Tag: stories
group name: allthingswritten
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April 04, 2008 01:34 PM EDT --
He came once a week, year 'round, in those days of home delivery, but I only saw him in the summer, when I was on school vacation. He was a local farmer whose acres are now suburban McMansions. As . . . more
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August 11, 2008 02:24 PM EDT --
Well kids it's time to really pay attention to our world or else get out of it.
According to Yahoo news, McCain addresses Russia with subtle threats about their current actions in newly Democratic . . . more
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March 01, 2008 01:19 PM EST --
In February I started writing again for the first time in a while. In the middle of the month I made a promise to myself to try and write something nearly every day. I've done pretty good. Below are . . . more
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June 14, 2007 12:12 PM EDT --
He took a last long drag on his cigarette, and coughed. Awakened from his short reverie, he found a miniscule nub attached to the filter. He flicked the cigarette off his middle finger into . . . more
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May 25, 2007 02:15 AM EDT --
Chapter one of my novel! Yes, it doesn't exactly have a traditional structure- you'll have to bear with it. The prologue can be found here.
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Chapter one: Our Story Begins With Philip . . . more
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March 17, 2007 12:02 AM EDT --
I found Abuela like an accident, when I wasn't really looking.
I'd been in California two years by then - it was already starting to make me jaded. I was working a fish market, packing boxes with . . . more
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July 27, 2007 12:53 AM EDT --
From:
Date:
2007/07/08 Sun AM 09:17:34 EST
To:
Subject:
Morning
Hi,
Good Morning. I pray that you are having a good day. . . . more
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August 21, 2007 03:13 AM EDT --
Tonight I found myself in a bit of funk, for the third or fourth time some wet behind the ears know nothing suggested that I should “Get a life.” I swallowed hard and put the insult . . . more
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August 03, 2008 02:20 AM EDT --
Amanda feels tension the minute she enters the sales meeting Monday morning. As she takes her seat in the conference room, she glues her eyes to the ticking wall clock, avoiding Jolie's pointed . . . more
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March 04, 2007 05:17 PM EST --
Recently I have been made aware that many of the members of our network are very talented and from time to time submit articles and stories to the various gather competitions. I encourage anyone . . . more
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June 20, 2007 06:17 PM EDT --
I tend to get a lot of my story and poem ideas from dreams. I keep a notebook by my bed and when I wake up I often record things in it.
When I read it later, I discover stories and poems.
To give . . . more
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May 22, 2007 01:08 PM EDT --
Nearly everyone dreams of moving to the country, but few are crazy enough to actually do it. This member is one of those few. She describes the experience in her own words:
"In . . . more
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March 02, 2007 04:26 AM EST --
Later, when sorting through my memories in an attempt isolate the truth, three facts remain with me: Michael was standing at the gate. I shook his hand. And it was definitely Monday.
First, a little history. . . . more
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October 12, 2008 11:29 PM EDT --
Perhaps when my oldest brother claims I cannot get my facts straight, he is right. When I attempt to tell someone about an event of the past, I seem to take the simple textbook account and soak . . . more
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May 23, 2007 11:28 PM EDT --
I'm going to post some of my novel, Tequila Sunset, here on Gather. I would love to get this published someday, but for now it remains unpublished.
Prologue:
Mavis Daniels was pouring a second . . . more
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November 10, 2006 12:42 PM EST --
I have tried to write this letter many times since that fateful day…September 11, 2001. But, it was too soon, too painful! Yet, I feel that I owe this to all the people of the world. Frankly, I feel . . . more
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September 06, 2007 07:00 AM EDT --
Quite a few years ago a Journalism instructor told his class how to attract attention to a story about an issue. He told us to put a “face” on the story. Find a personal example . . . more
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February 10, 2007 12:53 AM EST --
Michael's story on Gather:
These are the Michael-stories I have posted so far. I will keep updating the list as I add more. There is no particular order in which they must be read. Some are full . . . more
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May 15, 2008 11:58 AM EDT --
Donald Ray Pollock grew up in tiny Knockemstiff, Ohio, way down in the state's southern hills just 50 miles from Kentucky. He dropped out of high school, worked 30-some odd years in a paper . . . more
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May 16, 2007 08:10 AM EDT --
okay, as we all know reading is a very important neccesity in our life. Whether it's a book or a street sign, we must read. And what might I ask you are you doing right now? R-E-A-D-I-N-G.
For this . . . more
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