Tag: wombats
member name: Wendy C.
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November 04, 2009 07:24 PM EST --
There is nothing quite like having a group of like minded people to congregate with. Some come and then fade away. A few pop in and out while others wander back into the fold and it is as if they . . .
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February 11, 2008 03:10 PM EST --
Wombat's True Love Valentine's contest
Word Count 990
Only for Her
Bryan stared at his reflection in the mirror. He'd showered, shaved, dressed and he still looked pissed. . . .
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April 15, 2008 06:39 PM EDT --
I joined Gather so I could enter the First Chapters contest. End of story. I truly had no intention of continuing once the contest ended. I made connections, learned loads about writing..so and so forth. . . .
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December 10, 2007 03:03 AM EST --
I find when I'm writing it is like a movie playing in my head and I tend to get wrapped up in the action, dialog and characters, forgetting to paint the scene. So I find myself going back to add visuals . . .
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May 01, 2008 01:39 AM EDT --
Pruning 101
Nothing terrifies new rosarians quite like the prospect of pruning their roses. I know I was intimidated by the prospect.
What I didn't know:
Roses . . .
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July 15, 2008 02:50 AM EDT --
On Saturday my husband's car broke down, so he had my car today. A friend took me for my dental appointment. It took longer to numb me than it did to do the fillings. While examining the situation . . .
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January 22, 2008 01:25 AM EST --
There are a few things which will make me stop reading a story.
Cookie cutter, cliche' characters is one of them. Or characters who lie flat on the pages like paper dolls.
There is one author . . .
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November 04, 2007 01:08 AM EST --
Winning Wombats
Gather Contests
Geoffrey E. - Runner-up - First Chapters - the contest which started it all.
Stephen P. - Finalist - First Chapters - Ranked #1 in popular vote . . .
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January 04, 2008 03:08 PM EST --
Please see Wombats in 2007 for last year's winners.
Agents and Published members remain on the bottom of this article in addition to the old thread.
Winning Wombats . . .
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April 12, 2009 05:25 PM EDT --
Officially we are: A convivial group of writers, readers and critics supporting each others' work. A communal bulletin board to post links to your writing, share news, gossip, rants . . .
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September 23, 2007 04:30 AM EDT --
Here is the entire Chapter, as so many have asked for more. I'm not sure it will give you what you were looking for, but hey you asked nicely.. so I've relented. ; 0 )
Chapter . . .
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January 01, 2008 01:05 AM EST --
Agatha Christie ultimately became the acknowledged Queen of the Golden Age. In all, she wrote over 66 novels, numerous short stories and screenplays, and a series of romantic novels using the . . .
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February 07, 2008 05:15 PM EST --
The hoopla of last year's contests are at a rest and I find I'm ready to take another look at my finished mss. (Is there really such a thing as finished?)
I went through these last year, and . . .
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May 08, 2008 12:31 PM EDT --
Tension is an important part of writing fiction. It adds a layer of suspence which keeps the pages turning.
"The men faced each other." Perhaps they are flexing their fingers . . .
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May 09, 2008 10:08 PM EDT --
I joined the wombats shortly after Ken posted his first kilt video. At the time he was the only male dancing wombat. If one of us ladies was in a good enough mood, we'd ask him to twirl with us. Sadly . . .
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August 06, 2009 07:06 PM EDT --
I'm being fingered as a published author, mostly by my friends and family. It creates some interestingly short conversations.
T:What do you write?
M:Romance.
T: Oh. Or squealing, What kind? . . .
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December 03, 2007 05:03 AM EST --
I'm in the cheap seats for this latest incarnation of the First Chapters contest. I didn't have a Mystery/Crime ms or I'd have probably thrown my hat in with the rest of the authors.
I . . .
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May 21, 2008 04:34 PM EDT --
I was born into a covey of great-aunties. My great-grandmas came from large families. Grandma Belle had three sisters and Grandma May had four when I came along. Grandma Clare had two sisters.
It didn't . . .
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September 01, 2007 12:41 AM EDT --
Thank you for inviting me to host this round of romping Wombats. It's a long weekend and it's been a long week for our contestants, as well as the group.
No talk of contests, pests or blockages... . . .
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September 17, 2009 05:56 PM EDT --
In a perfect library, the shelves would be lined with beautifully, well crafted tales, free from error and over wrought prose. News reports would be held to a strict code of conduct, and headlines wouldn't . . .
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