Rejection x 2

Andrea,Thanks for your submissions to Tweet the Meat! We will not be using any of your submissions this week. They were both good, especially the first one, but we've published a glut of cannibalism-themed stories lately.We would like to encourage you to submit again.Theme for 8/29 submission period: Fetish (Use your imagination)(This week's secret tip: During our 8/22 submission period, we are...

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Submission

Submitted a couple short shorts to Tweet the Meat. Will know in a week or so if any were accepted. *fingers cross...

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History Saturday

Did ya know that Mary Surratt was the first female in the United States to be executed? In 1865, she was arrested and charged for conspiracy and with aiding the assassins and assisting their escape. Who was she accused of conspiring against? President Abraham Lincoln.After her husband died, Mary moved with her two kids, Anna and John Jr., to Washington D.C. Her Surrattsville Tavern was being rented...

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Reading Too Much

Even though I’ve been writing for years, I’m still fairly new to the publishing side of the field. What frustrates me the most is all the advice. The line between what’s right and wrong are blurred most of the time. I often feel confused. The latest confusion is reading too much. Writers tell you to read when you are first starting out. You can learn so much from those who have succeeded in writing:...

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Back to School

There's this scene at the beginning of You've Got Mail where Tom Hanks character emails Meg Ryan's about Autumn. That he would go out and send her a bouquet of sharpened pencils if he could. Every year in August, I feel like doing the same. All the stores have the Back to School sales. I just feel like going on a big shopping spree.Counting down the days til the season premiere of Supernatural, Sept....

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Didn’t Win :(

Page-a-Day WC – 1,233 words The results of the Authors By Design Horror Contest have been posted and my little story didn’t win. Oh well. The winning story will be published on the AbD blog. I’m over 10,000 words in to the AbDWriMo with four days left. Totally going to make the goal. Also found out that my step-grandpa passed out, threw up and had a mini stroke on Monday. The latest update reveal...

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AbDWriMo

Still haven’t heard about my submission to the Authors By Design Horror Contest. It ended last week. Don’t know when they will make the announcement. Unless there was a lack of submissions, I don’t think I’ll win much less place. Wrote my story in a hurry and edited it even more so in a hurry. Wasn’t totally satisfied with it when I sent it in but didn’t have time to mess with it anymore. Oh well....

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The Debate Begins

Soft vs. Hard lead pencils I don’t use regular pencils anymore. I made the switch to mechanical ones a long time ago. However, during my school days, I always preferred soft lead pencils. They were easier to sharpen. I didn’t have to stand at the pencil sharpener forever watching the pencil get shorter and shorter as the point breaking off after each round. That was so annoying. Problem is soft lead...

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