927
Got a novel coming out in December. 13 A-Schwarzenegger Oct 2022 Jan 2023 17 2295
Asimov was born on this date. 6 Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 1147
A new writer tweeted about a low book signing turnout, and famous authors commiserated 2 sl8 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 2766
the origin story of Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer. 3 elleng Dec 2022 Dec 2022 19 1392
This needs to be settled once and for all. (Yea right) 10 Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 2688
My latest light mystery (cozy adjacent), released this week 0 catrose Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 2161
I was just interviewed 0 DavidDvorkin Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 1756
Bookriot: WHAT MAKES A GOOD MYSTERY SERIES? 23 SheltieLover Nov 2022 Nov 2022 5 3468
Jonathan Swift was born on this date. 0 Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 1450

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An interesting resource! 0 SheltieLover Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 1083
The two story brick-front house had once been considered "spectacular"---probably the 0 Atticus Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 2536
Is anyone doing NaNoWriMo? 3 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 1878
Writing again 2 DavidDvorkin Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 1183
I need help on listing credits in my art history book. 13 CTyankee Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 3021
Cur-sed vs Cursed? 4 HelpImSurrounded Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 1333
Noe Jitrik, noted Argentine writer, historian and literary critic, dies at 94 0 peppertree Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 2603
My book is currently free on Kindle if you have Kindle Unlimited 25 oldtime dfl_er Oct 2022 Oct 2022 27 2627
Launching a nonfiction book soon -- pay for reviews? 1 Apollo Zeus Aug 2022 Sep 2022 0 2561
some advice from kurt vonnegut. 11 mopinko Sep 2022 Sep 2022 8 1767
10 Lessons of Conservative Cowardice - Book 0 Across-the-Desk Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 2856
Showing off qwlauren's book 'cover;' 5 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 15 1796
Has Anyone Here Written or Edited a Wikipedia Article? 3 NJCher Jun 2022 Jul 2022 0 2158
I'm not sure this is the place to put this, but 3 chowmama Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 3189
Any other members of Writers Guild of America here? 6 mainer Feb 2022 Jun 2022 4 2129
Is there a term for the kind of story where... 7 LAS14 Aug 2021 Jun 2022 0 3197
Hi all of Writing Group. Any other writers here, active or lurking ? 24 Tetrachloride Jan 2021 Jun 2022 4 6912
Valley Blvd. 2 Steerpike May 2022 May 2022 2 2851
1972 postcard from Angeles Crest 1 Steerpike May 2022 May 2022 1 2348
I just shockingly came across some old writings of mine 9 cilla4progress Jan 2022 May 2022 2 4052
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