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The Iron Writer Summer Open

Posted on 2013/07/03 by ecgarrison

See this sunny image? It’s the prize I have my eyes on. Preciousssss… A few months back, I won the weekly Iron Writer Challenge with my story, Killer Cure. Because of that, I’ve been invited back for the Summer Open, … Continue reading →

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The Beginning!

Posted on 2013/04/30 by ecgarrison

Writing the beginning of a story makes me more anxious than any other part. For one thing, it’s my only chance to grab the reader’s attention. Many slush readers decide on the first page whether they’ll pass on a story.  … Continue reading →

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Road Ghosts – Four ’til Late

Posted on 2013/03/27 by ecgarrison

I’d like to introduce you to my first novel, Four ’til Late. It was written in 2007, in honor of my uncle Chuck, who died the month before I started it. He was a writer who kept all his writing … Continue reading →

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I am the Iron Writer! Boo-yah!

Posted on 2013/03/21 by ecgarrison

Two weeks ago, I was given the ingredients: A failed superhero, A Chechem Chaka Tree. A piano A boat propeller I had 4 days to write a flash story of exactly 500 words.  I was up against 3 other writers.  … Continue reading →

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My Iron Writer story is posted!

Posted on 2013/03/14 by ecgarrison

As you may recall, I entered the Iron Writer Challenge… 500 words (exactly), four prompts, in three days. The result was my story, “Killer Cure”, which is going up against two other writers’ stories here: http://theironwriter.com/the-stories/challenge-3/ Please go read the … Continue reading →

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InShoStoWriWe Day 2

Posted on 2013/02/18 by ecgarrison

Okay, InShoStoWriWe* Day 2. Yesterday, I walked into the Kickoff Party with zero ideas, other than maybe using some of my novel characters for the story. After talking with Johnna Murphy, David Love, and Bethany K. Alexoff, I had a … Continue reading →

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Indiana Short Story Writing Week is coming!

Posted on 2013/02/03 by ecgarrison

InShoStoWriWe for short, the second annual Indiana Short Story Writing Week is February 17th – 24th this year!  A sort of counterpoint to the National Novel Writing Month goal of writing a novel in 30 days, this challenges writers in … Continue reading →

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Hydra Games is talking me up!

Posted on 2012/10/19 by ecgarrison

Hydra Games is talking me up! It’s so nice to be a part of Hydra Games.  They’ve been doing posts about me all week.  I’d better get to work on that first module for them!

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An Indiana Ghost Story Within a Story

Posted on 2012/10/04 by ecgarrison

As the Haunted Hoosier Blog Hop draws near its end, I want to relate something personal. I wrote a lot when I was young, but gradually gave it up when my college education and career took me to more technical … Continue reading →

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Rails for Mean Spirit and some tech

Posted on 2012/06/05 by ecgarrison

So, first of all, I had a creative breakthrough yesterday! I’d been stuck on how Mean Spirit would play out, but on Sunday, I started brainstorming, putting chapter/scene ideas down on index cards.  When I was done, I sorted them … Continue reading →

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