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Recently posted/Reposted Writing
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| Novels |
| The Reluctant Spy: Chapter 14 by sonny, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Client Relations: Chapter 3 by GPyrenees, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Witchblood: Chapter 16 by seabrass, Feb 10, 2012 |
| The Prodigal Housekeeper: Chapter 14 by don michael, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Persephone's Page: Chapter 20 by Ceridwen, Feb 9, 2012 |
| The Legend of Draconis Book I--King Satin's Realm: Chapter 33 by Janet Taylor-Perry, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Holy Ghost: Chapter 34 by JElizabeth, Feb 9, 2012 |
| HARD ROAD Revisited: Chapter 16 by workquick, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Ronan Island Last Rewrite: Chapter 20 by dagnee, Feb 9, 2012 |
| A Common Virtue: Chapter 33 by JHawk, Feb 9, 2012 |
| The Reluctant Spy: Chapter 13 by sonny, Feb 9, 2012 |
| HARD ROAD Revisited: Chapter 15 by workquick, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Souvenirs of Deception: Chapter 41 by Stindo, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Client Relations: Chapter 30 by GPyrenees, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Witchblood: Chapter 15 by seabrass, Feb 9, 2012 |
| Poetry |
| 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 |
| Why Poetry by jpb2ndchance, Feb 6, 2012 |
| Curing Sanity by Odin Roark, Feb 6, 2012 |
| WHAT IS TIME by Friends on fire, Feb 5, 2012 |
| To See by Odin Roark, Feb 5, 2012 |
| To a Trail by clwriter, Feb 5, 2012 |
| Short Stories |
| 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 |
| The Blue-Jay by ronald robert moore, Feb 7, 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 |
| THE ANSWER TO MARIE'S QUESTION by rlvs, Feb 2, 2012 |
| All For Hope by Zer0, Feb 2, 2012 |
Top Reviewers
2. sonny
3. brosna11
4. JHawk
5. Cadfael
7. wordsmith
8. Odin Roark
9. payge turner
10. Susan Stec
Member Spotlight Interview
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, 02/10/12
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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