My Own Man Made the decision, the hard call To be here, by myself; do it on my own. The phone doesn’t beep, doesn’t ring at all Got to be my own man, got to do this alone. No one here this evening, no one here at night No one here in the morning, her…
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Changes I reached for my lover, I reached for my friend. In the depths of darkness, I’ll do it again. No longer here now, no longer the same, Stop and I’ll wait here, for everyday. Come on right back now, talk to my face, A new life, a new love, it can be replaced. I…
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Star Bare feet flat, frozen on the floor Surrounded by the shards of my shattered soul A heap of rubble that was my heart No direction to turn, no way to start. Sit in silence, let the darkness thicken ahead Cover me in shadow, guide me to the edge Where the chains break and fall…
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Everyone do the Interrobang When writing text messages, I tend to use these a bit, but now I know what they are called. Interrobang (Interabang) A printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after…
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Waiting I can’t remember what was the trigger That forced my lungs to wheeze Pushed me into a bent over figure As I continued to cough, splutter and sneeze. When I straightened and looked down The tissue was speckled with blood My brow turned to a frown My eyes began to flood. Where had this…
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WIP: Tenth Update I have just finished reading The Novel Writer’s Toolkit and Hooked. I have learnt quite a bit from both and have been able to draft out my opening sentence. Edison’s limbs were frozen as he looked through the floating holograms of dead agents to meet the eyes of the man who would…
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How to Get Started? I’m about to start writing my first draft of the book I’ve been thinking about for a while. There are some things that I already know: 1. It’s not going to be my best work. It’s going to require me to go back over it and edit; most likely multiple times.…
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Writing Tips: Online Verb Dictionary Yesterday I mentioned in my post about how I hate tenses. I was looking for an online verb dictionary that gives the past, present and future tenses of verbs. After a short search, I came across this site: http://conjugation.com/. Type in the verb and it will tell you the past,…
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A quick writing update I have been absent from here for a couple of weeks, but that is not without reason! I have finally started to focus on writing which is a good thing! I have done away with my other project I was working on, realising that it would take a significant amount of…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference 12: Dependent vs Dependant Another one that I have come across recently. Dependent: 1. relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc. 2. conditioned or determined by something else; contingent: Our trip is dependent on the weather. Dependant: Someone who relies on you for financial support In the…
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