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Bring it On NaNoWriMo 2015! 7 btrflykng9 Oct 2015 Nov 2018 2 3084

Buses: An Essay (Long) 5 Bo Zarts Jul 2021 Jul 2021 12 2419

By the numbers: 1 / 6 / 105 / 3 / 3 / 0 8 MorningGlow Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 2942

Cage of Bone 0 DavidDvorkin Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1315

Cage of Bone 3 DavidDvorkin Dec 2023 Jan 2024 5 688

Can I get some feedback on an article? 5 ddickey Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 2304

Can woodchucks run in reverse? 8 RSherman Jun 2023 Jul 2023 9 1872

ChatGPT disaster: SF mag Clarkesworld closed to submissions. Amazon Kindle flooded. 8 highplainsdem Feb 2023 Feb 2023 8 4427

Check out my Lebowski-related book 1 deutsey Dec 2011 Dec 2011 3 1789

Children of the Undead 7 DavidDvorkin Sep 2012 Oct 2012 0 2481

Computer program for writers 27 oneshooter Mar 2013 Sep 2014 1 7028

Copyright questions. 9 Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2373

Could someone help my wife with this statement. 5 diabeticman Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2136

Cur-sed vs Cursed? 4 HelpImSurrounded Oct 2022 Oct 2022 0 1485

Dash Hammett was born on this date. 0 Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2023 May 2023 2 2002

Dash was born on this date. 0 Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2021 May 2021 0 2155

Does anyone have experience in writing solicitation letters for a business? A new job is requiring 1 adirondacker Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1657

Does anyone in this forum have a good source for journal/diary notebooks? 14 Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 Dec 2020 0 2982

Downton appy: Julian Fellowes tries new format for novel 2 hunter Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 1865

DU novel-writing month 2 spinbaby Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1500

Duotrope switching to subscription-only as of 1/1/2013 4 Orrex Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2147

Dust Net - my latest book is now available on Amazon 3 DavidDvorkin Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 1761

E-book publication? How do you go about it?t Is it better/cheaper than an Agent? 19 Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 Oct 2013 1 3996

Ebooks For Libraries 0 kentauros Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1606

Eight Underrated Skills That’ll Make You a Rockstar in the Book Industry 1 Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 Sep 2016 6 2086

Enjoy... 1 AmyStrange Aug 2020 Dec 2020 2 1777

Essay contest --- Win an inn! 3 Petrushka Mar 2015 Apr 2015 0 2250

Ever had a character "Photo Bomb" other stories you are writing? 5 Lady Freedom Returns May 2013 Sep 2013 1 2216

Evernight Teen --- call for submissions 0 Petrushka Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1699

Exchange Students anthology 3 PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 Feb 2020 1 2440

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Experienced authors - is last month, last section procrastination typical? 5 NRaleighLiberal May 2013 Jun 2013 0 1918

Fake books sold on Amazon in money-laundering scheme 0 mainer Apr 2018 Apr 2018 3 1927

Famous highly metaphorical writers 1 SpearthrowerOwl Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2046

Fan fiction on Reddit 4 irisblue Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 1918

Fascinating criticism of the publishing industry. From 1753. 0 joshcryer Nov 2012 Nov 2012 2 1488

Finally decided to self-publish... but need to find a good place for an illustrator! 11 FirstLight Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 3835

Finished writing my first story 26 vercetti2021 Jan 2021 Oct 2021 10 5216

First book ready. Now need to find Agent. 12 Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2772

First thing I remember was listening 0 Waterguy Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 2193

First time paid for writing! 0 LiveNudePolitics Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1387

For those who write and submit to journals, etc. may I despair for a minute 10 ok_cpu Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1778

For writers thinking about publishing via Amazon... 5 MineralMan Jul 2018 Jul 2018 6 2402

Free at Amazon for Three Days, Science Fiction and Fantasy by McCamy Taylor 1 McCamy Taylor Jul 2013 Jul 2013 5 1686

Free at Amazon: Novel, "Mack the Ripper" Marxist take on the Whitechapel Murders 0 McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1688

Free ebooks! Free! 1 DavidDvorkin Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1952

Free Kindle books through 6/6/16. All light reads, so light they're almost weightless. 0 valerief Jun 2016 Jun 2016 0 2138

Free Parking 9/13 0 WhiteTara Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 1923

Free Parking If you want to live like a Republican, Vote Democratic Harry S. Truman 5 WhiteTara Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 3980

Free promotion for my Kindle mystery THE MEDICINAL MARTINI on Saturday 2/18/12 & Sunday 2/19/12 6 valerief Feb 2012 Feb 2012 2 2399

Free Sample Chapter of My New Mystery Thriller - The Lineman 2 soleft Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1696

From time to time I bring forth tools from the WWW 1 nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 Jan 2013 0 1488

Geezer Summer of Love: When Old Men Were Sexy 0 valerief Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1956

Good contest for fiction writers 6 Brainstormy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2118

good morning. i have decided it's time to write that book. 11 mopinko Dec 2019 May 2020 9 3285

Got a novel coming out in December. 13 A-Schwarzenegger Oct 2022 Jan 2023 17 2914

Great NYT piece on writing, and failure 0 Brainstormy Aug 2014 Aug 2014 3 1699

Group creative project writing help sought for animated video 1 roseBudd Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1692

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! 0 elleng Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1495

Happy Holiday's to writers everywhere 0 ashling Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 1633

Happy Towel Day: Six Life Lessons From Marvin The Paranoid Android 2 icymist May 2014 May 2014 1 1819

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Has anybody e-published their work (on Kindle, Barnes & Noble) 20 Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2011 Nov 2012 1 6414

Has anyone been a member of SavvyAuthor.com? 2 justiceischeap Jan 2012 Feb 2012 0 1702

Has anyone here ever used any of the novel-writing software out there? 13 SheilaT Jul 2012 Aug 2012 1 7839

Has anyone here ever used the book options of Word to write a book or story, 11 Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 Jul 2020 0 3220

Has Anyone Here Written or Edited a Wikipedia Article? 3 NJCher Jun 2022 Jul 2022 0 2311

has anyone published work on sites 0 gejohnston May 2012 May 2012 0 1573

Has anyone used BLURB to self publish? 3 Blue_playwright Feb 2019 Feb 2019 1 2079

Has anyone used Draft to Digital to release indy ebooks? 4 wryter2000 Jan 2023 Mar 2023 0 3383

Has anyone used talk to text to write a book? 8 angstlessk Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 2466

Has this ever happened to you? 10 Tobin S. Dec 2011 Jul 2012 0 3135

Haven't been here in a while. I am working on a Science Fiction Novel. 10 Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 5023

Heat Lightning 4 RSherman Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1640

Hello all, looking for investigative journalist help... 2 shockedcanadian Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1557

Hello, I would like to submit a short story for review. 13 clarice Oct 2014 Dec 2014 0 2975

Help me brainstorm something. 10 Pab Sungenis Feb 2012 Mar 2012 0 3602

Help! I'm a virgin. 6 Sanity Claws Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2905

HELP! I'm having trouble compartmentalizing. 14 Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 Feb 2020 3 2641

Here is a short story 0 Koch Ebola Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 6000

Here's a link so you can download most of this years Oscar contending screenplays, legal and free 3 TeamPooka Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 2213

Here's an interview I did about missing persons, serial killers and my books... 11 AmyStrange Sep 2020 Dec 2020 3 5131

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