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Los Angeles Creative Writing

Writing prompts: spring rains to June gloom

As the dreary clouds of spring begin to sink into Los Angeles' valleys, the gloomy morns of May take hold on the cycle of Earth; plants seek...
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The Antigonish Review: a quarterly outlet for literary endeavours

Published by Canada’s St. Francis Xavier University in alliance with the Canadian Council of the Arts, The Antigonish Review is a quarterly...
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‘Finding Your Voice’ writing workshop with Esther Bradley-DeTally

  • Esther Bradley-DeTally
  • January 31, 2012
A follow-up to the successful “Play with Words” creative writing workshop with Esther Bradley-DeTally is on tap at the Altadena Library...
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The Pedestal Magazine: accepting all genres of fiction and poetry

The Pedestal Magazine offers an online base for critiques, artists and writers to publish their work and thoughts into a discussion spanning all...
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Andromeda Spaceways: a small market opportunity for science fiction and fantasy

When searching for appropriate places to send short fiction, poetry and artwork, large markets whose rates seem tantalizing are quite out of reach....
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Orson Scott Card’s “Shadows in Flight” is book five in the Ender’s Shadow series

Ender’s Game began as a short story published in 1977. While working at a press, Orson Scott Card penned it as his debut into science fiction...
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Inspiration begins with analysation: reads for writers

In this abysmal world of inadequate education and broken corporate systems, one must take the information flow back into their own hands. As humans...
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Creative writing resources: short story fundamentals

The size limitations of the short story form can be both a blessing and a curse: among seventeen pages one may not fit the development needed for a...
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Writing and usage tips: false rules

OneMay Begin Sentences With ConjunctionsEnglish teachers across the States have subscribed their students to the belief that one may not in the...
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Writing and usage tips: appositives

Varying sentence structure and the method of conveying ideas is a superb way to further engage the reader’s mind, dissuading them from...
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