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Action/Adventure: August 20, 2014 Issue [#6508]

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 This week: It's That Time Again
  Edited by: Leger~ Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

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Letter from the editor

It's That Time Again


Only a few weeks from now, Writing.com will be celebrating a birthday. And like all parties, things get ramped up around the site and tons of birthday-related contests and activities pop up. We all run around entering different things and writing some stories for various contests, and get stretched a little thin on time. So, I'm just throwing out a few reminders about being a good participant.

*Partyhatr* Read the rules! Instructions are important. The contest host took the time to write them, take the time to read them. No one wants to lose a chance at great prizes because they forgot a word count.

*Partyhatg* Thank the host! They're losing time to play in all the fun because they're committed to their contest or activity. Show some review love.

*Partyhatp* Review the other entries. Yes, it takes time, but always appreciated.

*Partyhatb* Write it down! Remember where you've entered or posted in an activity. Be sure to congratulate the winners and review their work when the party wraps up.

*Partyhaty* If you see a contest or activity host struggling because their item got real popular, volunteer to help! It's a great way to see how a contest is run behind the scenes and help you consider running one of your own. Extra judges are always needed somewhere, volunteer your reading time.

This will be a great time to showcase your action or adventure writing talent and perhaps get other writers turned on to your favorite genre. Write an awesome werewolf story, or send your best vampire character into the fray. You'll see lots of fun and creative ways to celebrate the site's birthday, enjoy them! And don't forget to favorite the red portfolio's notebooks, some awesome announcements happen there! You'll want to be in the know about everything happening on the site. Write and participate on!

This month's question: How do you stay organized during birthday week?
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Editor's Picks

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The Prayer Quilt Open in new Window. (13+)
She received a prayer quilt for cancer support but knew it wasn't meant for her.
#2005036 by πŸ•GeminiGem🎁 Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: The voice that Trina heard was gentle, loving and warm. She stood alone in her kitchen and looked down at the package that had just arrived in the mail from her mom. It was a lovely handmade patchwork prayer quilt with a beautiful stylized cross in the middle and inspirational bible verses scattered throughout. It was folded and bound in a ribbon.

 
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The Shadow of Her Smile Open in new Window. (18+)
Inspired by Poe's "Berenice."
#1992167 by Max Griffin πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Edgar paused to stroke Bernice's photo, her perfect smile the only spot of cheer in his austere office. Worry about her condition clawed at him. Work. That was what he needed. Something to concentrate on and take his mind off her sudden illness.

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#2002498 by Not Available.

Excerpt: I sat the bags on the counter, and searched for her. I checked every room as the fear began to grip me tighter. I had to find her! Something caught my eye through the back door. I opened the door and stepped out on the deck. There she sat. It was her favorite spot. She was in her chair. I approached her and before I even touched her I knew she was gone. We had both been preparing for this for months. The cancer was just too fast. How she managed to get out here I had no idea. We had spent twenty-two wonderful years together and now we had reached the end.

 When The Kettle Sings Open in new Window. (E)
Five year old Nathan is overjoyed to spend a week with Grandma, then things get scary...
#2005006 by Erin Eddison Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Not too long later, the boy was yelling with delight as the kettle gave a piercing whistle. As she poured the water into two cups, she told Nathan a story. "There's an old saying that good things come when the kettle sings," She told him. "It goes back to the time when everyone would always be inviting people over for teatime. They say that when the kettle sings, something good will happen. One of your guests will give you some good news, perhaps."

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Cramp Prompt: Write about someone who inspired (your character)
#1995862 by Storm Machine Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: My eyes met my father's, then the pilot's. My fingers tingled from the desire to follow the routes on the star map.

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Excerpt: The Disappearance wasn't what ripped Travis and Ess apart. For Ess, her daughter's vanishing hollowed, like scooping meat from a gourd. The rest'the sawing through rope in self-absorbed self-sacrifice, the shredding'she did. Not immediately, no. Not until Leah had been gone for over two years and Ess and Travis were sure she wouldn't be coming back, not even to be buried. (The little pink Keds, the purple skirt, the rainbow panties all crusted brown-black with her blood told them that much. What do monsters do with the bones of eight-year-old girls?)

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Excerpt: About a zillion years ago, when I was a Slumlord, I was out looking at buildings for sale. It was summer, about dusk, and I was in near-downtown Detroit. I'd decided to be done for the day and was heading, generally, in the direction of home.

 
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Ask & Answer

This month's question: How do you stay organized during birthday week?

Last month's question: Do you incorporate unpleasant experiences in your writing?


monty31802 responds: A fine News Letter and in answer to you question, Yes I do.

Joy Author Icon answers: Too bad about the deer, Leger, but you gathered a good bit of first-hand information to use later. Also yes, I do incorporate unpleasant personal experiences in my writing, and in a highly exaggerated fashion, too. *Laugh*

Taunia Lynn Author Icon replies: Yes, lately sometimes I think I incorporate them way too much. However, if you do it the right way, it can be quite cathartic for the reader. Besides, I believe our life experiences are always part of our books, the good, bad and ugly. That is how we often relate to other people and make sense of what is around us.

Ben Garrick Author Icon sends: I didn't realize, until I started writing 'fiction', the extent to which I was able to pull actual experience out of my background. I've always been a stickler for reality. Many conventions---often taken from movies---have crept into our culture and when you've actually experienced something it's quite different.


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