Via Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads): Puck Dupree moved in with her sister after spending over a year trapped in the form of a fox. She had hoped to move on with a normal teenage life; however, trouble seems to have followed her. The Council wants her to partner with a mage or forfeit her life, a friend of hers has a stalker who may or...
Here is the updated list for July & August 2019 writing submissions. I try to find submissions and contests with little or no fee. As always, if you know any places that run contests and accept general submissions that are not on my list, please let me know and I’ll check it out to add it. July 2019 Genre: Poetry Website: Narrative Magazine Deadline:...
The third day of December was shot due to a headache when l came home from work. I ended up sitting on the couch too exhausted to do anything. Needless to say l did not edit 10 pages yesterday. Lucky for me l had the day off from work today due to parent/teacher confrences. Kris and l decided to go to Barnes and Noble,...
Title: Crank Author: Ellen Hopkins Genre: Fiction — Social and family issues How I got the book: I bought it Summary (from Amazon): Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. Then, Kristina meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild, ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul—her life. My Review (may contain spoilers!):...
Patty opened the front door to her house but didn’t enter. She gazed around the living room. It didn’t seem lively as it usually was. Normally when she came home, he was there to greet her. The house always smelled nice because he had started dinner for her. The living room would have been tidied up, the laundry folded, their bed made. It was...
Title: Dead Poet’s Society Starring: Robin Williams Rating: PG Summary (from back of DVD): In an age defined by crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, he not only broke the mold… he reinvented it. Academy Award winner Robin Williams delivers and extraordinary performance in one of the most compelling motion pictures of all time. Williams stars as English professor John Keating, a passionate iconoclast who changes...
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Write for 35 minutes leading up to discovering a dead body. I left my office around one in the afternoon to visit my client. I locked the front door shoving my hands into my trench coat pockets. The air was chilled from the upcoming winter season and there was a light breeze in the air causing the autumn leaves to fly past me. I...
Casey knocked on the door. She took a step back wondering who was going to be on the other side. She casually looked over her shoulder wondering if her friends were even still standing on the sidewalk. They weren’t. She sighed, turning her attention back to the door. Once their baseball had been chucked over the fence by accident, no one wanted to knock...
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