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Recently posted/Reposted Writing
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| Novels |
| The Legend of Draconis Book I--King Satin's Realm: Chapter 34 by Janet Taylor-Perry, Feb 12, 2012 |
| Bitten Wings: Chapter 34 by Missy V, Feb 12, 2012 |
| Bitten Wings: Chapter 33 by Missy V, Feb 12, 2012 |
| HARD ROAD Revisited: Chapter 20 by workquick, Feb 12, 2012 |
| In the Winds of Danger: Chapter 17 by Ann Walters, Feb 12, 2012 |
| In the Winds of Danger: Chapter 16 by Ann Walters, Feb 12, 2012 |
| In the Winds of Danger: Chapter 15 by Ann Walters, Feb 12, 2012 |
| Petal Pushers : Chapter 1 by tina_dc_hayes, Feb 12, 2012 |
| A Common Virtue: Chapter 35 by JHawk, Feb 12, 2012 |
| THE MEDUSA PARADIGM: Chapter 18 by t.m.hobbs, Feb 12, 2012 |
| HARD ROAD Revisited: Chapter 19 by workquick, Feb 12, 2012 |
| Secrets of the Stonechaser: Chapter 29 by Nicholas Andrews, Feb 11, 2012 |
| Forbidden Fruit: Chapter 21 by nynative1, Feb 11, 2012 |
| Liam's Quest: Chapter 1 by lucyinthesky, Feb 11, 2012 |
| Plum Crazy: Chapter 25 by TirzahLaughs, Feb 11, 2012 |
| Poetry |
| The Billionares' Fee by rhiannon, Feb 12, 2012 |
| White Mud by Odin Roark, Feb 12, 2012 |
| Romance Revisited by Odin Roark, Feb 12, 2012 |
| Green Tea by kiwi, Feb 11, 2012 |
| Spring Waltz by Odin Roark, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Ode to A Social Security Bureaucrat by jpb2ndchance, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Darkness Ever Light by Odin Roark, Feb 10, 2012 |
| I LOST GRANDMA by Friends on fire, Feb 10, 2012 |
| Look Outward by Dan Philips, Feb 10, 2012 |
| 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 |
| Short Stories |
| Sleepin' With the Vintage by Odin Roark, Feb 12, 2012 |
| Call Me a Romantic by kat nove, Feb 12, 2012 |
| Connection by deb, Feb 12, 2012 |
| Can We over Come? by Sabrae74, Feb 12, 2012 |
| A Tough Man by workquick, Feb 12, 2012 |
| On A Saturday Afternoon by Kyle Deville, Feb 11, 2012 |
| Liar by ronald robert moore, Feb 11, 2012 |
| Fading Light by ronald robert moore, Feb 10, 2012 |
| SATURDAY HAD BEEN THE WEEK'S BEST DAY by Justi Moody, Feb 10, 2012 |
| THE WOMAN IN THE WOOD by maxkeanu, Feb 10, 2012 |
| 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 |
| Tips for Tourists by pannastra, Feb 7, 2012 |
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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, 02/13/12
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. A Common Virtue by JHawk
6. Raven's Mark (Formerly Evolution of Janie - new Revisions) by penang
7. The Guardians: Witch Child by LouLou S
8. Saving Gracie by Lucy Rice
9. This Time You Lose by Chris Stralyn
10. Ronan Island Last Rewrite by dagnee
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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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