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Has this ever happened to you? 10 Tobin S. Dec 2011 Jul 2012 0 3135

Yo! The mag I just got published in rec'd a national award! 10 graywarrior Dec 2011 Dec 2011 4 2972

Help me brainstorm something. 10 Pab Sungenis Feb 2012 Mar 2012 0 3602

I'd like to share 10 nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 Oct 2012 2 2606

Take my manuscript to an agent, straight to publishers, or self-publish? 10 Recursion Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2726

Question about publishers or agents dealing with young writers. 10 CherokeeDem Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2407

Haven't been here in a while. I am working on a Science Fiction Novel. 10 Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 Jan 2015 0 5023

Little did I know how fun this would be (and how busy it would make me!). 10 NRaleighLiberal Apr 2015 Jan 2020 8 3184

Want to help an old-time DUer with a Kindle Scout vote? 10 valerief May 2015 May 2015 3 3404

I didn't realize there was a writers group on DU 10 TNLib Apr 2017 May 2017 7 7874

Anyone know a good place to sell short horror stories? 10 Lady Freedom Returns May 2019 Mar 2021 1 4498

Maybe it's time for a novel-writing month 10 spinbaby Mar 2020 Apr 2020 6 1678

I have written a collection of short stories and have thought of making it an e-book. 10 flamin lib Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 2576

For those who write and submit to journals, etc. may I despair for a minute 10 ok_cpu Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1778

This needs to be settled once and for all. (Yea right) 10 Prairie_Seagull Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 3344

I'm ready to write again 10 WhiteTara Mar 2023 May 2023 4 1780

When someone reads a book 10 Marthe48 May 2023 May 2023 0 1918

What would you do - negative Amazon review by competitor 9 onlyadream Jan 2012 Mar 2012 0 3807

OK - I've signed the contract....and have until June to write the manuscript... 9 NRaleighLiberal Sep 2012 Oct 2012 3 2571

29-Ways-to-Stay-Creative 9 littlemissmartypants Mar 2013 Mar 2013 30 4464

Soooo, any poets among us? NaPoWriMo begins tomorrow! 9 nolabear Mar 2013 Apr 2013 6 2450

Copyright questions. 9 Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2373

I Can't Not Write 9 cali Jun 2014 May 2015 2 2654

So I'm trying my hand at writing 9 Separation Oct 2018 Sep 2019 2 2599

My new book -- sf, anti-Trump satire 9 DavidDvorkin Oct 2020 Dec 2020 3 2351

My Christmas novel, SANTA STEPS OUT.... 9 RobertDevereaux Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1523

Hyphenated ages 9 Foolacious Jan 2021 Jan 2021 0 1902

I just shockingly came across some old writings of mine 9 cilla4progress Jan 2022 May 2022 2 4166

AI Writing Apps 9 bucolic_frolic May 2023 Jun 2023 0 1311

Last weekend in San Francisco. 9 NBachers Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 907

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I would like some help writing a respectful negative review 8 Sentath Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 3027

By the numbers: 1 / 6 / 105 / 3 / 3 / 0 8 MorningGlow Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 2942

Working the Novel...Working it. 8 Ozymanithrax May 2011 Jul 2012 0 2613

Reading, no batteries required 8 bemildred Apr 2012 May 2012 0 2721

Trying to find the right genre. 8 Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 Aug 2012 1 3224

Okay Here's Your Chance, Writers: America's Next Author 8 Tsiyu Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2572

My essay got published. Did the happy dance! 8 kestrel91316 Oct 2012 Jan 2013 14 3085

How I got my creativity back 8 Addison May 2013 Jun 2013 1 2967

Introducing myself 8 Brainstormy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2284

Looking back at our years, 8 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 Apr 2014 1 1826

Self-Publishing Tools, Tips, and Techiques 8 DavidDvorkin Feb 2018 May 2018 6 2542

Please offer opinions on a small section of the book I am writing 8 real Cannabis calm Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 2938

My book on Aging in Place is available on Amazon! 8 Trueblue Texan Mar 2020 Mar 2020 14 2482

Pronunciation of "data" 8 zipplewrath May 2020 Aug 2020 0 2938

Has anyone used talk to text to write a book? 8 angstlessk Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 2466

About ie and ei 8 Marthe48 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 1401

ChatGPT disaster: SF mag Clarkesworld closed to submissions. Amazon Kindle flooded. 8 highplainsdem Feb 2023 Feb 2023 8 4430

Shopping agreement 8 DavidDvorkin May 2023 May 2023 7 998

Can woodchucks run in reverse? 8 RSherman Jun 2023 Jul 2023 9 1875

Need help with car info 8 birdographer Feb 16 Feb 16 1 777

Looking for advice regarding literary agents 7 Tobin S. Dec 2011 Mar 2012 0 2612

ABNA 2012 Contest 7 valerief Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 3029

Any bloggers here? 7 Sanity Claws Apr 2012 Jul 2012 0 2952

Children of the Undead 7 DavidDvorkin Sep 2012 Oct 2012 0 2481

If I may brag (again) 7 Pab Sungenis Aug 2013 Oct 2013 4 2207

Ok, here is a link to a piece I am working on 7 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2042

How to write anonymous non-fiction when the details would give you away? 7 NightWatcher Apr 2014 Jul 2014 0 2237

Bring it On NaNoWriMo 2015! 7 btrflykng9 Oct 2015 Nov 2018 2 3084

This message was self-deleted by its author 7 hermetic Jun 2017 Oct 2019 3 5900

Living with a writer 7 hermetic Jan 2018 Feb 2018 8 2168

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Interviewed 7 DavidDvorkin Jun 2018 Jul 2018 4 2554

Are there any collaborative online writing sites still up? 7 birdographer Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 2330

Is there a term for the kind of story where... 7 LAS14 Aug 2021 Jun 2022 0 3335

My latest title. Animal version of The Night Before Christmas 7 Quixote1818 Nov 2021 Dec 2021 7 3030

I present to you an Onion... 7 mikelewis Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 2390

Free promotion for my Kindle mystery THE MEDICINAL MARTINI on Saturday 2/18/12 & Sunday 2/19/12 6 valerief Feb 2012 Feb 2012 2 2399

another test 6 Ineeda May 2011 Dec 2011 1 2147

Anybody doing Camp Nanowrimo in June? 6 marions ghost May 2012 Jun 2012 0 2428

How do you know if you have enough sources? 6 XemaSab Jul 2012 Aug 2012 0 2491

Help! I'm a virgin. 6 Sanity Claws Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2905

Well, after a long time 6 nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2235

Blogs...Does Anyone Blog? 6 CherokeeDem Jan 2014 Mar 2014 0 2106

Online writing programs? 6 HipChick Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2247

Good contest for fiction writers 6 Brainstormy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2119

A piece I wrote recently on art 6 cali May 2014 May 2014 2 2248

My new book 6 DavidDvorkin Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2010

My Son Claims I'm A "Girly-girl" 6 cali Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2273

Story idea: A Balkanized United States 6 LongTomH Sep 2014 Apr 2016 0 2916

The Big Reason Why Agents and Editors Often Stop Reading 6 Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 Feb 2016 3 2927

In These New Essays, John McPhee Finds Poetry in the Material at Hand. 6 elleng Dec 2018 Nov 2019 4 2393

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