Comments on: On your mark, get set…CONTEST! http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/ about the craft and business of fiction Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:08:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122525 Therese Walsh Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:15:22 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/07/28/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122525 The entry portion of our contest has officially ended. Thanks so much for playing. Stay tuned for next steps... The entry portion of our contest has officially ended. Thanks so much for playing. Stay tuned for next steps…

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]]> By: Sandra http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122486 Sandra Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:15:17 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/07/28/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122486 The hickey would not succumb to her Max Factor concealer. It was like trying to cover the aftermath of a shark attack with peanut butter. The hickey would not succumb to her Max Factor concealer. It was like trying to cover the aftermath of a shark attack with peanut butter.

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]]> By: thea http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122448 thea Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:07:08 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/07/28/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122448 Anger fizzed up from deep within, like Alka Seltzer tablets dropped into the glass of water; noisy, bitter and distasteful. But provided no relief. Anger fizzed up from deep within, like Alka Seltzer tablets dropped into the glass of water; noisy, bitter and distasteful. But provided no relief.

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]]> By: Anica Lewis http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122446 Anica Lewis Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:53:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/07/28/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122446 His snores were like the death throes of a drowning accordion. His snores were like the death throes of a drowning accordion.

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]]> By: Peaches http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122442 Peaches Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:17:17 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/07/28/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122442 I felt like a writer who gave birth to a wonderfully funny, sarcastic, capable character with a rich back-story- and then put that character up for adoption at an editors' conference. I felt like a writer who gave birth to a wonderfully funny, sarcastic, capable character with a rich back-story- and then put that character up for adoption at an editors’ conference.

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]]> By: Crystal Leigh http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122435 Crystal Leigh Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:27:54 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/07/28/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122435 Taking a walk with her dog was like being in an episode of "The X-Files". Something's out there. Can't you hear it? Can't you smell it? Taking a walk with her dog was like being in an episode of “The X-Files”. Something’s out there. Can’t you hear it? Can’t you smell it?

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]]> By: Janel http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122428 Janel Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:39:20 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/07/28/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122428 Her woman's intuition told her run, run like a freaked out 3-year old who has just been plunked down on the lap of a foul smelling, fake bearded, whiskey breathed "Santa". Her woman’s intuition told her run, run like a freaked out 3-year old who has just been plunked down on the lap of a foul smelling, fake bearded, whiskey breathed “Santa”.

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]]> By: Janel http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122427 Janel Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:36:20 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/07/28/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122427 Delilah devoured the candy bar like a red-eyed rabbit eating the giant carrot from its wet dreams. Delilah devoured the candy bar like a red-eyed rabbit eating the giant carrot from its wet dreams.

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]]> By: Janel http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122425 Janel Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:33:07 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/07/28/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122425 The towering stack of papers quivered like mom's fluorescent green gelatin salad, then fell like the Leaning Tower of Pizza in an earthquake. The towering stack of papers quivered like mom’s fluorescent green gelatin salad, then fell like the Leaning Tower of Pizza in an earthquake.

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]]> By: Janel http://writerunboxed.com/2009/08/03/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122424 Janel Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:31:41 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/07/28/on-your-mark-get-setcontest/#comment-122424 The venomous words rolled off her tongue like a cartoon character stuck in a snowball rolling down an impossible steep mountain. The venomous words rolled off her tongue like a cartoon character stuck in a snowball rolling down an impossible steep mountain.

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