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Group for any fiction writers over 50 who like writing. A place for questions about writing, editing, and getting published.

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Miss Magill's Monitor

Because of her age, Miss Magill would leave the room for a few minutes from time to time. When she did, she brought in one of her former students, now in the upper grades, to serve as monitors. (Th... | posted by oldtimewriter
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Miss Anna F. Magill

“First, children must want to read,” Miss Anna F. Magill would tell the teachers who came from all over the United States to learn her methods. “And second, they must have something worth reading.”... read more | posted by oldtimewriter
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Way Things Used To Be 44, Horrors Of War Cards 3

One day when I came home from school, a woman who didn’t speak English was in our living room sewing a dress on my mother’s sewing machine. My mother spoke to her by using the dictionary she’d boug... read more | posted by oldtimewriter
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2012 is coming...Or is it? THE EZEKIEL CODE Post contains embedded images

Hello all, Newbie onboard. Just found out about this site from a newspaper article. I'm happy to announce that my debut novel, The Ezekiel Code, previously only available in paperback is now avai... | posted by Gary T.
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Way Things Used To Be, 43- Horrors Of War Cards, 2

After card eighteen the compositions of the Horrors of War cards seemed to open up and grow less crowded. In addition, the subject matter expanded from the Sino-Japanese War to the Spanish Civil Wa... | posted by oldtimewriter
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EONS BOOK GALLERY -10/03/09 Post contains embedded images

WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE SECOND ANNUAL FREE AUTHORS DAY EVENT HOSTED BY EONS. The event is a whole day affair where Authors meet the readers, answer questions about their experiences, their b... | posted by Daffodil56
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Horrors Of War Cards, Part 1

The pastel-colored scenes on the front had a yellowish tint and depicted so much death and violence some parents forbade their children to buy them. The first twenty in the series were as lacking i... | posted by oldtimewriter
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Need an Honest Agent

Then again, don't we all? I am conducting an online search for literary agents. I've written my first novel, and I want to go a standard publishing route. How does one determine an honest agent fr... | posted by skywolf64
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Questions for my fellow writers

Since I last visited with this group I've had another book published and have been pleased that everyone seems to like my writing. Here's my question and my problem. Finding an editor to help me ho... | posted by Theophilus
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Camus, Lincoln And Coquillages

Part 1—Camus and Lincoln A couple of months ago, I was sitting in a cafe on Boulevard du Montparnasse, having a drink before dinner, rereading THE REBEL, half-hoping to be interrupted by some intel... read more | posted by oldtimewriter
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