Preditors & Editors Poll [05 Jan 2010|02:13pm] creativewriter [jwcoffey] Hi: I'm coming out from lurking to promote a favorite author who's been nominated for the Preditors & Editors Poll in two categories. Patricia Morrison (who's written as Patricia Kennealy and Patricia Kennealy-Morrison) has been nominated in the Mystery Novel category for her latest book, California Screamin', and also in the Author Category. I'm drumming up interest and promoting votes for her. If the name is familiar, Patricia is the author of The Keltiad series--The Copper Crown, The Throne of Scone, The Silver Branch, etc (all published through Harper Collins and Roc). And she also penned an autobiography, Strange Days: My Life with and without Jim Morrison through Plume. Patricia is now self-publishing through Lizard Queen Press, writing her Rennie Stride, The Rock and Roll Murders series, which are absolutely great. To vote for her book: http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelmys.shtml To vote for her: http://www.critters.org/predpoll/author.shtml Thanks...and back to lurking. :-) post comment

Creative Writer Welcome Mat [02 Jan 2010|11:26am] creativewriter [cw_owner] [ mood | busy ] This week's new members: quill_quirks, iprobablyhateu, jayphoenix I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, and Happy New Year! Welcome to Creative Writer! This is your official welcome mat, an introduction to the fun which is our community and an entreaty for you to join in. How does it work? Creative Writer is an online version of a writers' group. While writing itself is usually a solitary occupation, what all writers need is contact with other people who can give feedback, answer questions and, as with all professions, provide guidance and a learning environment. While all artists create their work, they can't create in a vacuum. A writers group provides that environment. Here you are able to post excerpts from your work and receive feedback, here you can learn from other writers, here you can contribute to others, here is a safe place to grow your talent. So welcome to Creative Writer! Jump in, have some fun, any questions, feel free to ask at any time. ( A little history ) ( Community calendar ) ( Rules for this community ) ( How to make an LJ-cut ) -o-o-o- Have fun and here's to great writing! Windcharmer & Ayoub (your local Creative Writer facilitators) 1 comment|post comment

[26 Dec 2009|11:43am] agegap [bhasundara] My dad picked me up from NY last week... we had a whole 6 hour drive together, I thought we'd get the chance to bond. Instead, he chose to bring up his feelings about me dating D. He told me he couldn't get past the age difference (16 yrs), that he knew she wasn't the one for me, that I was making a mistake. That this relationship started when I was so young and that I was staying with her because she had a hard past and I felt I was obliged to. He told me that at Thanksgiving, when she came to visit, it made him extremely uncomfortable and he decided he had to say something. So he did. I cried. It hurt me so much. Not that anything he said was too big of a shock...but to hear it all out loud, from him... I asked him why he couldn't trust that I knew what was best for myself, told him that I am truly happy with her, that being with her makes me better... I don't know how to move forward. This will always be a problem. It will always hurt them, and they will in turn hurt me, because I love them so much, and care too much what they think. It will never be the family I imagined it to be. So I am conflicted. I love this woman more than I ever thought possible. She makes me laugh, I am happier when I am with her. But that happiness is not seen by anyone else except her. Everyone else judges, waits for us to end. I'm so torn. I'm so hurt by their unwillingness to see past their jaded judgments to see that I know what is best for me. How do you deal with family that doesn't approve? Does it get easier as you get older? Are you forced to pick one over the other? Advice, please. post comment

Awwwwww [23 Dec 2009|03:24pm] agegap [e_phemera] One of my favorite celebrity agegap couples have separated. http://omg.yahoo.com/news/susan-sarandon-and-tim-robbins-split/33121?nc (and I couldn't care a twit about Demi and Ashton) 3 comments|post comment

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