“Sometimes the snake's-hands in a story are the best part, if the story is a long one.”
― Engine Summer
― Engine Summer
“The better you tell an old story, the more you are talking about right now.”
― Engine Summer
― Engine Summer
“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
Connecting Readers and Writers
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A place to connect writers with beta readers. Sometimes writers get so involved in the plot they can't see the wood for the trees. Hang on a sec'--th ...more
The Circle: for readers/beta readers/critiques/reviews/free reads
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A circle of people preparing to publish their next/first book. Looking for beta readers? A critiquing partner? A review? Just looking for a free read? ...more
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