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 | Client Relations | GPyrenees | Novel | 1 | n/a | Feb 10, 2012 |
Summary:Casey Lang is a 34-year-old lawyer whose personal life is an epic failure, but she is a rising star at her large Manhattan law firm. A high-profile case with large fees will help cement her career. Enter celebrity chef John Zambelli, who hires Casey after his wife has kicked him out of the house and barred him from the kids, courtesy of a court order. John's case escalates into a full-blown custody battle as a crooked judge slams him with a series of punishing orders. When Casey and John’s attorney-client relationship heads into mea culpa territory, Casey is on a fast track to self-destruction. And then her career, and John’s case, face an even bigger threat – the truth. Because in a custody case, there are kids to consider.Chapters: |
 | The Hitchhiker | SquarePeg | Novel | 1 | n/a | Feb 8, 2012 |
Summary:Ainsley Benton may have finally found her place in this world, and it's with the freaks. Ainsley has sensory experiences that are not her own. Now the FBI wants this art teacher from Podunk to join their freak squad and use her powers to help catch bad guys. Ainsley soon finds out that sometimes the bad guys aren’t terrorists or Mafioso; sometimes the bad guys are major corporations embarking on a social engineering conspiracy aimed at our nation’s children…
NEW READERS: I've just added some chapters between old chapters, so from chapter 6 on, old reviews won't make sense & might contain spoilers.
As for your help: Aside from the usual, I would love help in making sure the FBI stuff is semi-realistic, also anything in [brackets] is something I’m unsure of & would welcome input on. I'm thinking this is a paranormal thriller - what do you think?
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 | Broken (working title) | deb | Novel | 2 | n/a | Feb 6, 2012 |
Summary:Some of this story will be familiar to those who read fall From Grace. I'm going to try my hand at suspenseful romance or commercial fiction so the emphasis has switched to Grace being a single working physician who meets, of course, Dr. Right a few chapters down the road... Anyway, it's just an experiment to write in a different genre... It begins in a federal medical center - a psychiatric hospital for mentally ill inmates... Any and all feedback is welcome and appreciated.Chapters: |
 | Coffee Klatch | tina_dc_hayes | Short Story | 5 | 0.36 | Jan 31, 2012 |
Summary:This is fiction inspired by a bad morning when I actually battled spilled coffee with a maxi pad. :)Chapters: |
 | Second Song (working title) | CharlieB | Novel | 0 | n/a | Jan 27, 2012 |
Summary:Hailey and David are back! It's their first year of college and there are some big changes in Hailey's life. Josh Sawyer, the rock and roll father who abandoned her, has shown up to be in her life. Her former best friend is back to herself again, but not exactly the way Hailey had hoped. And although she knows she loves David, her new chemistry lab partner Noah is just as charming and insistent as David was.
I put this in 'commercial fiction' because i think of young adult as high school age. This is the very first draft, so i know it'll need work. Chapters: |
 | LEGACY OF PAYNE: Epiphany (Formerly Watcher's Point) | symbolicangel | Novel | 10 | n/a | Jan 20, 2012 |
Summary:NOTE: Sorry for the confusion about the title. I decided to go back with the original title (the one I had before posting here on tNBW). I think it suits the trilogy better.
SUMMARY:
Is being psychic a gift? For Mackenzie it's a curse--especially when that "gift" delivers her into the hands of a serial killer.
When Mackenzie Hill discovers her mother’s colossal deception, she tosses her life down the garbage disposal and relocates to Watcher's Point, Oregon in search of answers. What she finds is shocking; the man she's been dreaming about for years not only exists in the flesh, but he's got a secret agenda of his own.
Aidan Payne doesn’t expect to get emotionally involved with anyone, least of all a woman who looks at him with disturbing insight. As a serial killer escalates his twisted game, Aidan’s protective instincts take over and sparks begin to ignite. Both realize that if the killer isn't caught, Mackenzie might become the next victim. But neither could have foreseen the web of lies spanning three decades—lies which paved the way for the wrath of a serial killer. Chapters: |
 | Three-Minute Pitch Slam | GPyrenees | Short Story | 6 | 0.06 | Jan 19, 2012 |
Summary:I have three minutes apiece to pitch-slam agents about my novel, Client Relations, this Saturday afternoon. That means roughly 15-30 seconds to sell the story concept to an agent after I get asked, "What's your book about?" I've come up with the following short short short spoken pitch. I'm assuming (hoping) that once I make the opening pitch -- I'll be talking, not handing a document to an agent to read, like a query letter -- I may have the opportunity to go into slightly more detail to really "sell it." Assuming I've piqued the interest of the agent, that is. So... If you've read any of my chapters, please let me know if you think this works. And if you haven't, does this pitch make you want to read the book? Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated!! Thank youuuuuuu!!!Chapters: |
 | Like No Other | Odin Roark | Short Story | 8 | 0.17 | Jan 18, 2012 |
Summary:Picturing unusual points of view for first person story telling brings on some interesting challenges. Thought I'd experiment a bit. Hopefully, it works.
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 | The Wolf and the Seven Young Sows (Final Revision) | deb | Short Story | 3 | 1.47 | Jan 9, 2012 |
Summary:The final revision of a story based on The Wolf and Seven Kids by the Brothers Grimm in response to the challenge on the writing forum. Thanks to those who reviewed the earlier versions!Chapters: |
 | Minuette (Final Revision) | deb | Short Story | 5 | 1.57 | Jan 9, 2012 |
Summary:This is loosely based on the story, Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen, in response to a challenge in the writing forum. Thanks to those who read earlier versions and provided wonderful feedback. Do the 1st and 2nd parts seem to be more closely linked? (The executive and her partner/the scene with the gypsy fortune teller and later Minuette's abduction by the Ugly Toad?)Chapters: |
 | The Wolf and the Seven Young Sows | deb | Short Story | 4 | 0.90 | Jan 5, 2012 |
Summary:This is the second fairy tale I have posted, after learning that The Three Little Pigs is not a Brothers Grimm tale! (Thanks JLiz!) This one is based on the tale called, The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.Chapters: |
 | The Three Sows | deb | Short Story | 3 | 0.57 | Jan 4, 2012 |
Summary:This is a story based on The Three Little Pigs, written for the Brothers Grimm Writing Challenge posted on the forum, until I found out the the Brothers Grimm did not write The Three Little Pigs!!! So, it's posted as simply a short story, and it's back to the drawing board for me to incorporate my three sows into one of the Grimms Brothers tales.Chapters: |
 | Dean Search | kaleigh castle-maguire | Short Story | 4 | 2.61 | Jan 1, 2012 |
Summary:This is a short story I've been working on for a competition with a "legal" theme ie law school or law practice. I chose law school and the internal politics surrounding a law dean search. I'm worried that it may be a bit boring for folks who haven't spent any time on a faculty or around professors so I'd really be interested in views on that, and on any other aspects of the story that are problematic for readers. Thanks in advance for any and all help.Chapters: |
 | The Narcissist | dagnee | Novel | 4 | n/a | Jan 1, 2012 |
Summary:This is an evolving work, the chapters are disjointed and I think it's pretty much a mess right now. I want readers to know this is more of an outline of what the finish product will be. When I get to shaping that outline into something intelligible is anyone's guess. Thanks for reading. Story summary: This is a story of a woman who found her idea of a perfect man in two abusive relationships. She goes from denial to realization to resolution in one week. It isn't pretty. Anything you can suggest to make it flow better and make sense I will appreciate. dags:) Chapters: |