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Novels
Nothing Is Impossible - First Revision: Chapter 7 by pat4novels, Dec 1, 2008
La Cienega Just Smiled (Nano-08 project): Chapter 22 by jediprincess, Dec 1, 2008
Sea of Stones (Revised): Chapter 1 by aldersmith, Dec 1, 2008
Reconstruction Days: Chapter 23 by Nathan B. Childs, Dec 1, 2008
"911 Dispatch, What is Your Emergency?" (My First One Hundred Days): Chapter 10 by Lost Soul, Dec 1, 2008
Unremarkable: Chapter 1 by Laugh At The Sky, Nov 30, 2008
"911 Dispatch, What is Your Emergency?" (My First One Hundred Days): Chapter 11 by Lost Soul, Nov 30, 2008
Poetry
Brother's Keeper by vern, Nov 30, 2008
Charade by s_thatcher, Nov 30, 2008
Renewing Reviewing by Raydreamer, Nov 30, 2008
Weaving Lesson by brosna11, Nov 29, 2008
Girls on Bicycles by Houston Holway, Nov 28, 2008
A Word Substitute for Endless by s_thatcher, Nov 28, 2008
THESE YEARS by rlvs, Nov 27, 2008
Short Stories
Two Fates by Mike2439, Dec 1, 2008
THE RESTAURANT by rlvs, Dec 1, 2008
A Man's Gotta Work by chaplainswife, Nov 30, 2008
The Unicorn by k_s_talyn, Nov 30, 2008
Capitalism--The salvation of the modern world, or an eventually uncontrollable divisive system? by Dur Shacho, Nov 30, 2008
The Separation by Murph, Nov 29, 2008
The most boring man in the world (rewound) by Whalehead King, Nov 29, 2008


Top Reviewers

1. sonny

2. brosna11

3. flowing pencil

4. IveyBanks

5. Annie

6. HavePenWillScribble

7. Cadfael

8. wordsmith

9. payge turner

10. pamelablack62

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Times Are Tough Droubble/Drabble Competition




Deadline: January 15, 2009 - We're awarding two $100 prizes to the best Droubble and Drabble about this picture.

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Member Spotlight Interview

Author Greg Crites

Greg Crites, otherwise known as HavePenWillScribble is a long-time member of the TheNextBigWriter. Since joining the site in December 2005, he has posted and received feedback on 8 novels and done over 1,000 reviews. Three of his novels posted as audio books have been downloaded over 80,000 times each on iTunes and Podiobooks. He has also sold hundreds of electronic copies of his novels from his own site Veinarmor Publishing.

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theNextBigwriter Rankings

Novel Rankings as of: 04:20 AM, 12/01/08

1. STREET OF ROGUES by whatta

2. STATIC MAYHEM by Sherman_Bierce

3. Project 235 by sonny

4. ECHOSIS by Odin Roark

5. Alzheimer Diary, A Wife's Journal by mishmont

6. This Time You Lose by Chris Stralyn

7. Painting The Summer (first edit) by payge turner

8. The Language of Thunder by michelle willms

9. DADDY, WHY CAN'T I SAY 'ASS?' by whatta

10. The Willow Tree of Tullamaine by Roisin Moriarty

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Writing Successes

»Oct '08 : ""Acceptance" by Mishmont (Michelle Montgomery) was published in the October issue of Greensilk Journal.

»Oct '08 : "A Box of Silk Thread" by Brosna11 (Nadine Gallo) was published in the October issue of Greensilk Journal.

»Sep '08 : "Big Mac Rant" by Aldersmith was accepted for publication in Poor Mojo's Almanac.

»Sep '08 : "Before I Killed Her" by CatWrites22 received an honorable mention in WOW’s Spring Contest.

»Sep '08 : "The Last Austin" by Cadfael was published in the UK Austin Montego print edition.

»Sep '08 : "Epiphany" by aldersmith was published by The Writer's Eye.

»Aug '08 : "A Push In The Right Direction" by Wordsmith was published yesterday in Bookends, the literary pages of The Sunday Observer.

»Aug '08 : "Infinity" by Lesley C Westin was published by MiPOesias as both a free download PDF and in print.

»Aug '08 : "Lessons From a Squirrel" by Lisa was accepted by the Pisgah Review.

»Jul '08 : "The Beautiful Old Man" by Zelia was published in STillCrazyLitMag.

»Jun '08 : Brosna11's spinning essay will appear in Wolf Moon Journal's fall issue while her Chuck Close story will appear in the winter issue.

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