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Recently posted/Reposted Writing
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| Novels |
| HARD ROAD Revisited: Chapter 18 by workquick, Feb 11, 2012 |
| The Child Thief: Chapter 8 by TirzahLaughs, Feb 11, 2012 |
| The Child Thief: Chapter 7 by TirzahLaughs, Feb 11, 2012 |
| Tsiatko: Chapter 31 by Nathan B. Childs, Feb 11, 2012 |
| Borderlands: Chapter 6 by TELawrence, Feb 11, 2012 |
| The Mandates of Magic: Chapter 8 by amy s, Feb 11, 2012 |
| MIRROR DEEP: Chapter 43 by Joss Landry, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Fool's Journey: Chapter 1 by Ceridwen, Feb 10, 2012 |
| ALIEN QUINTET: Chapter 8 by m w mccoy, Feb 10, 2012 |
| HARD ROAD Revisited: Chapter 17 by workquick, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Impetuous Heart: Chapter 13 by brosna11, Feb 10, 2012 |
| ALIEN QUINTET: Chapter 7 by m w mccoy, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Dark Angel - version two: Chapter 13 by Jeanne M. Bannon, Feb 10, 2012 |
| The Price of a Miracle: Chapter 11 by TELawrence, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Broken (working title): Chapter 7 by deb, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Poetry |
| Spring Waltz by Odin Roark, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Ode to A Social Security Bureaucrat by jpb2ndchance, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Darkness Ever Light by Odin Roark, Feb 10, 2012 |
| I LOST GRANDMA by Friends on fire, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Look Outward by Dan Philips, Feb 10, 2012 |
| When tomorrow comes by Friends on fire, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Eyelash of Mist by Odin Roark, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Last Night It Stormed by Odin Roark, Feb 8, 2012 |
| Would You by bargeafloat, Feb 8, 2012 |
| Insistent Vows by jpb2ndchance, Feb 7, 2012 |
| IGNORED by Odin Roark, Feb 7, 2012 |
| GETTING THROUGH THE MOURNING PROCESS by Friends on fire, Feb 7, 2012 |
| Mocking Bird by janine, Feb 6, 2012 |
| Dumpstered by Odin Roark, Feb 6, 2012 |
| To a Butterfly by clwriter, Feb 6, 2012 |
| Short Stories |
| Fading Light by ronald robert moore, Feb 10, 2012 |
| SATURDAY HAD BEEN THE WEEK'S BEST DAY by Justi Moody, Feb 10, 2012 |
| THE WOMAN IN THE WOOD by maxkeanu, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Hillside Glory (Partial Draft) by r. wesley ellington, Feb 9, 2012 |
| A Southern Poker Story by Ray Michaels, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Boudreaux by Ray Michaels, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Carrie by Ray Michaels, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Tips for Tourists by pannastra, Feb 7, 2012 |
| au courant by Memphis Trace, Feb 7, 2012 |
| My Writing Life with Ned by Don George, Feb 4, 2012 |
| GLADYS KIDNAPPED SIX by kyla, Feb 4, 2012 |
| Blood Test by ronald robert moore, Feb 3, 2012 |
| The Storm Approaches (revised) by bargeafloat, Feb 3, 2012 |
| A Tough Man by workquick, Feb 3, 2012 |
| NOVEMBER IS COLD ENOUGH IN THE SOUTH TO KILL A HOG by Justi Moody, Feb 2, 2012 |
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3. brosna11
4. JHawk
5. Cadfael
7. wordsmith
8. Odin Roark
9. payge turner
10. Susan Stec
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Susan Stec is a longtime member of TheNextBigWriter. She is a Top 10 Reviewer and her novel, The Grateful Unead: They're So Vein was recently published by Black Matrix Publishing, LLC.
theNextBigwriter Rankings
Novel Rankings as of: 01:21 AM, 02/11/12
1. FULL BLOWN ADDICTIONS by vsworld
2. ECHOSIS by Odin Roark
3. The Merrow of Lake Michigan by madison
4. THE BLACK SONG INSIDE by knighthawk
5. Raven's Mark (Formerly Evolution of Janie - new Revisions) by penang
6. A Common Virtue by JHawk
7. Saving Gracie by Lucy Rice
8. The Guardians: Witch Child by LouLou S
9. This Time You Lose by Chris Stralyn
10. The Missionary's Wife by The Coffee Lady
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The Cloud
In August 2013, the sun disappears over Las Vegas.
WorldMaker Media and iPOV Books proudly present The Cloud, a book of short stories by members of TheNextBigWriter. The book centers around a dark, ominous cloud that moves over Las Vegas and doesn't leave.
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Published Books by TheNextBigWriter Members
Static Mayhem , by Edward Aubry(Sherman_Bierce). On My 25th, nearly everyone in the world disappears. Winner of the 2008 Strongest Start Novel Competition.
The Coffee Diary, by Caroline Kellems (The Coffee Lady). Two years after her father's brutal murder, Veronica returns to Guatemala to decide whether to sell her family's coffee farm.
Alzheimer Diary: A Wife's Journal, by Michelle Montgomery (mishmont). "The doctor tells me I have Alzheimer's." The truth of my husband's words shook our world. This is my diary written for a time during the ten years of his spiral into another space.
What Scottland Taught Me by Molly Ringle (lemonye) Fresh out of high school, Eva Sonneborn is headed to Scotland with her best friends. But when Eva meets Gil, a local bartender, she figures a little innocent flirting won't hurt her relationship with Tony, her ever-faithful boyfriend back home.
Fallen, by Ann Simko (Annie). Dr Dakota Thomas isn’t prepared for the gunshot victim that rolled through his emergency room doors. Winner of the 2007 Strongest Start Novel Competition.
My Writing Life is comprised of ten winning stories from members of TheNextBigWriter. Across the world, millions of people write every day. Why do they do it?
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