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Stableshoes - Chapter 1 Sample
(Prince Darian - Narrator) The game was simple: try to catch me. Pity that was too hard a task for most friends. “Young sire, don’t run...
margosloan215
Feb 2416 min read
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The Key - Chapter 1 Sample
Chapter 1 Sample of The Key, A Novel
JoMorganSloan
Feb 249 min read
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Mean Girls (2024) - How Mean Is It?
The Movie Musical - does it hit the right notes, or fall flat?
JoMorganSloan
Aug 8, 202410 min read
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What IF ... "IF" had been good?
“IF” completely missed the mark for me on the writing front. It wasn’t terribly cohesive in its storytelling, and I found the concept of...
JoMorganSloan
May 23, 20243 min read
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The Dress
One yard of satin was all that she had. Pink satin—the color of early rosebuds, and the color of a grandmother’s lost love. There were...
JoMorganSloan
Dec 2, 20234 min read
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The Little Mermaid 2023 - A Floundering Mess
Okay. SO. I'm writing this as a movie review because I want to feel like the 2.5 hours spent doing this today weren't a complete waste of...
JoMorganSloan
May 27, 20235 min read
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The Artist
May I paint you? Not just a recreation of your face But a worship on your body May I lay sweet strokes of pigment From a brush made with...
JoMorganSloan
Jun 29, 20221 min read
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A Letter I Can Never Send
Dear Mom, I heard your voice and bought the Neccos. They were wrapped in the same fragile paper they’d always been, striped in deceptive...
JoMorganSloan
Jun 12, 20223 min read
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A Roadmap to Publishing
So, today felt rough for the publishing journey, but it also gave me a solid bit of hope for Blood Blooms (now retitled Scars & Honey)....
JoMorganSloan
Mar 31, 20228 min read
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Six Realities of Growing Up with Pothead Parents
It’s 2016, a year of the future, a year of new rights and new possibilities—now in some places, a year of legal marijuana! But it wasn’t...
JoMorganSloan
Mar 19, 202211 min read
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My Plea Letter
My mother took her own life in 2016. After her death, I didn't know where to put my anger—with her, with myself, with my father, with my...
JoMorganSloan
Mar 12, 202212 min read
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The Sixth Apology
Hi, my name is...well, not Margo, or Morgan, but that's not really important for this. Sorry for the confusion. I didn't mean to start...
JoMorganSloan
Mar 12, 20225 min read
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In Too Deep
Why did he have to yank on the rifle? The sand is like sugar, melting between every crevice of my toes with the passing seconds. I feel...
JoMorganSloan
Feb 21, 202214 min read
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Ready, Aim, Fire!
Submittable is a great website for authors of all types to find places to submit their writing. Before I found this site, I didn't know...
JoMorganSloan
Sep 28, 20211 min read
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The Finished Manuscript
Two days ago I turned 33, and finished the first draft of my novel's manuscript. So many important occasions falling on the same day! But...
JoMorganSloan
Apr 9, 20212 min read
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The Importance of Storytelling
What is human history, if not a story? Each one of us has a unique story to tell. Some of us tell tales of love. Some of us speak with a...
JoMorganSloan
Mar 14, 20211 min read
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