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Penname: gem
Country: United States
Web address: http://lespiritdescalier.blogspot.com/
Favorite book: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Member type: Author
Member Since: Feb 14, 2006
Bio: I work so that I can write. I eat so that I can write. I drink so that I can write. It's all about writing for me

User Writings

Title/Name Date Ranking Reviews Type
Apr 6, 20089584Novel

A pleasure-loving professional woman, Grace...

Jan 29, 200771101Novel

A boy witnesses an unspeakable horror--the...

Jan 20, 200712740Novel

With some trepidation, I’ve agreed to match...

Apr 13, 20089762Novel

A small-town college community is turned upside...

Jun 1, 20065466Poetry

After tent camping with eighth graders for...

Apr 28, 20086986Poetry

I am so close to the top ten I can taste it....

Aug 24, 200614313Short Story

This is an allegorical exploration of a...

Aug 26, 200611817Short Story

My lightly philosophical rant regarding the...

Sep 11, 20067335Short Story

This is what happens when I go to my fitness...

Mar 17, 200712417Short Story

Mark Twain said how Americans tell a story is...

Mar 18, 20069017Short Story

This is my entry in the Writer's Den weekly...

Jun 25, 200610196Short Story

Seattle Stories Anthology is looking for...

Mar 25, 20064629Short Story

Thanks for taking a look at my entry in the...

Apr 21, 20067886Short Story

This week's entry in the Frantic Friday Flash....

Aug 31, 20063149Short Story

I discovered this wonderful online reference...

Jul 30, 200610903Short Story

I submitted this to the Christian Science...

May 24, 20067516Short Story

This is part of chapter 23 from my novel,...

May 19, 20063579Short Story

Here's this week's entry in the Frantic Friday...

May 22, 20063518Short Story

This was my piece of fiction I entered in the...

May 27, 20068615Short Story

Gem's second parody formerly known as Parody...

Jun 3, 20068135Short Story

Reflections on leaving my teaching job for a...

Jun 5, 200636810Short Story

What does Keats know? Something hideous can be...

Jun 19, 20068445Short Story

A letter to America's Favorite Drive-In (also...

Jul 1, 20065487Short Story

Back from vacation. My June 29 entry in the...

Jul 9, 200616713Short Story

This is my entry in a July Writer's Digest...

Jul 15, 20066775Short Story

My July 14 entry in a weekly flash contest....

Sep 9, 20068235Short Story

A mini-treatise on the coffee wars, inspired by...

Aug 13, 200623713Short Story

My humorous blog entry all about the young and...

Aug 20, 20068767Short Story

This is my entry in the online.When you last...

Aug 26, 20066407Short Story

I am looking for feedback on this essay, which...

Sep 5, 200620710Short Story

I was moved to write this entry in my blog...

Sep 7, 200625510Short Story

I uncovered a shocking truth researching my...

Oct 29, 20068225Short Story

Here's my entry for Friday Flash, word limit...

Jan 6, 200726211Short Story

Should women be called "girls"? Find out in the...

Apr 14, 200718411Short Story

The true life saga of New England way-farers or...

Apr 17, 20074108Short Story

Reflections on the Virginia Tech shooting, from...



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