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by Merisi
March 1st, 2010, 7:14 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Share your opening sentence!
Replies: 236
Views: 86438

Re: Share your opening sentence!

Barbara Ducharme coughed herself the color of fabric softener as she dumped another tray of smoking cookies into the garbage bin. Sorry to self quote here, but I thought I might share a correction I had to made to my opener. It was something of a darling, but then I realized the comparison is inapp...
by Merisi
February 21st, 2010, 4:31 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing
Replies: 9
Views: 3808

Re: The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing

The Info Dump thing gave me chills. Ha! I have a couple pages I need to reexamine. Thanks for posting this!

M.
by Merisi
February 21st, 2010, 4:24 pm
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: The Introduction Thread
Replies: 647
Views: 405775

Re: The Introduction Thread

Hi everybody,

My name is Greg and my friend Lisa introduced me to this website and forum. I'm originally from Cleveland and I now live in Los Angeles. I'm seriously humbled by the experience of the folks here. Look forward to sharing and getting to know ya!

Ciao!
by Merisi
February 21st, 2010, 3:08 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Share your opening sentence!
Replies: 236
Views: 86438

Re: Share your opening sentence!

miahayson wrote: "A death in the family is always difficult to cope with, especially when it’s your own."
This is very clever. Hope to read this one someday.
by Merisi
February 21st, 2010, 3:00 pm
Forum: Writing
Topic: Share your opening sentence!
Replies: 236
Views: 86438

Re: Share your opening sentence!

Love what I've read thus far! Here's mine... "I can only stare at Pan’s cigarette, inexplicably dangling from his thin bottom lip, as I wait for his arms to explode away from his body." From my urban fiction novel, "Empire Of Light". By the way, this is my first post here. This l...