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This is my entry in Round Two of a summer-long fiction competition. You have to write a piece of fiction 2,500 words or less from one of three prompts. Killer prompts this week. The one that inspired this piece was large women's nylons. Two years ago, I wrote a 350 flash on this theme. I added about 1,100 words to that original piece and shipped it off. Thanks for the early editing suggestions. Note to readers--you might not want to read the reviews--plot spoilers contained within.

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I wanted to write something light & entertaining. This story makes me laugh. I still need to tweak some parts but let me know if you find it entertaining.

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Christine’s Odyssey records the chaotic eleventh year of Christine Simms’ life. Christine, intelligent and inquisitive, lives in a turbulent Jamaican household; she is also the eldest child of an abusive mother. Her life goes topsy-turvy after a domestic dispute, in which her mother kills her father. Her protector is gone, Christine and her siblings are separated, and they become wards of the state. Their mother is placed in a mental institution and Christine goes to live with an aunt. There, she finds out a shocking secret about her parents, which sends her on a search for the woman who abandoned her at birth.*****BRITISH SPELLING & SOME DIALECT

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Synopsis - In Celia Reynolds eyes, life is perfect. She has a wonderful loving family including a sister that is her best friend. Her career is skyrocketing and she has more male admirers than she can keep up with. Then, her world is shattered when her sister Gabi takes her own life. As she questions her sister’s suicide and peels back the layers of her ideal life, she realizes that life is not perfect nor is it meant to be. Her journey of self discovery takes her from an elegant 20th floor apartment in New York City to Washington, DC and the Islands of South Carolina. Along the way she learns a family secret that forces her to see her self and her sister in a different light - all with help from some unlikely sources - an orangutan named Nikkee and a Voodoo Priestess named Mira. *** Requests - All I can ask for is honest feedback. Give it to me straight ; ).

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This is a major re-write of the novel based on the great feedback I've received from reviewers here. The first chapter is entirely new, and I've decided to delay the introduction of a couple of the characters a bit because I got the impression the back and forth was confusing some readers. I think this is essentially a chick lit story, but I've received some great feedback from the men here, so guys, please don't be scared off. Nicole is a single working mother in her late thirties. At the beginning of the novel she finds that she is pregnant with the child of her younger, unemployed live-in boyfriend. As the story progresses, we find out how she deals with the pregnancy, learn more about how she came to be in this seemingly dead-end relationship and why she stays, and ultimately get to see her create the life she's always dreamed of, but not without some hurdles along the way. Review wise, I am interested in any and all feedback, from the smallest nits to comments on story flow, dialogue, etc. Feel free to jump in and review any chapter -- I don't mind if you don't start at the beginning.

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Oh no! Another romance novel from a lady that can't finish the first one she started. This is my NaNo project and I will admit right now that it's raw and has no editing. I'm going with the flow and writing it before editing, or I'm afraid I'll get too hard on myself and abandon it. All crit toward what I need to edit will be very much appreciated. Allison Crawford is a waitress living the simple life, always pushing her dreams to the side. When a tradgedy throws Lane Bishop into her life, nothing will ever be the same.

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PAUL WEEKES knows all about poverty, after a harsh childhood spent raising both himself and his younger cousin Mark, who refuses to grow up. He now runs a farm on the island of Xantrope, cultivating ground provisions and marijuana for export, because he refuses to risk a return to the poverty of his past. Things get complicated when the corrupt police officer who facilitates Paul decides he wants a bigger cut of the illicit business. Worse, Mark is involved in a murder and a hit-and-run accident involving the police officer’s niece. Paul has his hands full coping with danger from Mark’s associates, orchestrated attempts to hijack his goods, keeping himself alive and pursing a romantic interest. ******For want of somewhere else to put this, I've termed it Other. It can best be described as Romantic Suspense.

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In October, 1951, we meet five year old Louise Stokes, a product of a very dysfunctional family comprised of an alcoholic, abusive father, a mother who is basically a doormat, and a sister, older by fifteen months who is sometimes protector, sometimes nemesis. Just before Louise's tenth birthday, her parents, Riley and JoEllen, leave her and her sister, Christine, in the care of their grandmother while they go to Chicago to escape the scandal caused by her father's illicit affair. Louise settles into a quieter way of life, but when the school year ends, she is transplanted once again, reunited with her parents. As a teenager, Louise meets an older man and begins a relationship with him. When she finds herself pregnant, she must make a choice. Will she have the baby and give it up for adoption, have an illegal abortion, or marry the man responsible and try to have a normal life?

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It's ironic that one of my favorite bands Bush has the same name as one of my least favorite people. I managed to overcome my aversion to the name long enough to write this story which came to me while listening to a Bush song.

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The story is about a woman who has trapped herself in a harmful marriage and the repercussions of her decisions on her teen age daughter. She does not see a way out yet from the readers perspective the choices seem clear.

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For some unknown reason, women feel they must drop hints as to the gifts they would like to receive from men. The poem is a silly take on how this ritual does NOT work!

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Three-year-old Emma Jenkins is awakened early one morning by a fire in her home.

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Trying to convey a general feeling in this story. Any feedback appreciated.

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Sally is frustrated with her career as a massage therapist, and her inability to get over her husband's death. Jennifer wants to find her own passion. Lauren is stuck in a marriage to an alcoholic. Through their friendships and their struggles, and a little magic, they each get a little closer to finding and fulfilling their dreams.

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We're six years into the 21st century and guys, it sucks to be you. There are lots of reasons why and Starbuck MacIntyre has a lot to say about it. Want to reclaim your masculinity? Tired of women trying to change you? Sick of psycho ex-girlfriends who call you when you're gettin' some with someone else? Got a girlfriend who reads chick-lit and who might be addicted to "Sex and the City?" This read is for you!

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