Esquire article about NIU shooter

Have you all read this article?  It raises some good questions about the limits of nonfiction.  The author certainly tests them, as he at times writes from the perspective of the shooter.  As far as I know, the shooter left no record of his actual thoughts right before the event, but the author claims to know them and [...]

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busy…

Sorry I haven’t posted anything in a while or commented on anyone’s work. Things have been pretty busy lately. Once I get caught up in my summer classes, I’ll have more time to write and read what everyone has written.

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reminder about the forum

Hi everyone. Just a reminder that I set up the Writers Forum for us…if you want to that is. I think you have all signed up. Here is the address again if you need it. If you would rather stick to the blog form instead, it’s cool with me, but I think that a web [...]

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detective poem

sorry it took so long – I actually abandoned what I was writing in favor of this, since the previous effort was seriously going nowhere. I tried to incorporate the elements that make det. fiction work for me into a poem (unreality, sense of forboding, etc.) but don’t know how well it works. Let me [...]

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detective story

This is a work in progress, though I’m really not sure where I’m going with it. As a basic idea, I thought it was kind of funny, but I’m not sure how well that translated into something concrete. 
 
 
The Case of the Crimson Herring
by Zach Sands
The splintered light of morning made an impressive entrance into the [...]

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detective story

This was a tough assignment.  Thanks for the challenge, Zach.  I wanted to write a fictional story, but I just wasn’t up to it, so I wrote this instead.  I’ll be in Vegas for the next week and won’t be posting.  I’ll check in next weekend, either on this site or the new one.  Can’t [...]

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detective story

hey guys,
first of all, it probably goes without saying, but i’m a new contributer to this blog.  it seems like a pretty cool thing you’ve all got going, so i’ll contribute to it as much as i can.
here’s a silly little story i threw together as a way of introduction…
 

The Bloody Tile
By Joel Hattis
 
I hope [...]

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Writer’s forum.

Hi everyone. I set up a web forum with a bulletin board kind of thing. If you want to change to that kind of a format, I think it might be a little better. Just go to here
http://www.elegantmistake.com/forum/
and register. then I’ll set up a conference for each writer who registers.
matt

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a format change idea

Hey I was thinking, would you guys be interested in doing this in a bulletin board forum instead of a blog? I think it might facilitate more commentary and threaded dialogues etc. I would be willing to pay for the hosting if you peopple think you’re game for it.

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Father’s Day

Here is the most recent essay I have been working on. It’s still kind of a draft. I hope you like it.
Father’s Day Draft II
        Shortly after recieving my economic stimulus check, I found myself going to the mall with my oldest brother. However, we were not going to just any old mall, with a bunch [...]

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