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I've been thinking about this for a while, and now I've decided to share it in my blog.
If you join you agree to:
-Review the stories of other club members [not necessarily all, but each story should get 2-3 replies from club members]
-Try to write frequently.
Then there'd be monthly contests in which club members could take part in, and possibly other stuff.
Basically, it's just a thing to get people to review and write more.
Any suggestions/comments are appreciated. If
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Welcome to the Writer's Club! Here is a place that you join so that you can review and write more, and where you can also get reviews for your own works. There are no limits as to who can join, but, if one wants to enter the monthly contests, than I ask that he/she agrees to the following terms:
-You write at least four reviews in one month, for this club. The only exception would be if you are a member of the ECC or SSCC, then three of your four reviews may be done there instead,
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So last night we had to put our family dog to sleep. =/ He's been kinda sick for a while, but in the past week or two he got exponentially worse. If ever was the idiom "skin and bones" appropriate, it would be for him, from a combination of problems--particularly in the past week. He started eating more than he ever had, but still kept losing a lot of weight. Yesterday he was unable to keep anything down at all, so that was when we decided it was time. The weirdest thing is that I honestly ha
Heh, been a while. Anyway, one of my birthday presents was a Nook Tablet. Gotta say, I'm definitely loving it. It's going to be very useful when I go to college this fall, as I'll be able to download a lot (most likely) of my textbooks, so I can just carry around my slick Nook instead of a bunch of books. Not to mention it's really awesome for if I ever want to read outside of my house -- waiting rooms, plane trips, car trips, etc. Of course, the problem is that I buy most of my books at a
Tahu in the Rain ~ :: ~ The sky flashed bright white, revealing a scarlet-clad Toa. He crouched atop the wall of a crudely-built stone fortress, looking out onto the valley below. The rain poured down upon his body, feeling as if it was burning right through his armor. The hero looked up toward the sky, ignoring the rain drops falling into his eyes, piercing them like poison. It stung, but he endured, and watched the dark clouds moving gracefully across the sky, occasionally glimpsing t
Today is a day of remembrance. Let us remember the fallen who died for honor, for their country. Those men and women who served the US Armed Forces. Those men and woman who had agape love -- the greatest love; a sacrificial love -- for very single person in the United States. The true heroes of the world. Please keep those men and women in your thoughts and prayers throughout the day and every day. ~ Velox
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Ruthless The pub’s heavy wooden door swung inward on its creaky hinges. A chill wind gusted into the room, followed by two beings who stepped through the threshold; both salted with snowflakes that had fallen on them outside. ..........First was a man of average height, fit-looking, and dressed in black pants and a dark teal hooded jacket. His face was mostly obscured by the hood on his head, but the end of glasses peeked out from under the cowl. His shoulders were hunched, and his mouth twi
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This year is definitely the best year book-wise for me. I don’t rate many novels five stars on Goodreads—I try to save that rating for only books that are the best of the best, and as such, I end up rating most books only 4 stars, even if they may be more of 9/10 or 9.5/10, instead of 5. But this year, every single book on this list was a 5-star book, more than I’ve ever had before. But I can still rank them fairly easily (much more easily than the top ten film list), so here it goes. Top Ten
Eldritch Abomination You feel That inexplicable, utterly chilling sense That you are being watched. [...] Read more. ~ :: ~ Happy Hallowe'en, everyone! I wrote this poem a week or two ago for my Creative Writing class (with no direct inspiration from HP Lovecraft, though he is a great writer -- credit goes to Tolkien for the title), and felt it was fitting for Hallowe'en -- one of my favorite holidays simply because I love reading Hallowe'en-esque stories such as A Monster Calls, by
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Dead or Alive, by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0399157239 Release Date: December 2010 Rating: 4.5/5 Synopsis: "For years, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his colleagues at the Campus have waged an unofficial and highly effective campaign against hte terrorists who threaten western civilization. The most dangerous of these is the Emir. This sadistic killer has masterminded the most vicious attacks on the west and has eluded capture by the world's law enforcement agencies. Now the Campus is on his trail. Joined by their l
Top Ten Bookish Goals For 2013 Read at least 52 books -- a book a week. I've been doing it the past two years, I don't plan on stopping now. Read 12 books that have been on my shelf for over a year. I have over 500 books on my shelves, and I've probably only read half of those, if not even less. Read the Lord of the Rings. I still can't believe I haven't read these yet, but I will this year. Read the rest of A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin. On Monday I picked up A Clash of K
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..So I went to the Library Friday evening to try to get some of those books, and they had very few. Or if they did they were checked out.
The ones they did have were the second and third part to sequels, and I didn't want to get those without reading the first one first.
The one they did have, though, was Artemis Fowl. I must say it's quite good - good enough that I've read a little more than a third of it in two days [i read the Hobbit a little while ago, and it took me like two
Please read this entry.
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Welcome to the Writer's Club! The BZPower Writers' Club is a group of writers that have gotten together to help each other improve their literacy skills as well as discuss their story ideas. This entry may be used for discussion of the club or of literature in general; I'll probably make another entry for writing ideas/discussion, and I'll be making a Library entry soon [please post your works there!].
Purpose
The purpose of the Writers’ Club is to get
Preparation I typed away furiously at the black keyboard before me. I glanced at the clock on my computer screen. One-hundred words to go, nine minutes left to enter. I focused on the task at hand, pushing all other thoughts aside and only caring about the story in front of me. I continued to type, my stream of consciousness flowing straight from my mind to the keys and subsequently onto the computer. ..........There, I said to myself, finished. I looked at the clock again. Perfect. Three mi
~ :: :: ~ So I finished NaNoWriMo today. I got a little behind earlier this week, but then yesterday I wrote 5k, catching up and then some. And today, somehow, I managed to crank out over 9k (cue "it's over 9000!"), ending with 50,075 words a couple hours ago. I'm still in a little bit of disbelief that I wrote that much today, and the fact that I finished NaNo at all. Last year I only got 22k, and this year I finished seven days before the end, so I'm definitely super excited about th
I really need to use this more...Been quite busy as of late, but now that basketball season is over I should have more free time and not be as much of a lurker. I also think I lose my PMship soon; may or may not renew. Anyway, to the subject of this entry: The presidential candidate I currently support. Right now my favorite is definitely Rick Santorum as there's hardly anything I dislike about him.. Rick Perry was my favorite, but as he dropped out that now goes to Santorum. Newt Gingrich
