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Penname: QWLauren35
Country: United States
Favorite book: Gosh! Watership Down? Transformations by Carol Berg? Too many.
Member type: Author
Member Since: Aug 23, 2010
Bio: My high school required 5 English classes, so even though I'm an engineer, I like to think that I have a decent command of the English language. In fact, I had a poetry muse when I was in my teens, but she evaporated as I studied more engineering. Then I dated a writer in my 30's and thought I could write - even though I'd never written fiction before. I have no idea where those "musings" went. But the themes stayed with me, and now, in my late 40's, I want to publish this collection of African-American short stories that has been inside of me for nearly 15 years. I am here to get all of the criticism that I possibly can. I am here to learn the art of dialogue. And of course, to read good fiction and learn from it. Oh, and don't let the picture fool you. I am black. Especially on the inside.

User Writings

Title/Name Date Ranking Reviews Type
Sep 21, 201016348Poetry

Let me know your thoughts, good or bad. This is...

Sep 21, 201032111Poetry

Say whatever comes to mind, short or long. I'd...

Sep 21, 201020587Poetry

All comments welcome. Feel free to read my...

May 2, 20113641NewPoetry

I rejoice and worry simultaneously.

May 2, 20113635NewPoetry

His poem reminds me that rejoicing may be...

Sep 29, 201063512Short Story

A woman I respect a lot said that I should...

Sep 9, 201083410Short Story

I need some very specific criticism here. I've...

Oct 20, 201013129Short Story

This is my second attempt at this. IF YOU READ...

Sep 23, 201017706Short Story

A got a LOT of comments from this one...

Oct 15, 201015575Short Story

This is my third attempt to tell this story. I...

Sep 15, 201021154Short Story

This is something that came together in my...

Sep 6, 20109458Short Story

Those who have watched the category change a...

Aug 24, 201015486Short Story

This is the monologue of a comedian who is...

Mar 23, 20117809Short Story

This is unlike anything I've tried to write...

Sep 19, 201018495Short Story

This is one of the stories I'm hoping to...

Oct 1, 201020705Short Story

Those of you who saw the first version may...

Mar 7, 201111687Short Story

My muse has been gone since last October. This...

Mar 24, 20116959Short Story

I changed Loving Jesse into a memoir of sorts....

Apr 4, 20119838Short Story

I have re-written the story. Sort of. Any and...

Apr 5, 20118858Short Story

I am not particularly happy with this story. It...

Apr 7, 20118719Short Story

I have decided to take the leap and try to...

May 11, 201118625Short Story

I am reposting this, and admittedly have not...

May 17, 2011100310Short Story

I have been reading Memphis Trace's works and I...

Jun 2, 201150412Short Story

I originally wrote this a year ago, and got a...

Jun 10, 20119028Short Story

I'm submitting this to the Writer's Digest...



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