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Hillary’s ticket out?

I quote:

QuartzFest 2016
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January 26, 2016

I drove two hours west from Phoenix last Saturday to Quartzite, Arizona for the swapfest at the end of 2016’s week long Quartzfest. The pickings were slim, however, and I came away empty handed.

Third Person Point-of-View

A lot of books are told by a narrator.

Blinking HDMI
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January 14, 2016

If so, you may have what I’m calling HDMI Blink.

How It Works
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January 12, 2016

My Paternal Line

Henry Skinner, 1822-unknown is pictured here. He is my great, great-grandfather on my all-father’s line. Born in England, he lived in Pilton, a suburb of Barnstaple on the Atlantic Coast of Devon. Presumably from a few miles north of there in the aptly named village of Muddiford, he packed up his family and booked passage for one and all to Canada on a sailing ship.

Advice for Writers
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January 5, 2016

When I started Serpent’s Smile with the “one chapter per week” goal, my writing process included a rewrite and an edit before each post. That was how I blogged - or at least how I tried to blog.

Vote Twice or More
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December 26, 2015

It that legal?

For federal elections, the Constitution (and Amendments) say you must satisfy three (3) requirements in order to vote in a federal election.

Critique Group
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December 8, 2015

In the Facebook search bar, try “YourCity writers workshop”, substituting nearby city/area names. You’ll want to try several and note (pen and paper) the interesting ones for followup. In my case, I found four critique groups for writers.

History

EDSkinner.net began in 2023. Fiction and non-fiction publications are included as well as (blog) posts and supplemental materials from flat5.net (2004-present).

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