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How to survive as a writer with this ChatGPT!??

Samantha Gardner @samgardner (11) 19 Sep 24

I have been freelance writing for years but have recently lost several clients because everyone is now looking for the cheaper and easier option - ChatGPT. How are writers surviving out there? I know the good clients value the...

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Registered to Attend a Writers' Workshop

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 17 Feb 24

I have registered to attend a Writers' Workshop in March. As part of the workshop, I signed up to have two ten-minute pitches with two agents. Now, I need to have something to pitch. I have decided on [i]A Princess for Buzby...

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Synonym Buns

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 12 Feb 24

It's an old joke among writers. What's a writer's favorite breakfast sweet? A synonym bun. The reason I bring this up is that my missus used our air fryer to bake mini-cinnamon buns this weekend. She sent home 1/2 of them with...

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Absinthe

celticeagle @celticeagle (189833) • Boise, Idaho 11 Dec 23

Often referred to as a liqueur it doesn't have sugar in it so is actually a spirit. It is traditionally a lovely green color but may also be colorless. It is referred to in historical literature as la fee verte("the green fairy")....

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I have homework

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 9 Jul 23

This afternoon I Zoomed in on the first in a series of 5 sessions that are part of a short story writing seminar I signed up for. Our first assignment, before the session, was to read 2 short stories by Ron Rash. Both were set in...

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Time to get Set Friday Free prepared for my editor

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 5 Mar 23

Now that "Love, Taylor Made" and "Second Chance for First Love," my two Kindle Short Read novellas, are published, it's time to get back to my full-length Buzby Beach novel, Setting Friday Free, a ghostly love story. The story is...

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HG Wells Society

Ranjith Narayan @Surinamstar27 (315) • Mumbai, India 25 Dec 22

Fans of the great writer can join the society which has its office in England. Every year a weekend conference is held in a in an amiable atmosphere. Fans can discuss all the matters related to HG Wells. Even today, great minds...

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I Lovingly Welcome The Many Fine And Talented Members Of My Twitter Family!

peaceful202270 @peaceful (3294) • United States 11 Nov 22

" As the days grow shorter- I consider Autumn to be the best time for writers like me- I am Nocturnal by nature and the longer evenings tend to be quieter and somehow much more inspiring..." I am truly saddened by the fate that...

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About Writing

Ranjith Narayan @Surinamstar27 (315) • Mumbai, India 15 Oct 22

Great men of letters like Hemingway, Tolstoy or Goldsmith might not have imagined the opportunities that the internet is providing writers of today. HG Wells had written something resembling it. Anyway writing is an art,...

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Where My Fiction Writers At?

Kade @akruser13 (475) • Los Angeles, California 16 Jan 22

I hosted a writer/editor forum once for a few years and we used to do this activity to spark creative writing. One person would post just the beginning of a story and anyone could reply with the next few paragraphs. Then more...

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Regarding the Publish0x Platform for Crypto-Lovers

MarleneAM @MarleneAM (293) 26 Sep 21

Just saying ~ I love Publish0x - a blogging platform site, where you may earn crypto rewards for writing and reading. There is one thing though... It appears to be primarily a site devoted to to topic of crypto-curreny and even...

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10 Passive Incomes For Writers

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 6 Sep 21

Bethany Atazadeh is an author who creates content for Authortube, this particular video breaks down10 passive income streams for writers. https://youtu.be/NKMSAcESZBo I am fully aware of some of these, but some are things I...

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The Ones Not Chosen #3

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 8 Apr 21

Here's the third cover design, another one not chosen, this one was probably ny least favorite of the four, it's not a bad one, but it did not fit the story. I'm looking forward to getting Broken Beginnings out there, but of...

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The Ones Not Chosen #2 (Cover Design that is)

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 8 Apr 21

Here's the other one just did not fit the character I was trying to portray, it didn't fit the characters I was trying to portray.. I am glad that I have the final say in the design, soon the book will be ready for edits and...

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Cover Reveal (The Ones not Chosen #1)

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 8 Apr 21

I thought I would start off with the covers not chosen, and end it off with the one I choose, the one that to me best fit the story. This one is similar to the one I choose, but there is a difference which you will see when I...

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Save the Cat

Jo Ann @akalinus (44366) • United States 18 Mar 21

I bought a book from Amazon that is a lifesaver for novel writing. Blake Synder first wrote, "Save the Cat Writes a Screenplay." Later Jessica Brody reworked it for writers. It is "Save the Cat Writes a Screenplay." I got two...

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Documentaries

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 20 Oct 20

I’ve spent the afternoon watching documentaries, on Beatrix Potter, Charles Dickens, and now I’m looking for another one to watch lol, I actually mostly listen because I tend to have background noise on when I’m writing. I...

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Cash Assistance for Filipino Writers

Jaymie Suh @cherriefic (10399) • Philippines 15 May 20

Reading can really go a long way. I was just curious if freelance writers can get something because of this pandemic. Then I came across this article. NCCA is giving COVID19 assistance for Filipino writers! I already apply for it...

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Free Houses For Writers and Poets!

Danna B. @db20747 (43419) • Washington, District Of Columbia 24 Feb 20

Get a free house!! That's right a brand new fully remodeled house in Detroit! The non profit Write A House is giving away houses to writers of fiction and poetry. Non profits at its best! What a way to support the arts. Again ,...

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My favorite American writers of the 20th century.

Branislav Scepancevic @Zoro1951 (140) • Novi Sad, Serbia 28 Nov 19

My favorite American writers of the 20th century are: Ernest Hemingway, Theodore Dreiser, Ervin Wallace, James Jones and Jack. London. And more, the writer of Western novels Zane Gray. Hemingway is a Nobel laureate and an...

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