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Books & Writing Channel Posts

• Poem, 10 October 2008
  She sat on the tree and kept looking down on me As if we had been gone a long time Whoa Baby, it's me I said and gave her a wink Hi Baby, it's me she said and that made me blink She never called [...]
• Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton by Kathleen Willey - Guest Book Review
  Mr. JM is stepping in today as my special guest reviewer. Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton by Kathleen Willey - Guest Book Review By Mr. JM When I think back to the [...]
• Interview with Douglas Carlton Abrams, Author of The Lost Diary of Don Juan
  Hello and welcome to Fiction Scribe, Mr. Abrams. Let’s start with getting to know you a little better. List five things you feel define you as a person. 1. Love – for my wife, friends, [...]
• Friday Fill-Ins Archives Edition - #50
  Hi all and happy Friday! Once again I am 'away from my desk' so you'll have to do with another round from the archives today. The good news is that, if I'm not back already, I will be back soon! [...]
• New Book by Wally Lamb: `The Hour I First Believed'
  It is with infinite excitement that I announce the upcoming release of Wally Lamb's third novel, The Hour I First Believed. In one month, on November 11, Lamb's newest work will be available in [...]
• 13 Ways NOT To Be a Freelance Scrooge (Thurs 13, Ed. 1)
  Thursday 13 Edition #1 (I've been Thursday-13ing for a while, but I haven't actually participated in /linked to the meme. My predecessor here at WU might have, but I haven't. So, I'm going to [...]
• Guest Author James Earle McCracken on Creating Fun and Interesting Characters
  Okay, class, today’s lesson is on how to write fun and interesting characters. Take out your textbooks. Turn to the page with the list of questions that you as a writer should be able to [...]
• Booking Through Thursday - BTT Archives
  Hi everyone! I'm still off and about traversing eastern Australia, so once again I'm dipping into the Booking Through Thursday archives for prompts I can post ahead with. (I'll be back with everyone [...]
• Thirteen Writing Prompts
  Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something [...]
• A Writer's Self-Sufficiency Plan, Part 3
  Continuing our discussion of my own "self-sufficiency" freelance writing plan. If you're just stepping in, you might want to read Part 1 and Part 2. Step 2: Online Articles and [...]