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    Drabbles 100 Words
    Drabbles 100 Words
    ABEhrhardt
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      Reads 4,031
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      645645
    • Parts
      Parts 62
      6262
    • Time
      Time 32m
      0 hours, 32 minutes32m
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    • Reads
      Reads 4,031
      4,0314K
    • Votes
      Votes 645
      645645
    • Parts
      Parts 62
      6262
    • Time
      Time 32m
      0 hours, 32 minutes32m
    ABEhrhardt
    Ongoing
    Ongoing, First published Nov 15, 2014
    Since drabbles are a popular form, I'm making a place to store mine. I'm changing this to op ed pieces in 100 words.
        
        Occasionally (like the first part), some fiction will leak in. But I'll quarantine it with quotes and some non-fiction words around it.
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    • drabble
    • observation
    • opinion
    • self-publishing
    • writing
    drabbleobservationopinionself-publishingwriting
    Table of contentsLast updated Jun 23, 2016
    • Opinion on a piece created for an SF competition November 15 2014
    • Doomed to fail
    • The Devil is in the details
    • The writer's worst enemy
    • Cannibalizing myself
    • Why I can't write Fantasy
    • Is blogging dying?
    • Ethics - affordable?
    • Don't assume - it makes an ass out of 'u' and 'me'
    • Backstory is boring
    • A secret just for readers
    • I've been sick - and I've forgotten everything I know
    • The energy required for deciding is worse than the task
    • It's about something else entirely
    • Success - yours and that of others
    • Blowing your own horn is allowed - gently!
    • Immunity
    • Blessings on True Fans
    • When I write 'The End,' I will mean it
    • It doesn't matter if you're wrong
    • Paperwork - and I don't mean writing fiction
    • The end is near
    • Planned absence - all is well - thanks for your patience
    • Where are the dividing lines in series fiction?
    • It doesn't matter how well you proofread
    • Plotters vs. Pantsers redux
    • Unequivocal season switch - in one day
    • How to feel lighter in your soul
    • Don't count your snow flakes until they're melted
    • Bedtime is hard - I don't wanna!
    • 'The End' success: the unbearable sweetness
    • Nothing prepares you for the terrifying switch - to publication mode
    • The hardest part of writing is the tiny description that must pull readers in
    • Comfort zones are for old ladies
    • Missing in action - learning graphic design
    • One complexity at a time, think in pictures - or words?
    • Graphics I can do now in Pixelmator
    • Graphics warning for new cover designers
    • Sometimes you have to go back to Kindergarten
    • Milestones should have fanfare
    • It's always something - more
    • Writing is a pleasure but Publishing is a business
    • What is your LAST hurdle before publication?
    • Praise for revision and editing
    • Tough decisions go to the author
    • Eighteen men stomped through my life
    • Will editing never end?
    • The writer's nightmare, sort of
    • Straightening plot lines can be learned
    • The self-publisher's last step: ad copy
    • The Proof IS the Pudding
    • Publication Shock
    • BEWARE: New authors are chum for the sharks
    • Paper still holds its power
    • Publishing - and mentioning it on Wattpad
    • Old Year Musings
    • Nothing to read except stories
    • Everything takes more time than you have
    • Marketing has no answer
    • Fear demystified - for beginning writers
    • Publishing is a bit like having a baby
    • The dreaded Author Bio

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    • Opinion on a piece created for an SF competition November 15 2014
    • Doomed to fail
    • The Devil is in the details
    • The writer's worst enemy
    • Cannibalizing myself
    • Why I can't write Fantasy
    • Is blogging dying?
    • Ethics - affordable?
    • Don't assume - it makes an ass out of 'u' and 'me'
    • Backstory is boring
    • A secret just for readers
    • I've been sick - and I've forgotten everything I know
    • The energy required for deciding is worse than the task
    • It's about something else entirely
    • Success - yours and that of others
    • Blowing your own horn is allowed - gently!
    • Immunity
    • Blessings on True Fans
    • When I write 'The End,' I will mean it
    • It doesn't matter if you're wrong
    • Paperwork - and I don't mean writing fiction
    • The end is near
    • Planned absence - all is well - thanks for your patience
    • Where are the dividing lines in series fiction?
    • It doesn't matter how well you proofread
    • Plotters vs. Pantsers redux
    • Unequivocal season switch - in one day
    • How to feel lighter in your soul
    • Don't count your snow flakes until they're melted
    • Bedtime is hard - I don't wanna!
    • 'The End' success: the unbearable sweetness
    • Nothing prepares you for the terrifying switch - to publication mode
    • The hardest part of writing is the tiny description that must pull readers in
    • Comfort zones are for old ladies
    • Missing in action - learning graphic design
    • One complexity at a time, think in pictures - or words?
    • Graphics I can do now in Pixelmator
    • Graphics warning for new cover designers
    • Sometimes you have to go back to Kindergarten
    • Milestones should have fanfare
    • It's always something - more
    • Writing is a pleasure but Publishing is a business
    • What is your LAST hurdle before publication?
    • Praise for revision and editing
    • Tough decisions go to the author
    • Eighteen men stomped through my life
    • Will editing never end?
    • The writer's nightmare, sort of
    • Straightening plot lines can be learned
    • The self-publisher's last step: ad copy
    • The Proof IS the Pudding
    • Publication Shock
    • BEWARE: New authors are chum for the sharks
    • Paper still holds its power
    • Publishing - and mentioning it on Wattpad
    • Old Year Musings
    • Nothing to read except stories
    • Everything takes more time than you have
    • Marketing has no answer
    • Fear demystified - for beginning writers
    • Publishing is a bit like having a baby
    • The dreaded Author Bio
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