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I know, 3,500 words. I think it may be a little too long. How does this flow? Do I linger too much on the delicious details? Jake paralysis is a real medical condition, as a cursory google will prove. Would footnotes and citations help or hinder this piece? I am looking for a snappy title. I have already made a few minor word changes since posting this piece, but any suggestions are welcome.

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Providence was meant to accompany a good bottle of wine, an easy chair, and an evening away from the TV and the 21st Century. This is the story of an American tall ship's voyage around Cape Horn to San Francisco. The story is set in 1872 and lands the reader on the deck and up in the rigging of a magnificent, wooden square rigger. Experience the dangerous lives of men at sea in harm's way. Feel the bonds that tie these men to each other and their ship. Meet Yankee Down East captains and mates, aspiring apprentices, and sailors who swear, tell tall tales, and chew tobacco. Also read about the remarkable lives of the women who love them. Prepare yourself for the adventure of a lifetime. The ancient mystery and awe of the sea still beckons.

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Annie Peregrine and her cousins are spending the summer at their grandmother's 100 year old home in Glenden Falls, NY. One hot, stuffy afternoon while cleaning out the attic, the trio accidently discovers an old clock - centuries old, covered up with a sheet...and still ticking. They climb into the cabinet of the clock and are taken on a wild ride through time, beginning with trying to save their ancesters from a sinking ocean liner, and ending in a desperate attempt to stop the assassination of Andrew Johnson on the night Lincoln was killed. Annie discovers many things on her journey, including the secret that the Peregrine family has kept since time began, and that she is the next Guardian of the Gate. I'd like any kind of feedback on structure, story..whatever. I appreciate the time anyone takes to review my work, and look forward to making it better!

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A short story about the woman who kills Osama Bin Laden

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Its 1970, the Vietnam War is escalating, and so is student unrest. The Nixon administration blames its falling approval rating on the dissident factions within the country. Presidential advisors suggest “… The U.S. Government has an overriding obligation to use every available means to detect and neutralize forces which pose a direct threat…” The Whitehouse sanctions carte blanche spying on students, and anyone else involved in the antiwar movement, civil rights or the political left. Joelle Samuels, a college student, is active in the both the feminist and antiwar movements. By association and the misinterpretation of an entry in her journal, rather than deeds, she finds herself unwitting drawn into the government's domestic spying operation as an informant. Joelle has her hands full falling in love, keeping one step ahead of her handlers, and trying to adhere to her principles.

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Ellen is part of a relief mission in the Darfur region of the Sudan. The opening chapter finds her trapped between two enemies -- the Sudanese government soldiers and the feared Janjaweed.

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SWEET WILLIAM AND ROSEMARY views the world from a child’s perspective, but with its own unique slant. A young girl raised on a literal interpretation of the Bible has her beliefs tested by a skeptical death-obsessed cousin who has been taught that religion is a hoax. He lures her into his morbid and progressively more dangerous "funeral games" and he shares his belief that his violent father has murdered his mother. Together the two conspire to learn the truth. It is a story about adaptation and survival and the evolution of a moral awareness beyond the strict religious code Izzy has been taught. In a climactic scene, she faces danger, even death, and learns the meaning of true courage.

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