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Excellent.  Now get your

Posted on Wed, 11 Dec 2013

Excellent.  Now get your sleeves rolled up, start writing and get stuck in!

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Posted in Cat-Omen

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"The fresh-faced rookie cop

Posted on Tue, 03 Dec 2013

"The fresh-faced rookie cop edged his polished toe-cap away from the blood oozing out the body at their feet."

There's your first line right there.  Juggle the first paragraph round and make it grab harder.

"The cops...

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Posted in The Rookie

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This is our Facebook and

Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2015

This is our Facebook and Twitter pick of the day!

Get a fantastic reading recommendation every day.
 

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Posted in in seeking

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That is such a simple and

Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2015

That is such a simple and well-observed poem.  Well done.
 

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Posted in Winter

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Welcome to ABCtales

Posted on Mon, 16 Nov 2015

Lovely poem, Marcia.  Thank you for posting it.
 

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Posted in first of ever firsts

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I agree with love_writing,

Posted on Wed, 04 Nov 2015

I agree with love_writing, especially their observation about the possibilities of working in first person.

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Posted in Nothing Concrete

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Welcome to ABCtales

Posted on Wed, 04 Nov 2015

Well I think this is pretty good for someone new to writing.

The fear and confusion that you create for the main character and the way you invest the reader into her psyche is very good.  The use of present tense heightens the immediacy (...

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Posted in Nothing Concrete

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'the number in (of) cars in

Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2015

'the number in (of) cars in front to five'.

Smooth-as-you-like-writing, Ewan yes   

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Posted in A Kindness Wasted

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Welcome to ABCtales.

Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2015

Hi FREI,

This is a good start.  I like this old man and this life apart from things.  The way you have drawn him invests a character that knows much more and much less than others might give him credit for.  I love his setting and the...

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Posted in The Snowflake Collector – 1: Barely the End of October

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Welcome to ABCtales.

Posted on Sat, 10 Oct 2015

This is a wonderful poem Papa Kologne.  Tremendous build towards the end.  Really well done.

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