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The extremely wealthy Cavendish family is viewed by most as the height of glamour and respectability. However, when Alex Trevellion, a renowned young artist, is invited to paint their portraits, he sets in motion a series of events that blows their conventional facade to pieces. I am literally posting this as I write it, so am afraid this is a very rough first draft. As always, all your comments and suggestions as to how I can improve are most appreciated.

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I started playing around with a character from the novel, and ended up doing some research on adoption. I think there's a few too many cheesy moments in here. Feedback desired: Point out the cheesiness. Suggest alternates. I'm not sure what I want to do with this story, so those suggestions are welcome, too.

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POLLY BRILLIANT’S WILD DANCE is a semi-fictional novel about a middle-aged Jewish woman — a female fusion of Zorba the Greek and Odysseus. From birth until age fifty-five, when she moves to Greece, her traveling companions have been disenchantment, restlessness, and internal conflict. Polly’s journey propels us through Boston, Berkeley, Barcelona, Las Vegas, Athens, Mykonos, and Kythera. After years of self-discovery and Greek influence, Polly masters the technique of self-love and acceptance while learning how to dance through life. She returns to the States, her home within, and the circle complete. All feedback is welcome. Content,line editing, let me know what you find funny, or confusing. Thank you all for your help. I'm tough, so let the punches roll.

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Sit in a Starbucks, pick a guy, suck on your finger and wink, and you can most likely option a bedfellow, should you want him. Nobody knows this better than Sara Friche, a good-hearted and independent paramour. Outwardly a graphic artist, Sara lives a secret life as Velvet the courtesan. Striving for true intimacy, Sara courts her lonely clients through the Internet personals, then brings them into her world to share laughter, friendship and orgasms. Even for carefree women, though, love sometimes comes with loss. When Sara's favorite patron dies, and inquisitive wife Charlene appears on her doorstep, Sara realizes that her life may not be as comfortably predictable as she expects. When Sara falls in love with new patron Lyon, wealthy playboy Daniel rushes in to regain ownership of his courtesan. The two men compete fiercely for Sara, crushing her soul in a fiery clash of wills, however with the help of girlfriend Stacy, and wife Charlene, Sara regains her footing, discovering the depths of love, and the man who truly loves her.

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This is a repost of the inciting incident of a novel based on the suggestions I received. I'm sure I didn't make all the suggestions that were given to me because there were many of them and it became mind boggling trying to remember them all. I hope I did a little better this time around. Any suggestions will help.

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Humble Sky tells the story of the development of a new drug for depression. Seen from the inside of a biotechnology start-up company, four characters' perspectives are used: Jacob (a middle manager and smart aleck), Emma (Jacob's spouse), Tony (Jacob's boss), and Patty (Jacob's employee). Tony manages the company like a dysfunctional parent and requires employees to spy on one another. Emma suffers from depression and pressures Jacob onto a Texas-themed cruise ship. Patty saves the scientific integrity of their work from Tony's profiteering and reaps her own financial reward. Jacob travels to the Caribbean, pits Texan and French passengers against one another and in a Book of Job-inspired sequence, he has a conversation with God. Feedback of all kinds welcome.

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I am thinking of scraping this one and just sticking to the "Coffee shop conversations" so please just read that one instead... Thanks. Ann Dialog-only novel, between a patient Jayne and her psychiatrist. Two years ago, twenty-nine year old Jayne, a reclusive writer and single mom, lost her eight year old son and two parents in a drunk-driving hit-and-run. After two years and many therapy sessions later, she decides to move to London to continue her writing there. And, in the process move on with her life. Enjoy! This story is very dear to my heart.

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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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Henry Simms is a retired college football coach. For the last five years, he and his wife have been thriving in their golden years, but life doesn't always follow our agendas.

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