Tag: fiction
member name: Laura Cushing
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March 17, 2007 04:56 PM EDT --
(Exploring a story idea - I might write this as a series.)
"Vampires can't be heroes," Cameron said, shaking her head at Alex's concept for his latest comic.
"Why . . .
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January 31, 2008 01:36 AM EST --
Every day, he saw her reading on the bus. Some days it was a music magazine - always indie. Filter, or Blender, or Under the Radar - nothing mainstream, nothing so vulgar as to be sold in Wal-Mart or Target. . . .
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May 25, 2008 06:36 PM EDT --
"Michael, I love her," Mac said, trying to explain to me for thirteenth time why he was marrying my ex.
"What's love got to do with it?" Jules sang from the back of the van, . . .
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February 23, 2007 12:17 AM EST --
We slept
together; woke
separately sided.
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May 28, 2008 09:51 PM EDT --
Since we have spotlights on our profiles now, I'm going to be spotlighting indexes that link to some of my previous content.
This one is an index to all my creative fiction content on Gather. . . .
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May 25, 2007 02:15 AM EDT --
Chapter one of my novel! Yes, it doesn't exactly have a traditional structure- you'll have to bear with it. The prologue can be found here.
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Chapter one: Our Story Begins With Philip . . .
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June 15, 2007 08:21 PM EDT --
(Part one is here)
The unlikely trio picked their way through the treeline, the tall pines rising up to meet the night sky like sentinels on a stoic watch.
They spoke little at first, as . . .
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June 27, 2007 01:38 AM EDT --
"Make love to me," she said
and by that, she meant Make me
feel less like I am dying.
The sun through the curtains
colored the room
blue and white and yellow.
Her fallen hair
shone like fool's . . .
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February 26, 2007 01:55 AM EST --
Two old sketches of character development from a roleplaying game. The game was a futuristic world in which vampires had taken control of the goverment and created an opressive society. The speaker . . .
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March 17, 2007 12:02 AM EDT --
I found Abuela like an accident, when I wasn't really looking.
I'd been in California two years by then - it was already starting to make me jaded. I was working a fish market, packing boxes with . . .
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October 17, 2007 03:15 AM EDT --
Inspired perhaps by watching Across the Universe, I wanted to write something that took place in the sixties. This is a joint writing project between myself and my hubby Austin Cushing. It's a serial . . .
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October 23, 2007 08:38 PM EDT --
Inspired perhaps by watching Across the Universe, I wanted to write something that took place in the sixties. This is a joint writing project between myself and my hubby Austin Cushing . The year . . .
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February 07, 2007 03:04 AM EST --
Draft one...
from: mmalone@perinthus.edu
to: jlee@perinthus.edu
Dear Jenny,
Or how do I begin? Is dear too much of an imposition, or a supposition, when after all, we've barely spoken? If I could . . .
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February 12, 2007 02:57 AM EST --
These 100 Character Development questions, written by my friend Rich Taylor, have come in handy so many times for me as a writer! I put Michael through these questions as I was working on his character . . .
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May 26, 2007 11:22 PM EDT --
Check the table of contents for parts of the novel you may have missed.
Chapter 3: P1 Server Problems
"What kind of problems?" Bastian asked as they walked down the hall towards the . . .
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February 01, 2007 12:21 AM EST --
"California people are not like us," my father said. He was rolling a joint at the time, twisting the crinkly paper end between his stubby fingers. This was the first time my father had . . .
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February 28, 2007 01:30 AM EST --
All five are from Michael's story - for more of this series, click here. Each is exactly 100 words, and has to do with Michael's relationship with his father. The last one takes place after . . .
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May 25, 2007 09:52 PM EDT --
If you haven't read them already, start with the prologue and chapter one....
To answer a few questions about my novel...
Yes, I am hoping to get it published someday! . . .
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June 01, 2007 12:10 AM EDT --
Check the table of contents for parts of the novel you may have missed.
Chapter six: In the hospital, October 14th, 2006
Cheerful pumpkins and cartoon witches decorated the glass of the critical . . .
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June 02, 2007 10:56 PM EDT --
Check the table of contents for parts of the novel you may have missed.
Chapter Seven: Petabytes
"What do you mean I can't talk to The Dreamer?" Bastian asked, astounded . . .
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