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City:	Hudson, MA-USA
About Me:	Descended from the same bloodline that spawned the likes of James Russell, Amy and Robert Lowell, Margay Leah Justice was fated to be a writer herself from a young age. But even before she knew that there was a name for what she was doing, she knew one thing: She had a deep and unconditional love for the written word. A love that would challenge her in times of need, abandon her in times of distress, and rediscover her in times of hope. Through her writing, Margay has learned to cope with every curve ball life has thrown her, including the challenges of single parenting, the harsh realities of living in a shelter, coping with the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, and the roller coaster ride of dealing with a child who suffers from bipolar disorder and Asperger’s Syndrome. But along the way she has rediscovered the amazing power of words. Margay currently lives in Massachusetts with her two daughters, two cats, and a myriad of characters who vie for her attention and demand that their own stories be told. Margay Leah Justice is the author of Nora’s Soul, available on Amazon.com. More information can be found at http://margayleahjustice.com.
Favorite Author(s):	Jane Austen, Julia Quinn, Shakespeare, Luanne Rice, Lisa Kleypas, Carly Phillips, Stephenie Meyer
Favorite Book(s):	Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, Twilight, Fire Me, Swoon
Website(s):	http://margayleahjustice.com

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96	The Jane Austen Society Pages In Progress Athena Willoughby is a cynical gossip columnist with a passion for Jane Austen novels. So what happens when she wakes up one morning in Regency England, in a scene that could have come straight from one of her idol's books? She learns how gossip was spread in a time without the internet, of course! More...

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461	Redeeming Characters By Jennifer L Hart Complete Mega congrats to Genevieve, the new heroine in Drue and Dakota's WIP! Thank you for reading! Animals may bite but people always suck. It’s the motto thirty-two year old Drue has lived by all his life. He longs for the snow to melt so he can disappear into the wild with nary a nitwit to be seen—to escape the confines of a narrow-minded and cloying society. Yet, when he discovers an old friend has published the book he helped create, a new plan surfaces. Revenge. Writer Dakota Whitmore is in a slump. Sure, her husband is dead and she's adopted his long-time mistress's child, but she's endured more difficult things. Maybe what she needs is a little help, a beta reader who will tell her that her work hasn't turned into a steaming cow pie. How about uber sexy Drue, the man who helped her pen her first—and only, bestseller? Nothing could possibly go wrong. Right? More...

96	The Jane Austen Society Pages By Margay Leah In Progress Athena Willoughby is a cynical gossip columnist with a passion for Jane Austen novels. So what happens when she wakes up one morning in Regency England, in a scene that could have come straight from one of her idol's books? She learns how gossip was spread in a time without the internet, of course! More...

550	Confessions of the World's Oldest Shotgun Bride By Gail Hart Complete COUGAR TIME She’s smart, sexy, over 40, and about to hop in bed with an incredibly hot young guy, but Katie St. John is no desperate housewife. She’s not married, or even looking for commitment. All she wants is a fun vacation fling with impossibly sexy, surprisingly sweet Steve Tyler. Sure, the chemistry between them is hotter than the Caribbean sun, but once this vacation’s over, her Inner Good Girl will muzzle her Inner Slut and she’ll go back to plotting corporate coups. But the Air Force pilot has other ideas for the glamorous “older woman” who lived next door when he was a kid. Steve has lusted after Katie since before he was old enough to understand what lust was. Now that she’s finally moved from his fantasies to his bed, he’s not about to let her go without a fight—especially once he learns she’s returned home with the mother of all souvenirs! More...

70	Obituaries By Sheila Deeth Complete David's mother isn't dead; she's matchmaking. But David's just seen her obituary on her church website, and that's only the beginning. Virtual death and mayhem ensue, and a match made in cyberspace just might be made on earth as well... With thanks to Pat Bertram, author of More Deaths than One, published by Second Wind Publishing. More...

655	STAY By CandiWall Complete HE’S HER REASON TO STAY Abby Burke has moved from one new place to another for as long as she can remember. Haunted by an unstable mother, she refuses to build lasting connections. Fear of genetic reasoning – of becoming her mother – makes it easy to remain emotionally detached. She’d never subject someone she loved to the horrors of her mother’s illness, even if Bracken Elliot, his son, and love - present the ultimate temptation to stay. SHE’S HIS REASON TO LIVE AGAIN Captain Bracken Elliot knows how fragile life can be. Ever since the deaths of his wife and youngest son, he’s played by the rules. But his careful existence is turned upside down when his sixteen year old, deaf son is kicked out of school and the newest member of his Fire & Rescue team is an ex-coast guard diver, whose one passion seems to be ignoring any order she receives. But Abby’s smile and lust for life bring a light back into his son’s eyes, even as she touches a place in Brack’s heart that he’d thought long dead. Does he dare to take the biggest risk of all - falling in love again? More...

112	Wishes, Weddings & PMS By Tracey Fischer In Progress Three girls, Lacey-a designer, Gloria-a Grace Kelly knock off and Sarah-a southern belle, decide to change their lives one night before college graduation. Sarah after being dumped yet again, by her long time love decides to visit a spell shop to force all her wishes to come true. Sucking her two best friends they each make a wish on Halloween night that ten years later starts to come true. But once you have everything you wish for, is it really what you wanted? More...

131	Ladies Who Lunch By Tracey Fischer In Progress Skylark Lockley is in her early thirties wants desperately to have her romance novels published and works for a crazy grocery store owner who can never remember to zip his pants or how to turn on the computer. Skylark has a set of girlfriends with whom she shares her hopes, dreams, and alcohol once a week at lunch. They include Athena a fashion correspondent that still lives at home with her parents. Lucy a hip forty something mother of five who has finally hit the mother load when her son is picked up by the La Lakers after a stint for the Washington Redskins. Next come Bianca and Zelda her two oldest friends from her college days, a former diva and a wannabe soap actress, respectively. And finally new girl, Lady Cecilia "CeCe" Brandywine, the new Victoria's Secret model who is hiding out incognito while she tries to get over her break up of the moment with rock star Lucien. Skylark's personal life goes to crap when her boyfriend, Ben walks out of her life forever. After eating her weight in Hagan Daz and flushing his fish, she goes on a journey of self worth that takes her pole dancing, sleeping around with inappropriate men, tattoos, and the realization that romance writing may not be for her if she doesn't believe in soul mates any longer. To make matters worse publisher Nicholas Carmichael seems to pop up at the most inappropriate time. Sweeping her off her feet at Athena’s over done, three bridal planners wedding, at the Plaza, Nicholas makes his intentions known to Skylark and she realizes that maybe she has indeed found Mr. Wonderful. Or maybe not. More...

102	Aphrodite "dot" com By Tracey Fischer In Progress Much to goddess of love, Aphrodite’s dismay, her daughter with warrior Achilles wants to marry Venus’, son Samuel The deities that follow Zeus and the ones that follow Jupiter do not mingle with one another it is forbidden. Not only will a union of Samuel and Alexandria cause havoc to the world it’s pissing Aphrodite off that her daughter will not fall in line and become the goddess of love she is supposed to be. Aphrodite decides to send her wayward daughter down to earth to help Lily a to get her to forget about her rival’s son. Lily a reluctant matchmaker who truly wants to find people love but realizes that like everything else money is what makes the world go round not love. Together these two women will each find true love is indeed what really matters. More...

466	Enchantment By Faith In Progress Finding love in Transylvania can be deadly... In the dark, gothic world of nineteenth century Transylvania, passion and conviction rule all when forbidden love blossoms between a mysterious count and a Parisian beauty with a past. Simone Colville is in a snag. She’s pregnant by a scoundrel lord and is forced to work in a gambling establishment to pay her father’s debt. The last thing she wants is another courtier trying to win her attentions. Dr. Anton van Beck has other plans for Simone and offers her employment in his homeland of Transylvania. Thwarted by love and life, Simone accepts Anton’s offer. Realizing the two can help each other, they embark on a journey across France where Anton leaves his medical practice, and Simone abandons her memories of lost love and hardship to find passion and refuge in Anton's arms. The story is about 71,000 words and is complete. More...

105	Popularity By Tracey Fischer In Progress All shy, quiet sixteen year old Madison Bradly wanted was to be popular among her classmates. Well liked by her classmates and to date John Thomas the football star, who never looked at her. Or did he? Would Madison's junior year be the year she finally makes her splash at Lake Side High? More...

232	SONG FROM THE HEART By Caitlyn Young In Progress ~~We have come to the end of the broadcast day. The fat lady's belting out B-flat. Thanks for reading!~~PLAYLIST bug you? Scroll down to pause songs and turn off music~~ Something is out to get Paige Campbell . . . something not of this world. She's becoming terrified of telephones. She was happy just working for her Uncle Hans at his music store, taking classes at Dallas Music Academy, and taking gigs playing piano and singing at weddings whenever the opportunity arises. She never dreamed that getting one crank phone call could lead to a nightmare. Alan McConnell hires Paige to sing radio jingles for his advertising agency, and wonders why the woman is so jumpy. When he discovers that she's afraid to answer the phone and thinks she might be going crazy, he determines to help her--and runs headlong into the murk of a paranormal entity that's mistaken Paige for someone else but is determined to haunt her until she "undoes" the curse that the other person supposedly put on the entity. (He's a computer genius who created an AI to help him write hit jingles and analyze others' successes, but the AI has secretly been taken over by a supernatural entity and targets Paige as soon as her phone numbers go into Alan's database.) Their mutual attraction proves to be an inconvenience they can't ignore. Can the two of them break the hold that the entity gains over them without resorting to doing something evil themselves--and thereby becoming as wicked as the entity? I wanted to include links inside the story to MP3s of three of the pop songs Paige writes during the book--"Wallflower," "Ronnie's Lament," and "Demons of Indecision"--but as I understand it, the text of the novel is not supposed to have links. The published novel would include a link for getting MP3s of the songs (I'm trying to arrange for professionally recorded versions first). More...

96	Stranger Things Have Happened By Rebecca Anne In Progress Two travelers try to save the world by finding the most delicious thing on it. It's like hitchhiker's guide with a plot. But this whole story is probably going to be one big tangent. More...

193	Wicked Wise Tales By Thatcher C. Nalley In Progress What do a faceless corpse, an exploding bird, and a stapling crazy woman have in common? They are part of the Wicked Wise Tales collection, where humor meets the mind, and happily is never before, during or after. More...

526	FAE NIGHTS By Robin Wright In Progress ✩EDITOR'S CHOICE✩★Dorchester Semi-finalist★ THANK YOU! Struggling to find normalcy in her paranormal world, Eve Stryker is tossed into a centuries old battle between the Faery Seelie and Unseelie courts, where her only ally may be her assassin. I just wanted to thank all of your for taking me on such a fantastic ride through the Textnovel/Dorchester contest. It was great while it lasted, but now let's show our support for the top 10! My faves are mey fellow Divas, and you can get to know us at our blog www.textnoveldivas.com ©2009 Robin Wright. More...

195	Back Roads By Robin Wright Complete LIVING IN UPSTATE NY INSPIRED ME TO WRITE HORROR! Beth and Dale had done it a million times before. Pick a road and see where it takes you. On this beautiful summer day, they chose the wrong road. A car accident sends the two of them walking, finally coming to an old farmhouse on an otherwise deserted road. They hope to find help, but instead find Hell. More...

426	Highland Magic By Valorie Dorr In Progress Dorchester Semi-finalist Take a 21st-Century fashion magazine writer and a 17th-Century Highlander and you have a recipe for mayhem and magic, thanks to eleven elderly witches whose good intentions go awry. Magazine writer REMY PARKER will try anything to nail her story Even if the story mirrors her own life. When her Wiccan foster mother offers the assistance of her group of off-kilter friends to cast a compatibility spell, Remy puts herself in their bumbling hands. In the midst of spell casting, a costly blunder occurs. The spell backfires. Soon Remy’s life is taking a drastic turn. Unbeknownst to all, not only is the spell one to find Remy’s soul mate, but one that sends her to Scotland in the year 1696 to locate him. Swept up in a vortex, Remy believes she is dead. All she can do now is wait for her angel and hope he’ll lead her to heaven. Instead, what she gets is kilted madman on horseback who proceeds to run her down. Driven by revenge for the murder of his wife and unborn child, 17th-Century Scottish Highlander ALEXANDER MACDONALD has vowed to make his lands safe for his remaining three children. In the midst of one of his many forays, Alex runs down an oddly clothed woman. Her unconscious state compels him to aid her. Although he knows, he should not care More...

149	Easy Does It By Angelique In Progress Have you ever wondered what could drive someone to Suicide? What are those final days like? For Easy, life has been everything but easy. So when her erratic behavior causes her to lose everything she loves, she sees only one way out. This is her story. More...

161	When Jenny Gets Her Heart Broken By Angelique In Progress What would you do if your love life just got plastered on the cover of the local newspaper? For Annie Williams, it's even worse than that! Annie's best friend, Kandi, has submitted a letter about Annie's nonexistent love life to the advice column of the newspaper. There is just one little problem, that's Annie's advice column. Now, Annie is being forced by her handsome editor to reply to this "anonymous letter." More...

105	Chalk Ghost, a Whitehorse Ghost Story By Catherine Mambretti In Progress CO-WINNER OF 2009 GRAND PRIZE In CHALK GHOST the tormented soul of a young Hmong immigrant returns to the apartment in an old, Victorian two-flat where she died. From the other side, at first the spirit is unable to fully recall the events that led to her death. Bit by bit as she haunts the house, she unearths the horrible details. The Chalk Ghost haunts the building's electronic systems, including the landlord's wireless rnetwork. She haunts the phone lines to listen in on his calls. She invades the dreams of the new tenant, 19-year-old Lily-Rose Whitehorse, a deaf single mom. Whitehorse may not be able to hear the Chalk Ghost's eerie moans, but she has second sight and realizes the apartment is haunted. When she begins to fear the Chalk Ghost will harm her toddler son, she does everything she can to exorcise the spirit: but the Chalk Ghost can't leave the place where she died until Whitehorse discovers where her body is buried. Thank you, everyone who supported CHALK GHOST this year. I'm incredibly grateful to all of you, and especially to all the folks at TextNovel for this award. I'll be enhancing and revising the story here in the coming weeks. I hope you will all check in on my progress and give me your wise advice about the direction the story takes now. Thank you! Thank you! More...

441	PRIMITIVE NIGHTS By CandiWall Complete Two different worlds... One distinct love... Myla Jordan’s mission is to protect an endangered South American tribe…until she’s captured by the very people she’s trying to help. Dragged before the tribal leader, she’s shocked by his green eyes and light colored skin - and the immediate reaction of her body to his touch. Where had this man come from? Raised in the heart of the Peruvian jungle, Damon Hanson is wild, strong, and educated in the ways of the world thanks to his captive English mother. But knowledge won’t save his tribe from the increasing threat of ever-encroaching industrialism. He must protect his people, violently if necessary, or die for his effort. And when Myla stands with him, he must protect the woman he has come to love against a common enemy that will seek to destroy them all. More...

71	The Mirror By Jenna Meadows In Progress Claudia McMullen has recently been very unlucky, In love, life and career. Her business is going bankrupt, her apartment was just robbed and she walked in on her fiance in bed with her best friend. Things were looking very grim for Claudia until she discovers the mirror and is transported to a world unlike anything she knows.Stranded with a stranger from her worlds past who ignites a fire in her she never knew anyone could, The very unlikely dou are about to embark on the adventure of anyone's lifetime. More...

73	A Regency Adventure By Althea Hayden In Progress * On ice during NaNoWriMo - new chapters up in December! * Anthony, Viscount Hawkesbrough, is a man caught between two women - one a beautiful, accomplished heiress from his own world, and the other a penniless woman with little attainments. Kate has always dreamed of marrying her childhood hero. But when the chance is offered to her, she finds that reality is far from perfect. The tale is set during the time of the Napoleonic Wars, and is complicated by pushy society ladies, a bossy older sister, manipulative mothers, and espionage. 'A Regency Adventure' is a working title. Cover image © iStockphoto.com/lambada Novel copyright © 2009 Althea Hayden, all rights reserved More...

82	IN THE PUNDIT'S CORNER By Caitlyn Young Complete Click ThumbsUp ~Custom cover rocket by cousin's kid!~ Kay Underwood Fisher knows she has a guardian angel. She hasn't seen her angel, but she definitely has one. Otherwise, the truck that almost ran her down in the parking lot of her employer, Dallas Cable News, would've taken her out. As it was, she sprained her ankle. Whit Bradley works for USA Homeland Security. He's been posted to DCN because signals are being sent to a proto-terrorist group scattered throughout the USA via the five-minute Pundit's Corner segments shown every Wednesday and Friday on the Rusty LaBarbera cable program that Kay helps to write and produce. It doesn't make sense, because LaBarbera is purportedly a conservative who doesn't hold with that kind of ideology (at least not publicly), but the movements of the troops and the awakening of sleeper cells all track against the theory, each happening after a particular broadcast. It's definitely related to what the Pundit says in these segments. Also, an employee working in Rusty's studio has just been killed in a suspicious auto wreck. Homeland Security believes there's a connection. Whit must crack the code fast; if his cover is blown, the opportunity to know the group's next movements will be lost, and the signals will change. But what are the signals? Kay's no fool. She determines to blow his cover because she thinks he is a fraud; he tries ever-more-outlandish cover stories, but eventually confides in her that he's with the Government and that she must keep quiet for patriotism's sake. Because her bosses back him up, she has to to believe him. The chemistry between Whit and Kay is obvious. Soon they are working together. But the mole in the group realizes how close they're getting, and now they're in jeopardy. Can Kay's guardian angel rescue them (if there really is one--and it's not just a tradition in her family)? Or can they save themselves and stop the terror group? Click on the thumbs-up icon at the top of this page to vote (meaning you liked the story). Clicking on the cell phone icon will subscribe you, and you'll be notified when chapters are posted (or you can have the text delivered to either your phone or your inbox.) More...

62	The Witch Awakening By Red Firefly In Progress The odor of burning flesh and the screams of those condemned to the flames disturb the dreams of young Safire of Long Marsh. Safire struggles to keep her psychic abilities secret, lest she be burned at the stake as a witch in her native land Cormalen. Forced to keep her talents hidden instead of learning how to use them, Safire is ill-prepared to face the evil that awaits her. More...

33	OH DEAR WHAT CAN ARMADA BE By Storyheart In Progress This is a idea I had for a story.. In this case ARMADA is linked the the Spanish Armada, as well as being a pun, (the story has lots of puns) on "Oh dear what can the matter be" I'll just see how the story develops More...

609	DEATH'S ANGEL By Christiana Cameron In Progress NEW CHAPTER ADDED DEC. 10, 2009! DEATH HAS A NAME; IT'S DEVLIN O'NEAL. Private care nurse, Vivienne Dupre has made it her life’s mission to keep Death from her patients for as long as possible. During her latest her assignment, she meets and begins to fall for the grandson of one of her clients, Justin Ardmore. Unfortunately, their attraction must wait when a car accident introduces Vivienne to Death himself. Death has been watching Vivienne for a while. Not with the idea of taking her soul to the other side. But with the idea of changing her mind about him…in more ways than one. Taking human form, Death and Vivienne begin a journey…but where will this path lead? And does mortal, Justin Ardmore stand a snowballs chance in hell when Death is determined to steal his fated love’s heart? More...

71	UNBROKEN By Caitlyn Young In Progress Click ThumbsUp NO BOOK TRAILER, VIDEOS, OR GRAPHICS--just compelling text! Horses! Ghosts! Help an unknown nobody place in the Dorchester contest: If you like this, please give it a "thumbs up"! Unbroken--a horse story for grown-up girls, complete with tortured romance and a GHOST STORY--or at least paranormal events. Janie McGaha is close to the breaking point. The Persimmon Ridge Ranch, which she manages for her temporarily-incapacitated father, is barely above water financially. She’s constantly bailing her younger sister Kevaline (Kevvie) out of serious trouble; she’s also dealing with her uncle, who would like nothing better than to take that ranch away (but who has her father's complete trust and also his power of attorney.) It doesn’t help that she’s been "seeing ghosts" (which she dismisses as the result of stress) and having strange visions; odd thoughts of shiny knives, slinky ropes, and polished guns run through her mind, and she often dreams about death and suicide--but all she wants is to be happy again. Ranch hand Sherman Edwards wants to help Janie, but doesn't know quite how--until he discovers Kevaline's awful secret. When Sherman and Janie put their heads (and hearts) together, things get worse--and of course there can't be a ghost messing things up, as there are no such things--are there? Can they save the ranch, extricate Kevvie from her troubles, and admit to their growing romantic attraction without being defeated by the ghost--or whatever it is that's trying to make trouble--and ending up with nothing? More...

179	Immortal Love By Robin Wright In Progress Cursed. Desolate and unforgiving, Justin lived in his own darkness, satisfied to let the world rot away around him. Satisfied to be living death. Until he meets the genealogist who is determined to break through all of the secrets he has kept guard over. His satisfaction no longer is defined by not letting her in, but by being in her. Lily is drawn to the old house. History was her passion, and the seventeenth century manor house was brimming with it. Searching for answers was her job, and the handsome, gloomy owner of the estate had the answers she needed. Mixing her business with pleasure isn‘t how she usually works, but Justin stokes a need in her that neither of them can deny. Finding comfort in misery, Justin tries to keep her out of his life, because if she makes it in, it will be the death of him. More...

524	How To Lose A Demon in 10 Days By Saranna DeWylde Complete GOT DEMON? Grace does. She’s got more demon than she can saddle. In fact, she’s got a sinfully sexy Crown Prince of Hell named Caspian. She’s also got ten days to get rid of him or Bad Things shall ensue. See, her Russian mobster ex-boyfriend didn’t take kindly to her smutty Mephistophelean contract. It's not that she's conspiring with fiends; that was his idea. It’s that she’s conspiring against him with outrageous devilry that runs the gamut from embarrassing to a dead hooker turned dominatrix demon gunning for his soul. One should never trust demons, let alone shag them. They don’t have hearts. Yet Grace is buying hers some slightly tarnished armor and hoping that once he’s been shoveled into it, kicking and screaming, he’ll find it’s just his size. This wicked witch needs a white knight—or at least a Prince of Darkness for a Happily Ever After. Copyright 2009 @Saranna DeWylde More...

116	Once Loved by a Highlander By Amie Andrews In Progress Emme Darling is a Smart modern girl who must have her chocolate! In Once Loved, Chocolate turns out to be an Out-of-Time Highlander who's good enough to eat. A Happily Ever After is guaranteed with fun-loving Fairies in the mix who possess a mystical Atlantean Fae connection... More...

192	Ryelee's Cowboy By kathleen ball In Progress Ryelee is pregnant,poor and alone.Sexy Cowboy Clint needs a nanny. Together they create fireworks. Will lies and betrayal tear them apart? More...

415	The Ancestors of God - New opening - January 21, 2010 By Wayne Thornton In Progress Planet H evolved and then almost destroyed itself. What would happen next? - It was a time before ... More...

387	Vietnam -- declassified (Chapters added November 15) By Wayne Thornton In Progress "Today is the last day of the rest of your life." That is what was written on the signs at the three entrances to the jungles of Vietnam. More...

161	Southern Comfort By Saranna DeWylde Complete An experiment with language as its own character. A young bride ponders her choices and discovers that she is no righteous woman. More...

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266	Childhood joys By Wayne Thornton In Progress Do you collect things? What have you learned from them? Do you collect ideas? What are your recollections? More...

252	Fear not to fail By Wayne Thornton In Progress Good morning all ye who have learned from your mistakes. Good morning Walt Whitman and the white geese at Crystal Lake. More...

254	To never work alone By Wayne Thornton In Progress Let us celebrate our mistakes, and their creation of our needs. Let us waste not and want not what we already have. More...

252	No matter what By Wayne Thornton In Progress Live, prosper, and grasp at straws. Struggle, sweat, and accumulate your worth. But just before you sleep tonight ... More...

125	The Bell Stalker By Minnette Meador In Progress Bell Stark was tired of living in terror... She had done everything she could to protect herself, but it didn't help; the maniac who attacked her a year ago was still out there...watching her. When Belle discovers her lover's bloody corpse draped over the furniture, she finds herself suspected of murder and in the hands of a ghost from the past; a man she hoped she'd never see again. Having spent the last ten years erasing Detective Brian Cranston from her life (and heart) she has no intention of letting him back in. Brian Cranston had been a Portland cop for almost twenty years...hard years that not only took his love, but his dreams as well. When he woke up one morning forty and alone, he swore he'd never investigate another murder and walked away from Homicide without looking back. But this new case is different; Belle Stark is the prime suspect. His Belle Stark. He simply can't resist. Together, they uncover a mystery that reaches much deeper than the ravings of a lunatic. Unaware of their danger, they dive headlong into an investigation that leads them into a magical underworld that neither of them knew existed and a love that is poised under the knife of a madman. More...

243	How to write your own Jokes By Wayne Thornton In Progress You may learn to write your own jokes by studying the formats and examples in this book. Well, what next? More...

249	How to mend a broken heart By Wayne Thornton In Progress Spirituality (both religious and non-religious) can be defined as a personality. A robot has no personality. More...

257	Master Qualm and Grasshopper By Wayne Thornton In Progress Why do dung beetles exist? If one would rather they didn't, what is next, who is next, where would it end? More...

82	Wrapped Around Her Finger By Jody Whitaker In Progress Jamie Sullivan is the whitest black guy you'll ever know. The only black in his life, is the color of his skin, and the women he dates. That is until the fateful day when he discovers his ancestry is not actually 100% pure Nubian. He find's out that his third Great Grandmother was half Cherokee and Half Caucasian. This event starts him on the road of self discovery. He begins noticing women of other races and explores expanding his dating options. After he crosses his self imposed racial barrier, he begins dating Amanda, his bosses assistant. Jamie finds that Amanda knows more about black culture then he does and proceeds to show him a thing or two. Things are running smoothly between the two, that is until Amanda's ex is released from prison on a technicality. He goes looking for her and finds her in the arms of another man - Jamie. See what happens when cultures collide, minds are opened, bridges are crossed and burned to the ground. More...

102	1 Flat 2 Bedrooms and 1 Bathroom By Jody Whitaker In Progress Melanie is a snarky, cynical twenty something movie extra. Chase, her live-in boyfriend, is a ghost writer for Ask Maggie, a local relationship advice column. They both consider themselves to be 'GGG', Good Giving and Game for whatever sexual whims that trips the other's fancy. Tate, their lazy partial rent paying roommate, is just that: the typical slacker roommate. He jumps from odd job to odd job as well as from girlfriend to girlfriend, whether married, unmarried or otherwise attached. They all share a two bedroom flat with only one restroom on the East-Side of Metro City. Tensions have been building for months as Melanie finds herself burdened with the task of picking up after Tate's messes daily, let alone covering the rent he refuses to pay. She is angered at his lack of personal responsibility and his unpolished sexual tactics of bringing home young women for late night coitus without regard for the others inhabiting the apartment. The dilemma of having only one toilet in the small two bedroom flat comes to the inevitable apex: Two people have to use the Loo at the same time. Unfortunately for Melanie, it is Tate who needed to use the facilities while she is already occupying the room. Tate's urgency prevails and Melanie allows him to relieve himself in a highly unconventional manner. Situations become increasingly troublesome when Chase comes home unannounced. '1 Flat 2 Bedrooms and 1 Bathroom' guides three unwitting roommates through a previously verboten barrier: The awkwardness that comes with the release of unrealized sexual tension. More...

68	The Journal of Kerstin X. - Sex Therapist By Jody Whitaker In Progress I found this journal a while back when I was looking through some books I bought at a garage sale. I thought about finding the person it belonged to but decided to TextNovel it instead. Tell me what you think! More...

133	A tea for every psychosis By Jennifer L Hart Complete This is a blog entry I wrote three years ago, shortly after we moved from Virginia to North Carolina. What's the moral of the story? More...

54	THE EVE OF TRUE FORMS By Caitlyn Young In Progress Click ThumbsUp NO TRAILER, NO VIDEO. JUST COMPELLING TEXT, TEXT, TEXT! Rhiannon hung out her Witch's License and her shingle as a demon hunter this morning, and she's already making a mess of things. Her boyfriend-to-be has no idea what she's up to, nor can he understand when she tells him. He's in for a big surprise. More...

183	The Wedding Day (a short story) By Christiana Cameron Complete A wedding is about to take place, but will the bride make it to the altar? The groom sure hopes so! Thank you for taking the time!! :) More...

129	Jackson Corners By Jennifer L Hart Complete Jackson Corners Where a mother’s dreams… A carpenter’s passions… A detective’s unsolved murder… A psychiatrist’s fears… And a stalker’s obsession collides. Advice columnist Isabella Roberts purchases a house in a remote area of the historic Hudson Valley, hoping to start a new life for herself and her young daughter. Supported by her two long time friends and colleagues, Isabella attempts to put the pieces of her shattered life back together, while raising her young daughter, Samantha. But someone is watching… Is it Noah Davis, the too good to be true man next door? Or her disturbed auto mechanic, who the Jackson Corners police department have under the spot light for a five year old unsolved murder? Small town living never looked like this. More...

136	Navy Wife: Toughest job in the Navy By Jennifer L Hart Complete First article I ever published, thanks to a small magazine in San Diego, back in 2006. And you thought you had a bad day! Special shout out to all soldiers and sailors Happy Veteran's Day! Thank you for all that you do! And to your families for all they must endure so you can do what you do! More...

128	The great white witch rides a balance ball... By Jennifer L Hart Complete This was part of a truth or fiction blog I ran a few years ago. Is truth stranger than fiction? You decide. More...

129	Caught Underwears By Jennifer L Hart Complete My grandmother passed away in September of '06. Since my mother died in 1999, I am to receive her portion of my grandmother's estate. Just like anytime you are dealing with lawyers, the situation becomes unnecessarily complex and being 700 + miles away keeps me firmily out of the loop and the post office busy. This is the story of one particular exchange, where I was sent a copy of her will and a few papers to be signed before a notary. More...

182	Her Redeeming Grace By Christiana Cameron In Progress ~Brand new chapter added October 26!!~ A handsome rake, a dashing pirate and a well meaning sea captain...who should Nora choose? And who will become her redeeming grace? More...

165	Hunter's Moon By Robin Wright In Progress Werewolf. The word is whispered through the streets that ran with blood. Death stalked the inhabitants of the provincial French town, leaving behind a trail of fear and victims. Sabrina had faced the Loup-garou, and now vowed revenge for the loss of her only loved one. Lucan suffered the curse given to him by his brother. Pledging to never succumb to the beast the moon brought out of him, he is voluntary prisoner of a group of monks who train to fight the supernatural beings. Sabrina comes to Lucan as his destroyer. She does not want to see him as a noble man who fights evil, as a human man who can tear through her wall and make her feel again. She vowed revenge, and Lucan is the key for her satisfaction. Lucan will die, but only after Sabrina destroys his brother first. More...

58	Phonies By Shannon Delany In Progress A wrong number leads to a strange new friendship between two very different teens. More...

82	My Journey By Shannon Delany In Progress Pre-orders are available for 13 TO LIFE at Amazon.com, Amazon.uk, Books-A-Million, and Chapters.Indigo!!! WOW! Thoughts, sights and experiences along my journey as a writer. Last year I won Textnovel.com's first contest and lots of doors began to open for me. My novel, 13 to Life: A Werewolf's Tale was picked up for publication by St. Martin's Press and suddenly I was pulled into a whirlwind of activity! Now, with book 1 of 13 to Life accepted and being read for blurbs and book 2 due to editor by the end of August I'm constantly on the move. So, for those of you pursuing your own journey as authors, this is simply a glimpse into mine. As I learn things, I'll pass them on to you. More...

84	13 to Life: Pietr's Perspective Opening Scene By Shannon Delany In Progress Pietr Rusakova's perspective (POV) of Jess when he first meets her in the counselor's office at Junction High School. More...

56	Story Snippets Written from Prompts By Shannon Delany In Progress I am a prompt nerd. I admit it. I think it's fascinating to play with other people's general concepts and then make them my own. Some of these story snippets you'll see are from wips, some from stuff that's pretty much dead. The prompts come from sites like Sunday Scribblings and Three Word Wednesday. What? Never heard of them? Check them out! More...

50	Story Prompts and Starters By Shannon Delany In Progress A few random words, a couple sentences, an image. At least twice a week a new story/writing prompt will be posted here for your fun. Take some time and throw together a brief reply in the chapter comments to show everyone how you used the prompt. Your words and ideas remain your own here, feel free to share! More...

52	Free Books Friday By Shannon Delany In Progress Every Friday join me here to get links to any contests I've found on my online journeys that give you the chance to win free books. Some may require you act quickly, some may have longer timelines. If you know about a contest giving away free books, let me know and I'll share the info with others. More...

183	Blown Away By Katherine Gerard In Progress *DORCHESTER PUBLISHING CONTEST ENTRY* Lately Zoey Jade has been hearing voices, which is problematic if you’re a counselor at Shady Palms Psychiatric Hospital. Occupational hazard? Perhaps. Or maybe she’s like her grandmother, who was sent away to this same institution when Zoey was little. She’d much prefer these possibilities to the actual scenario which involves a visually pleasing and verbally annoying shape shifter named Alec St. James. And a best friend who has disappeared. Alec claims Zoey has a special gift and he must protect her. Only his ego is bigger than the massive hurricane bearing down on them. And according to her paranormal paramour, this unpredictable storm is not a product of mother nature. Zoey must use her newfound powers to find her friend and restore the local balance of good vs. evil. And if she doesn’t kill Alec first, Zoey might just fall in love. Or will they all be Blown Away? More...

128	The Fetid Meat Wagon By Jennifer L Hart Complete Have you ever had a million and one things going on at once? You juggle for a while, but then something major slips and you end up with egg on your face. Or is it just me? More...

129	The Unique Stylings of The Eager Beaver By Jennifer L Hart Complete Awhile back I decided what I needed was a mascot. Eva, the Eager Beaver was the result.Unfortunately, we don't get along and I sent her on the road. What I really need is some heavy-duty therapy ;-) Warning: Comments expressed by the eager beaver are not to be taken seriously. More...

34	Alvira Pradgett, Professional Assassin By Althea Hayden In Progress Alvira Pradgett is a single, thirty-something professional, whose career just happens to involve dispatching people from life. To her it's a job, like any other. She is looking forward to a weekend away from the action. But it turns out to be not a break at all, when she is implicated in a murder investigation. Jack Quincy is in charge of investigating the murder of a well-known fashion designer. But his attraction to the chief suspect threatens to turn his career and his life upside down. The story is set in a world that's almost our own, but not quite - a world with precise rules about life and death. 'Alvira Pradgett, Professional Assassin' is a working title. Copyright © 2009 all rights reserved, Althea Hayden More...

923	MANHUNT By Lillie Spencer In Progress DORCHESTER NEXT BEST CELLER SEMIFINALIST! EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER! Michael and Nikki shared a bond created by love, loss, and hardship. Michael's life was finally taking a turn for the better while Nikki's was descending into darkness, until one fateful night changed everything. Just how much is Michael willing to give up for love? How far is he willing to run? "Have you seen this man? His name is Michael Brennan and he has been identified by Federal authorities as a person of interest in the shooting death of Sebastian Cross and the disappearance of Nicole Wright. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Michael Brennan or Nicole Wright should call the Federal Crimestoppers Alert line at 888-555-1234. Coming up next on News at 11..." More...

311	Texas Haven Editor's Choice By kathleen ball Complete Sexy Rancher Burke is divorced and bitter. His body desires Annie but he refuses to give her his heart. His evil ex plots to break them up at any price. Can love prevail through lies,betrayal and “accidents”? Can Burke give Annie the only thing she yearns for – his love? More...

154	Fever By Robin Wright In Progress A western historical romance that takes place in the late 19th century. Jessie has returned home from nursing school quite ill, but it isn't her fevered dreams that conjure up Morgan Ryland. He is as real and hard as a male can be, and he is on a mission. Morgan is fulfilling the dying request of his best friend and mentor Conrad: to find the son he never met. Morgan never bargained for Jessie, but a promise is a promise, and he was a man of his word. He isn't the only one looking for Conrad's child. Though Morgan is determined to deliver Jessie to her father's hands, someone out there is aiming to see her handed over to her father in a casket. More...

160	The Sunny Side of the Mountain By Charliann Roberts In Progress After living most of her life with abuse, then an alcoholic husband, Cassandra and her twins face the dangers of being stalked while trying to gain independence. With help from her friends, she learns to be positive, believe in herself, and turn her life around. Her life then takes a twist when a piece of her past returns. More...

150	Garden of Temptation By Samantha Grace In Progress In her second London season, jaded heiress Lana Hillary has perfected side-stepping wolves posing as gentlemen in black evening dress, until one night an overzealous suitor forces her daring escape through a second story window. Suddenly, Lana finds herself in the arms of a notorious rake, Andrew Forest, and he’s as dangerous to her heart as he is to her virtue. More...

155	Witchy Woman By Christiana Cameron In Progress NEW CHAPTER ADDED DECEMBER 10!! As a child, Stella Campbell knew that monsters were real. Unfortunately, no one believed her. Now, thirteen years after fleeing the small town of Silverton, Georgia, she's back and determined to slay the demons that haunt her. If she can do this, can she finally have peace and happiness? With the help of Zane Weathers she just might get more than she ever dreamed possible. More...

148	Wicked Enchantment By Robin Wright In Progress Anne Connor had her share of sorrow. Her philandering father's death left her and her mother alone and abandoned, struggling to survive the only way they knew how: Using herbs and folk healing. Rumors of witchcraft were rampant and it didn't take her mother's portents to see that her life had very little future left. When she saw tall, charming and wickedly handsome Lucas Westmore ride up in his shiny black coach with a retainer at his side, she was certain her end had arrived. However, she discovers that Westmore was the silent partner in her father's shipping business, and he would like to buy her end out, effectively owning the whole venture. Lucas counted on a dimwitted country girl, easily swayed by shiny coins. That was not what he met. Graceful, proud, and entirely too quick-witted, Anne runs roughshod over his plans to swindle her out of her wealth, and quickly changes his plans for the little witch. More...

98	BeWitch By Kelly Daniels In Progress Magic is in the air... Every year since her eighth birthday Emmaline Nicols has wished for the same thing and days before she turns sixteen her wish finally comes true. Her childhood best friend, James Blackwell, reappears after being kidnapped by his estranged father so many years ago. Her joy of his homecoming is short lived when his dark secret follows him to town sending supernatural complications flying at both of them from all directions. More...

51	The Valley of Salt By Rebecca Anne In Progress In a place where knowledge is lethal and freedom is precious as the wheat they are forced to grow, Agata and her sister Sara search for a way out of bondage, and find meaning along the way. More...

147	Stellar Timing By Jennifer L Hart In Progress "We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The year is 2059. An Oprah clone is president of the United States. People no longer have to eat food but can take nutritional cubes for fuel. And unbeknownst to its inhabitants, Earth is a penal colony for the rest of the cosmos. Let the games begin! More...

89	Poised For Death By Valorie Dorr In Progress Double exposure: One man two faces. Undercover FBI agent posing as a Mafia hit man gets more than he bargained for when he butts heads with a beautiful, yet interfering photographer. Over exposure: A woman on a mission. More guts than brains, the incompetent photographer goes toe to toe with the dangerously sexy man and his age old secret. Multiple exposure: Two lives forever intertwined by one man’s evil past and his lust for greed. More...

316	THE PLAN ~Editor's Choice - textnovel writing contest By Lillian Watts In Progress THE PLAN~ VIEW THE CHILLING BOOK TRAILER by Lillian Watts AKA Joan Hall Hovey After nine years in Bayshore Mental Institution, formerly called The Lunatic Asylum, Caroline Hill is finally being released. There will be no one to meet her. Her parents, who brought her here, are dead. They have found her a room in a rooming house, a job washing dishes in a restaurant. She will do fine, they said. But no one told her that women in St. Simeon are already dying at the hands of a vicious predator. One, an actress who previously lived in her building. Others. And now, as Caroline struggles to survive on the outside, she realizes someone is stalking her. But no one believes her. She's a crazy woman, after all. Then one cold winter’s night on her way home from her job, a man follows her and is about to assault her when a stranger intercedes? A stranger who hides his face. And whispers her name. More...

84	DARK REUNION A short story By Lillian Watts Complete A highschool school reunion takes a dark turn. Laurie hopes to have a wonderful time and meet up with old school friends at the reunion. What she does encounter turns out to be something quite unexpected - and terrifying. More...

86	THE DREAMER By Lillian Watts Complete A SHORT STORY Where do dreams go when they die? Carrie learns that dreams never die - they live on in those who loved the dreamer. More...

73	GOD'S SPECIAL GIFT first person story By Lillian Watts Complete The person you loved, who meant so much to you, never really dies - they live on in you ~ I have now lived more decades than the woman I write about in God's Special Gift, but I will always be the child in the story, for as long as I live. More...

75	MAY AGNES FLEMING Canada's First Best-Selling Author By Lillian Watts Complete MAY AGNES FLEMING: 1840-1880 by Joan Hall Hovey (AKA Lillian Watts) Originally published in the New Brunswick Reader I first came across the name May Agnes Fleming in the introduction of Investigating Women: Female Detectives by Canadian Writers, a Canadian Anthology edited by David Skene-Melvin, in which a short story of mine, Dark Reunion, appeared. Listed in the beginning pages were brief biographies of past and present authors. Among them was the remarkable story of Saint John, New Brunswick writer, May Agnes Fleming. More...

79	WRITING FOR THE SENSES by Joan Hall Hovey AKA Lillian Watts By Lillian Watts Complete Triggering your reader's senses - sight, sound, smell taste and touch - are the surest way to lure him or her into your story. To quote E.L. Doctorow, " Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it's raining, but the feel of being rained upon." Readers don't want you to tell them about your characters and the imaginery world you created. They want to experience that world. They want to see, feel, touch, taste, smell that world." More...

81	THE ROAD TO PUBLICATION by Joan Hall Hovey AKA Lillian Watts By Lillian Watts Complete 　 Like you, I started out as a story 'listener'. Both my parents were avid storytellers, and I needed only to hear the words, "I remember the time when..." to feel that rare and exquisite pleasure in the anticipation of a new story. More...

56	Sparks Fly By Kelly Daniels In Progress He's an Archangel sent to eliminate the threat. She's a daughter of Hell on a mission. And when they meet the sparks will fly. More...

34	A Vampire in My Farmtown-Farm Town Utopia By mcollins28 In Progress Among the scenic byways and highways nestled in a town where everything is supposed to change as the world and nature requires, so many things remained the same except for the day Kenny Smith, the self-made vampire, came into Monique LeBlanc’s Farm Town, Belle Place, Louisiana through the Facebook game Farmtown. Although they are totally opposite, Monique is a conservative Christian multiracial or Creole woman with an estranged husband, and Kenny is a Caucasian former Marine atheist who practices self-mutilation, bondage, and torture; they seem to share something in common. Will Monique drift into his world, or will he pull her into his? Which character is sane, or is there even such a thing as sanity or reality? More...