Mel & Sue trivia
18 Oct 2006 05:59:45 -0700
Having recently underaken work for a big-name
publisher, and with plenty on the horizon too, I
found myself pondering the legal issues of Fair
Usage as it applies when material has been not
so much collected or collated as sent in.
As it's entirely legal to go trawling the charity-
shop sector for valuable i ...
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Life after death, truth or not?
Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:44:21 GMT
Have you ever wondered what happens when you die, do you just cease to exist
or does something else happen to you? I was looking on the WWW for related
topics and came across this very interesting recollecting of a fellow that
dies and comes back again from that other dimension.I immediately put in an
order for ...
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characterisation - diarists
3 Oct 2006 19:11:43 -0700
Whilst it has to be said that the most ringing
endorsements of the diarists' art were various
adolescent girls who kept them and took great
delight in marking how much they'd changed,
grown, &c, particularly between 14-18 and, in
turn, after Uni, it's not a hard & fast rule that
they have to be about twee refl ...
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characterisation - police
3 Oct 2006 17:59:52 -0700
Just a note on characterisations within fiction.
Without falling too much into the cliches of Christie,
James and Conan Doyle and describing every body
involved with law enforcement as "stolid"--although
it is worth noting they do all tend to eat at the same
canteen and no prizes for guessing that "rabbit foo ...
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Flashes of Light on the Faith
3 Oct 2006 01:48:21 -0700
In this article of mine, the believer will find incontestable
historic-archaeological support to his Faith, the undecided one will
perhaps be capable of making a decisive step forward to live the
"Blessed Hope", the atheist will get irritated at seeing his
thought being based absolutely on nothing.
In this site ...
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UK Writers Competitions List
24 Sep 2006 01:01:28 -0700
Scriptunities, featuring pages of competitions, opportunities and
contacts for writers interested in Film, TV and Radio is now updated
and online at www.xerif.com
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3 Weeks to Short Story Contest Deadline
Fri, 05 May 2006 18:38:15 GMT
Is this the year to finally get your story published?
Tall Tales Press is looking for entries for the 4th Annual Hidden Talents
Short Story Contest. The contest is open to both adult and junior writers
(for those under the age of 18), offers over $1500 in cash prizes and the
opportunity to have your work publ ...
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UK Script Competitions
23 Apr 2006 02:41:04 -0700
The Spring edition of Scriptunities is now available. Six pages of
competitions, contacts and opportunities for UK and Irish writers in
TV, Film and Radio. Go to www.xerif.com to browse or download the pdf
version.
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short short story
6 Apr 2006 22:14:28 -0700
He sat on the verge considering the doughnut-shaped
orbitals scorched onto the asphalt. Some of the others
who came out to this often overcast industrial estate in
the heart of the country were pulling wheelies, stoppies,
practising various pillion stunts. Somewhere just off to
the left of his field of vision h ...
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Short Short Story
3 Apr 2006 17:07:47 -0700
This evening was lush with the heady scents of the hedgerows and her
new job was panning out fantastically. She'd moved on from basic
setting and copychecking and was now pitching artwork directly to
clients. It gave her such flexibility to manage childcare and the
business people in the area, she realised, were ...
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