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My short stories have been published in the U.S., England, Australia, New Zealand, Hungary, South Africa, Japan, and Pakistan. My essays, movie and book reviews have appeared in the Houston Chronicle, Boston Herald, St. Petersburg Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Drummer, Films in Review. I took courses in creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania and copyediting at Temple University.

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2012-01-08 book:

Mel:    I'm confused. Are you talking about a fictional book (a novel) or a non-fictional book, a short story (which is fiction) or an article (which is not fiction).    First, you have to decide what

2011-12-31 Creative Writing:

Hi, Scarlett!    I apologize for taking so long to respond to your question.    Each writer has a unique resource that only can tap into--her own life.    Look back on your own life and see if there was

2011-08-09 Characters:

You create him/her exactly the same way you created the main character, without worrying at this point about who is the main character. As they play off against each other, you may be surprised who is

2011-01-27 short stories.:

Congratulations on having written 35 stories! That's great.    I would not send any of them to "Playboy" just yet. Start small with little magazines that may not even pay you anything. When you get a story

2010-09-30 is this a good storyline?:

It really depends on how you develop it and how believable you make it. I would advise you to use a spelling checker on everything you write and use proper punctuation and capitalization. I haven't the

 

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