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Shira Destinie Jones
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We are going to see the King: the hard way!
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A short short (or just short?) take on those left behind in Noah's Flood...
Hubris and Hemlock
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Can friendship save a life? Genre: Women's Fiction, Novella (abt 43k words now...)
A rock-climber wants to rescue others, but must first win the battle to save herself.
Can a 35 year old former EMT reveal her passion for poison in time to save herself ... from herself?
1995 Baltimore is trying for a rock-climbing para-medic turned gym teacher. Especially when hiding a death wish. When her aviator husband finds out, Nanyehi must choose between fight and flight.
My 2nd practice novel...
(Note: there are no sexual, violent, nor vulgar themes or scenes in this story, but Wattpad says it is Mature, I suppose due to the presence of suicidality in some of the book? Imho this is Women's Fiction, as it has a strong female protag. who saves herself and has a hopeful ending. -ShiraDest,
5 November, 12015 HE)
(Started on 4 November 12015 for the 2015 November 50k word story #SuperCharged #JustWriteIt challenge. Rough Draft done 29November, Posting 2nd draft chapter by chapter now...)
Update: 18 September, 12017 HE:
I don't think I ever did give much backstory for any of my MCs. As for clarifying the setting, I sat down to edit for setting, and realized that my problem with this practice novel is that it was written for one particular person, which is why I had so much trouble making the place definite at the start. I also thought about Marie's entrance: I'd meant to convey that expected noises were identified, and thus less likely to set off panic.
To Abravanel
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updated Jan 19, 2016 07:27AM
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Very short historical hymn
Cinco Perros
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updated Jun 12, 2015 12:42AM
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parte de una historia corta possible
Creator, Friend or Foe? -Beginnings
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updated Oct 03, 2014 01:25AM
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This work began as a NanoWriMo novel, which is now in its sixth draft. How does one resist overwhelming power? Moving between universes, powerful beings want to uncover their origins. One proposes an experiment: creation of a material universe with a guardian hierarchy to report, but not intervene. When the other defends the rights of these creations, battle lines are drawn, and all begin to taste suffering.
Parrying demands with defiance, the creators make and break policy toward their creations as guardians begin to evolve, forcing all to choose sides in what may become a show-down between the creators themselves, with the entire multiverse caught in the middle.
Drawing heavily on Jewish midrashim (Rabbinical stories about The Bible), as well as Muslim, Christian, ancient Greek and Native American sources, Beginnings uses the first 6 chapters and 8 verses of the book of B'reishit (Genesis) as scaffolding for this tale where women take the lead as they love, teach and resist.
Shira Destinie Jones Landrac
MEOW Date: Thursday, June 14. 12014 H.E. (Holocene Era)
edit: I've been told that "Creator: Friend or Foe," which I thought was Biblical Science Fiction, is more Spec. Fiction. I am abandoning it to move on, but would appreciate comments for future work derived from the novel. Drafts and rough exctracts are locaed on my personal blog: http://shiradest.wordpress.com/
Peace,
ShiraDestinie
Universal Date: Tuesday, October 3. 12014 H.E. (Holocene Era)
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Yes, I believe it is, by encouraging everyone to contribute what is unique to his or her experience: in short, to contribute (write, paint, draw, sing, compose, recite, build, etc) what comes out of your own experience and what you feel will help all human beings move forward. I think that would motivate |
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“It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.”
― The Persian Boy
― The Persian Boy
“People, Reacher was certain about. Dogs were different. People had freedom of choice. If a man or a woman ran snarling toward him, they did so because they chose to. They were asking for whatever they got. His response was their problem. But dogs were different. No free will. Easily misled. It raised an ethical problem. Shooting a dog because it had been induced to do something unwise was not the sort of thing Reacher wanted to do.”
― Die Trying
― Die Trying
“If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself. If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told; and if there is no back door, his very nature will demand one.”
― The Mis-Education of the Negro
― The Mis-Education of the Negro
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
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“There's more to clothing than just adornment. It does more than merely change how the world perceives us. It changes how we perceive ourselves.”
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― Naamah's Kiss
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Luís wrote: "Je suis très heureux pour être votre ami. Je vous souhaite un bon week-end!"Merci ! Moi aussi, je suis heureuse d'être ton amie (on peut ce-tutoyer, n'est pas ?) !
Bon Weekend !
Je suis très heureux pour être votre ami. Je vous souhaite un bon week-end!
“Eux c'est nous” Écrit par Daniel Pennac, illustré par Serge Bloch: c'est déjà publié ?
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