Hello...,
I've been writing for most of my life...not necessarily well, but trying. Broadcasting and radio journalism was the way I made my living...that and teaching. Prior to that I was a radio correspondent in the USMC....diddled at the piano and tried to be a good observer and participator. I hope to contribute a little here...both in show and tell. Please feel free to exchange ideas.
Looking forward. By the way...should anyone be interested I've got a web page.... It can be accessed by:
www.gaazerier.com (I hope!)
Gary Alexander
I've been writing for most of my life...not necessarily well, but trying. Broadcasting and radio journalism was the way I made my living...that and teaching. Prior to that I was a radio correspondent in the USMC....diddled at the piano and tried to be a good observer and participator. I hope to contribute a little here...both in show and tell. Please feel free to exchange ideas.
Looking forward. By the way...should anyone be interested I've got a web page.... It can be accessed by:
www.gaazerier.com (I hope!)
Gary Alexander
- Last seen 11 hours ago. Member since January 19, 2007.
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, and quote is Disappointed in many. - I am a man from New York (United States)
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(23)- I am in the groups Story Write Oscars
- I have 1,072 comments, 6 columns
Stories I'm focused on
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A boy and his father reach for their dreams. Oftimes reality renders even the smallest of them unreachable and reveals the different faces1200 words, 22 comments, July 26. In Fiction
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The young man proudly opened his closet. In it, prominently displayed, was a military uniform on which his collection hung. Tugging lightly200 words, 21 comments, July 3
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Far along the avenue where the horizon cuts the clear sky from the dusty neon and the peopled, traffiked street, shimmers a blue and distin
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It was forbidden...colorful...nearly inaccessible. But finally attained. Perhaps a little late...and not quite the same...!2900 words, 14 comments, June 11. In Fiction
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Reading this...with a dictionary...should increase your vocabulary...by at least two dozen words!
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Times change. Some are morphed into memories. Memories are connected. Eventually, all is memory.900 words, 28 comments, May 9. In Fiction
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF WRITING1 / 1) Thou shalt not employ cliches, hackneyed, trite, banal words and phrases.2 / 2) Thou shalt avoid ex200 words, 24 comments, April 17. In Instruction; humor
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What meets one's eye is ugly these days. The contemporary world is on a rather off-putting kick. The cars certainly are not what they used
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Hi boys and girls. I see some of you have gone...for good! Others tell me the dog ate their homework! But some of you...have shown up! YOU500 words, 15 comments, March 26
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Back for an additional dose of punishment, kiddies? Well there's plenty to go around. If you've just tripped upon this continuing chapter o500 words, 16 comments, March 26. In Instructional
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Ok, gang! A few of you have evinced and conveyed sufficient interest in the Woids or WORDS column to move me in the direction of yet anothe500 words, 17 comments, March 25. In Instructional
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Do you know what you are writing? Do others understand you correctly?300 words, 17 comments, March 22. In , Instruction
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It used to be "Goodbye cruel world!" Now, a little more information is needed!
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MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL /A tale to REFLECT upon...A little..."LIGHT" reading...if you find...The TIME! Have fun!
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THE RETURN...How inextricably is time connected to place? Are we tethered in a loop...only hamstrung by that insidious venue? What? Read on3000 words, 25 comments, January 24. In Science fiction
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Better laugh while you still can...no one gets out of this alive! Author checks out eternity!1300 words, 19 comments, November 26, 2007. In Humor
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This is a recollection, couching some thoughts about dealing with, focusing on, a life perspective.
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He was aging, deteriorating, lots more rapidly than was his hoard of money. And as the days passed, the question of what to do with his ama
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A Little Unfinished Monkey Business / by GARY ALEXANDER
The real story on what Monkeying around could lead to!1400 words, 45 comments, September 15, 2007. In Science fiction
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A trip back in time some fifty odd years...calculated to appeal to all your senses. A memorable journey back.1500 words, 24 comments, August 25, 2007
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A young magician recalls an old vanished magician...and the magic he left behind.
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For as long as I can recall, Richard Feare sat in section three. Since the first grade,in P.S. 173, classrooms were typically divided into
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The Scooter is a tale about a child and his boundless imagination. It is a story about yesterday....and today, and what we have lost in get1400 words, 43 comments, July 17, 2007. In Fiction
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THE LAST STAND / On the corner of 178th Street and Fort Washington Avenue, diagonally across the street from the old YMWHA, on whose site i3100 words, 39 comments, July 9, 2007. In Science fiction. Reward
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BEN BORDEN / In the old days, when the house was young, her tenants were young, and come to think of it, the neighborhood was young. Change1200 words, 55 comments, June 12, 2007. In Fiction
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ZEPPELIN MAN / For some time lately I have been taken with the notion of blimps. Zeppelins, dirigibles, blimps. I watch for them, note thei
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LUCKY / I suppose the word best used to describe her then would be “lanky.” It was a word I recall hearing more often then than now. Now, y1900 words, 53 comments, June 7, 2007
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PINEAPPLE GROVE This is a little different. It has been characterized as a GHOST STORY...and...it is!1800 words, 66 comments, June 7, 2007
My Stories
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A young man finds himself on the threshold of a bold adventure...and comes face to face with...himself!
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Are you guilty of using cliche after cliche? Do you know WHAT a cliche is? Read this...find out! - Column: COMMANDMENTS OF WRITING at storywrite
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF WRITING1
1) Thou shalt not employ cliches, hackneyed, trite, banal words and phrases.2
2) Thou shalt avoid excess, and extraneous, superfluous redundancies.3
3) Thou shalt employ one point of view p - Column: MORE MONSTERS & OFFENSIVE OGRES at storywrite
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callthexylophone on August 6"Thou shalt employ one point of view"
Ohhhhhhh.......... come on........ ^_^
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callthexylophone : and ode to Gary A on August 3ALEXANDER!
HE'S our HERO!
Gonna take FAUX PAS
Down to ZERO!
............ta da?
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slashinguk : A great writer on July 3Gary, you are both talented and skilled at writing. Your innate ability combines with your diligence and knowledge to form beautiful prose that holds the reader's interest both in form and content. Great writing. I appreciate our discussions on all matters writing-related.
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Twilight-Lover : thanks for your entry on May 28Your story was amazing and it was a tough contest. I'll be hosting another soon and I hope you'll enter.
