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Death and the Detective Series – 15th Installment

July 17, 2010 By Cathy Miller Leave a Comment

I started the Death and the Detective series from the writing prompts challenges at Creative Copy Challenge. The words in bold are the writing prompts from the challenge. ====== Challenge #52 Maggie knew all too well that a lot was riding on how she would react. As much as she would love to fill her […]

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Even the Greatest Authors Are Misunderstood

July 10, 2010 By Cathy Miller Leave a Comment

From Creative Copy Challenge #55 “Don’t take that tone with me. I’m serious, this is no joke. Under no circumstance, are you going to satisfy your morbid curiosity by making a copy of that sick, perverted photograph.” “But, Mooooom, how am I ever going to be a pro writer unless I know the sordid side […]

Filed Under: Creative Writing, Short and Sweet

Death and the Detective Series – 14th Installment

June 19, 2010 By Cathy Miller Leave a Comment

I started the Death and the Detective series from the writing prompts challenges at Creative Copy Challenge. The words in bold are the writing prompts from the challenge. ====== Challenge #46 Detective Brett Connors reached for his shirt while trying to gather his control. Slipping the Chargers t-shirt over his head, he was fighting a […]

Filed Under: Creative Writing, Death and the Detective

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