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Painfully shy Irene thought she had escaped the confines of her childhood when she met Jo Leslie. From London during world war II, to Melbourne and Tel Aviv in the 60's and 70's, Walking On Eggshells tells the story of shy and intimidated Irene who spends her life obeying all that command her. Her parents rule her with an iron hand and she escapes to the arms of Jo Leslie, a larger than life handsome TV actor and director. Jo, a cockney character with a continually expanding ego ,leads Irene in a journey of drugs, gambling and abuse.

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While dealing with her estranged mother's illness, Penny tries to tell the story she has been hiding from her entire life. In the process, Penny learns how to love the brokenness in people - especially herself.

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One of the hardest things in life for me has been learning that I must choose who I have in my life in order to improve my life experience. It can be very painful lesson when applied to the people to whom we are indebted for an upbringing. Regardless of what they may be like as human beings, its a tough call to free yourself from abuse, or pain when it involves letting go of someone who was present in your life as a child, or even as an adult. Blood relation or not, separating yourself from someone who mistreats you can be the hardest bond to break, emotionally, socially, or ethically. This piece explores the painful realities of a parental relationship that required a severing of bonds to recover from. Tell me what you think, and forgive me if its rather harsh, The struggle to survive that home was challenging, and it took years for me to release the person in question. This piece is about ten years old, but I pulled it out, reworked it, and now here it is for your consideration.

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Some time ago I posted a short story titled "The Bus Spotter." I am trying to extend this into a novel. This is the first two chapters, but I think it might be better as chapter 1. I'd like opinions. Also I am not sure whether to include the first section which briefly describes the relationship between the MC and his missing father. Also of course, did it hold your interest? Explanatory notes: DI: Detective Inspector similar to US Detective Lieutenant. DCI: Detective Chief inspector, similar to US Detective Captain. Sweets - candy. Black Jacks - licorice flavoured soft candy.

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Contests are great motivator. I feel the need to preface this by saying I've been reading Stephen King lately. So, too creepy? Are you surprised at the end? Worried about my sanity? Bring on the comments! Thanks for reading :)

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Life love and all that stuff- online paedophilia. Revenge is mine, sayeth the girl.

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Rose Schneider's quiet world is shattered one summer day when a friend rapes her. Discovering she is pregnant, Rose runs away to Chicago in an attempt to escape her small-town fate. A story of love and pain, set in the 1980's, it combines romance, drama, suspense, faith....all the stuff I love to read about myself! I'd love to get feedback on my voice, since it is in first person. The main character is 17 when the story starts, but is retelling it from an adult perspective. I'd like the book to appeal to young adults as well as adults. Descriptive words of your take on the "feel" of this novel would be much appreciated, ie., boring, mysterious, exciting, whatever....tell me what you really think while still being polite. Also, I reciprocate reviews for those who review my work. Thanks and enjoy!

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Recently read a poem about the trials of American motherhood. Mothers in America don't realize how good they have it. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Reading and seeing recent videos about the plight of women in the Middle-East (and elsewhere) bothers me. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ This is a poem I published in eight eZines by this title, or Whisss... Chang!≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Birth, Murder, Abuse, Motherhood, Twins, Spouse, Innocence, Death penalty guillotine ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈

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Very briefly, Amongst Ghosts is a novel about twin sisters who have too close a relationship. This suffocates each of them and ultimately becomes a destructive force. I currently have an agent interested in the book but she says I have to show what has motivated the young women to behave the way they do. So I've just written this chapter which would precede anything else in the book to try and show the defining incident that colours their future behaviours and decisions. I would really appreciate whether the voice is too old for a nearly-thirteen year old, bearing in mind she is the Victorian daughter of a country reverend. And is there anything I can do to generally improve the chapter? Lots of thanks in advance and bear in mind that the spelling is UK English. Cheers, Keen

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I posted this some time ago but it was then written in third person perspective. I've experimented by rewriting it in first person narrative as I'd like to enter it for a competition and they favour first person. I would value any feedback that will help improve it, or whether you simply enjoyed it as it is. A big thanks in advance, Keen

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I write a lot about trees. I identify so much of my life with trees and memories. They were my haven and still are.They are magic ... They have been honored and they have been defiled My tribute to trees. I would imagine most on this site have their own memories both good and perhaps bad. Willow switches hurt like hell! Favorite means of punishment on me but I never blamed the TREE... My Tree! As always ... any feedback is greatly appreciated

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After her grandmother, Jenessa, flees her home in terror, Anna takes over as the caretaker of the property. Only 18 years old, and having just left an abusive home, Anna soon finds that the troubles she'd experienced up to now were nothing compared to what waits for her at The House on Miller Street. Will Anna survive her encounters with the malevolent being? Or will she, too, flee in abject terror?

NOTE: As of 2/22/2012, chapters 1 through 16 have been revised, and Chapter 10 and 11 were combined to give them a better flow. With this in mind, comments posted prior to this date for Chapters 11 through 16 pertain to the prior chapter.

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On my walks, gees, sometimes a poem just jumps into my mind already hatched and writes itself. Don't know if this works, but here it goes.==== Alternate title is: Youme or Meyou. ==== If your were a twin in the womb what your you call your twin? Youme or Meyou? === 9th month, dark, sun’s gravity pulls up, the moon pulls to one side. The twins prepare to enter a brave new world... UPDATE FOR THIS POEM (12/2/2010) - I have had this published 7 times. This poem hit a resounding cord with many editors/readers. thanks - max

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Any feedback please. It's an early draft so all comments will be used to improve on what I've posted. Many, many thanks in advance! Cheers, Keen

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A Sin in the family. Can a family overcome it? All feedback and comments are appreciated. I hope the story makes sense and is clear. Al Reviewers are appreciated. I learn from all of you.

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What happens when the child within simply cannot flourish and flounders as an adult. I use 'he' instead of she or me as didn't want this to seem too personal. It was me for most of my life but found myself again and on this site. For all the children dwelling in adult bodies may they be heard

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Correne Johnson, 18, is all the things most women never want to be: Overweight, illiterate and unloved. And she is being molested by her Aunts fiance. She uses her addiction to the Oprah Winfrey show and Oprah's TV wisdom's to challenge her Oppressor. These actions could either end her life or save her.

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This is a form I created myself, twelve lines with eight syllables in each couplet.

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a simple tale of child abuse, a wicked stepmum, beer and a trip to belfast in the midst of the terror campaign. all true! it's not quite finished yet and i would appreciate any feedback/tips/advice.

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*** THIS IS THE SEQUEL To KINGS & QUEENS *** Still reeling from the repercussions of the church shooting plot she got jerked into ten years ago in high school, Majesty is shattered, having also lost her daughter, Mikayla, in a preschool gas explosion and her marriage to a slut. So, when she receives a bizarre glimmer of hope that her little girl might actually be alive, she fights heaven and hell to reclaim the happiness that’s been stripped from her. But her hunt sets five others on a collision course with disaster: Crystal, an eleven-year-old who’s trying to escape a hellish facility filled with mindless kids, her fifteen-year-old sister, Skye, who’s out to expose the supposed magical secret society at her high school, her former best friend, Vivien, an art therapist, who hopes to unlock her daughter’s turmoil as she suddenly stopped speaking and began slipping into catatonic states and drawing gruesome pictures, and Chance, a guy imposing as a wealthy recluse while trying to recall his forgotten past and eliminate his enemies. In their dark world, nothing is what it seems and these seekers of truth may not like the answers they find. And little Mikayla could very well be trapped in this web of deception … or truly gone forever.

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Does the title help or hurt the story? I don't exactly want to call it "Ocean Tale" or "Squid Story" or "Nightmare in a Trailer", but if you have a better idea, let me know.

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Billy Cooper had a secret never to be told.

In Britain and Ireland a widespread traditional rhyme records the myth that seeing magpies predicts the future, depending on how many are seen.

This short story is a modern day spin on an old version of that rhyme that I discovered for the first time. It won runner up prize in the 2008 www.YouReadOnline.com site and was subsequently printed in the short story compendium called "A Thousand Trembling Leaves and other short stories"

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Simply put, this is an echo of my life. The words are exact, albeit put in "poetry form". I don't presume to tell you, the reader, anything. Just listen to YOUR heart!

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