One sure way to get repeat work from a client is to him/her feel good.  With most clients who are hiring freelance writers to provide web content, making them feel good means making them some cash. That IS the reason they hired us in the first place, is it not? Let’s face it, whatever...
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We held the grand re-opening of Extreme Writing Now yesterday, June 28, 2010, and although the site is still somewhat under construction, everyone had a blast. I thank each and every member. Without you guys, there would be only the empty and lonely halls of EWN. Halls that I really couldn’t fill. EWN is...
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Rounding the corner, finding what she did, well let’s just say it was never expected. “El Blimpo” echoes from the deepest reaches. Like looking down a dark hole, squinting the eyes to see if you can see! Suddenly a flash flying from the darkness the monster roars! Shushing monsters, letting them flow outta the...
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Spent. Her lavender oiled body spilling, his legs entwined. The crisp cottony sheets rumpled, tangled binding them together. Moon drops of light sprinkle the room. Glistening bodies illuminated. Breathless sounds and motion exposed. Kisses that whisper their secrets excite the sated moment. Tangling them closer. Tranquil passion shattered seeing the toddler walk from the...
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I bet folks at home are sorry they called me names. Said I was stupid. Well they’ll be looking for me now. From the abandoned shack, he saw a mushroom. “Out here in the desert? Bet it’s poisonous.” He never knew how poisonous, because the blast winds knocked him and the shack 500 feet...
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Jill walked along the trail near the icy creek attempting to calm her anger.  How could Steven do that to her? Did rejecting him the night before carry over to work? As Jill rounded the corner Steven stepped out of the water naked. She laughed uncontrollably.  Even she knew that Steven would leave her...
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“Mom wants five bream on credit, please,” says the girl to the towering Ms. Lamprey. Ms. Lamprey, to everyone in the store, “That whole trailer park wants credit!” Nearing her way out, the little girl drops her parcel of fish. One moment. One fish. Hidden up under a shelf. Four fish will do just...
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Everyone needs a storm shelter from time to time.  Maybe if for nothing else, just a pickle barrel to sit around with a few peers and toss out some old tales or gather fragments of sage advice. That place now exists for writers. Extreme Writing Now is open to all writers. Starting today, the...
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This week’s entry in the Sunday series, Learn to Write, maybe the most important entry in the entire series. At least I think so. Personally, I believe that any subject that involves creativity is a very had subject to teach and learn. Sure, we can study the mechanics of how to hold...
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A look at last week at Extreme Writing Now: Announcements Grand Re-Opening of Extreme Writing Now Authors Corner The Garden Ol’ Betsy Writer’s Block News This Guy Got Paid and He Sucks Building A Short Story ~ We Have Lift Off! Writing Building A Short Story ~ Stepping Into a New Realm Writing Reviews...
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Seriously, do you really believe you are not a writer? Come on, you know you have the will  to write, and most likely have enough life experiences to write something tearful or funny. Some of have even thought it would be cool to sit around in our jammies all day and write for a...
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His belittling was incessant. The worst names a woman can hear. Infractions spewed forth even while he chewed. Oh, how she’d like to smash that face into his glop! Sated, he stood up. His woman did too. She watched them leave the restaurant. Clutching the cold steel in her pocket, she was not far...
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Do you write more than the checks to pay the bills? Well, have we got good news for you! Monday, June 28, 2010, Extreme Writing Now will officially become a free social network for writers, offering writers of all types a place to hang their hats and chill out with their equals. From scribblers...
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Well, here we are at week 6 in our series, Building A Short Story , and we are saying good-bye to flash fiction; never to bring this story back to its micro-fiction roots of the 55 word fiction tale it started out as. A quick recap: we, Carrie...
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Tomorrow, June 25th, 2010, our series, Building A Short Story, leaves the world of flash fiction and takes its first step into the fronteer of short stories. What started out as a 55 word fiction morsel will be officially a short story by this time tomorrow as we step from...
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Every author who has ever written a how to book on writing has hammered home the point that the best way to learn to write is to read what other authors are writing, and that is where we're headed today in the series, Learn To Write.
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Our series, Building A Short Story, pulls into the last station on the Flash Fiction Line. That's right, our 55 word fiction piece is about to experience the fourth word count doubling since we established it as the cornerstone for a short story.
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Wow, seems just like yesterday we started the Building A Short Story series with our 55 word piece, the Heart of the Hound, but it has been five weeks. The series makes its last stop in flash fiction city tomorrow, June 18th, as we take a big step from 440 to 880 words. Yup, we...
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Maybe the truest thing anyone has ever said about writers is that everyone is indeed a writer. The only difference between those of us who do write and the ones who do not is courage.
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Being a freelancer is so much more than just writing. Being a freelance writer is an occupation and as like any other form of self employment, a freelance writer has to wear many hats. Freelancers have to know how to write various types of content, know how to market their skills, know about...
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