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Extract, Novel

May 8, 2009

The Cabinet Makers Chapter 1

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An excerpt from my NanoWrimo novel November 2008. It’s edit time in May with publication due 1st June.
The Cabinet Makers by Robbe Law

Chapter 1
William Ezra Eagles was a frugal man of some 39 years, with a shock of black hair and a fashionably trimmed goatee beard which was now showing touches of grey. He was [...]

Flash

May 4, 2009

Gone?

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Gone?
“How did I get into this mess?”
I banged a fist on the steering wheel, perhaps in some vain hope that an answer would jump out at me, but apart from a slight tinge of fear that I might set off the airbag, no thoughts came to mind. I had been having a quiet drink in [...]

Poetry

here again

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here again
the wrong end of the day
the world suddenly slides
into an over-night bag

Challenges

May 3, 2009

Not Built in a Day

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We all know that Rome wasn’t built in a day, however,here at Scribblepool we have a secret weapon, MethodDan!
And he has built Scribblepool in a day. A million thanks Dan
What a fabulous start we are off to thanks in the main to Dan. We now have a permanent framework upon which we can build and [...]

Poetry

Starting at the End…

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As a farewell to the month of April and the horror it contained (!) here’s the tribute to our beloved ML….
For Anna, with apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan…
Now once upon a time there was a nano group who met near here,
They liked to laugh and chat and didn’t get much writing done, I fear.
They set [...]

General

Hello world!

Hello everyone, welcome to our new Scribblepool blog. I’ve got the basics of the site working pretty well now with forums and Google Apps, that means we get funky gmail, shared calendars and google docs. Wooh I’m really just looking to provide a space for you to do what you want in though. [...]