October 2010
1 post
Wow, one year later I'd love to start this up...
I know I sucked and went away for ever. But I finally am ready to be back to this for good and I see very little writing and discussions like this one on Tumblr.
Anyone still around?
Constructing an October Reading List, what do you...
Last Reading List.
September 2009
1 post
burrowinthe425:
i would never settle in the middle of this country.
i need mountains or the knowledge that the ocean is at most only a 5 hour drive away
people in the center just settle. they marry their true love who happens to be there.
people on the coasts have adventures, they don’t settle, they search and search for their true love and even when they don’t find them they at least had...
August 2009
7 posts
What book makes your heart ache?
Everyone has that one book, that makes them want someone to be with, or makes them hold their lover closer. What’s yours?
What are you reading right now?
Who's your favorite author?
pepsiaudio:
mjkoh:
Last night was very much unexpectedly dreamy. In all my years of living on the shore I’ve never fallen asleep with the infinite dark sky as my ceiling and the crashing waves as my lullaby, and my wild cough aside, it was perfect. I think what added to the blissful night were the laughter and song of people I still do not yet know (fully) but have come to love from a secret...
Hey!
We want you to submit stories/poems/songs that revolve around the word obvert which means to alter; to turn. You don’t have to include the word, but it has to be a central theme.
Submit them at:
storiestold.tumblr.com/submit
or send them to:
storiestold@tumblr.com
storiestold@rocketmail.com
Have fun and get writing!
-Toxicmachine & Sunsetsandsunrises
Month of August Reading List:
SunsetsandSunrises:
La Mollie and the King of Tears by Arturo Islas
I recently read this for school, and it is a book that really makes you think. The voice that it is written in is so vivid and unique (I had an assignment to write in the style of it for class and it was amazing), and the point of view is fantastically poignant.
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David...
We're constructing an August Reading list, what's...
July 2009
15 posts
At First Sight by Haley A. (Sunsetsandsunrises)
Hello all, here is another piece, obviously inspired by the idea of love at first sight. I don’t know if I believe in it, but I was inspired by the idea and what it might feel like. This is just a quick little thing that I started a long time ago and just finished up a little and decided to post. I don’t know if I will do anything more with it. Let me know what you think, you can...
We need you!
We know you are great writers and passionate about words and books and everything of the sort. And we love this site, but we can’t do it on our own. We need you. So submit! Enter our contests! Email us and let us know any suggestions you may have. Tell us about your favorite books and authors! Help someone else out and let them know how to improve what they submit! Don’t be afraid!...
It’s like this. Anna Loren had flitted like a ghost through the first eighteen years of her life, and when she left home she skittered like a cat always afraid of those bigger than her, cautious of those who could take away from her. The city was a machine and Anna wanted to avoid the cogs lest she get caught underneath them. She did things in a measure and precise way - tied up her hair,...
PARTICIPATE!!!!
Come on guys, this site won’t work without you! We need you to send in your stuff, promote the site, anything!
Please please please, we’re begging you to send in your stuff.
Lack inspiration? That’s what the contest is for!!!
Even if you don’t have anything you’ve written, send in your favorite author and why you love him/her. Send in your favorite books and we can...
Dashboard Book by Karen B. (pepsiaudio)
So this is for the obvert contest. It was sort of based on that idea of ‘what if?’, like what if you could alter what you had done in the past. I call it Dashboard Book because that is what sort of triggered the whole mess. I hope you enjoy, and visit my tumblr here.
-Pepsiaudio
If there was one thing that Patrick could tell you, it would be “Change is bad.” Because it was true....
Summer Sweets by Hanna E. (Noonatnine)
Shining stars hanging over Drunken handlebars. With pink-eyed skies Under blue-skied goodbyes. And heart racing heights, And hard-hatted knights. Under lazy summer breezes And half-hearted ‘Please’s Next to rustling sheets, With mud-caked cleats. Yolk yellow clouds, Gray faceless crowds. Cherry vanilla ice, Marshmallow candied dice. Sweet shallow kisses, Strawberry...
Update!
Hey so I rigged it up so you guys can send your work directly to this tumblr, just send your pieces to:
storiestold@tumblr.com
or go to:
http://storiestold.tumblr.com/submit
and instead, write questions, comments, and other need-to-know things to:
storiestold@rocketmail.com
-Toxicmachine & Sunsetsandsunrises
569.
todayilived:
A month ago, I accidently left my facebook signed on which allowed my brother to sneakily go on it and add a bunch of random people as friends. I came back home that evening to find over 10 messages from my new “friends” asking who I was. I explained what had happened and told them that I’d delete them. I was going to delete them all but there was one individual who took beautiful...
Update: New Story Contest
Hey followers!
So we finally got an idea for a writing contest:
We give you an unusual, uncommon, and unused word, and you base a story off of it.
The word doesn’t have to be in your story, just as long as we can see it as a theme.
There really are no rules, just be yourself and don’t take other people’s ideas and use them as your own!
There will be three rounds. Three...
Nine by Shannon S. (Toxicmachine)
This is part of a story I started a while back. It’s my favorite part, and it just happened to be part nine of the story (but it’s only in chapter 2).
The story is about a girl named Candice, who lives outside of life, instead of in it. She doesn’t talk, she likes to watch people, to decode them and see what they’re really like on the inside. Her sister is 14-year-old Jess...
6 Degrees by Haley A. (Sunsetsandsunrises)
For this I was inspired by the whole 6 Degrees of Seperation idea, and kind of the way that one event can trigger changes in seemingly unrelated ways. This is just a draft, I have a lot of work to do on it. You can send me feedback at storiestold@rocketmail.com, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading.
On February 5, Ned Gainsworth died. He was 55 years old. Ned died of a heart...
Hey new followers!
Just so you know, you can go ahead and start sending in stories and poems, songs, anything that shows off your creative side through words.
Remember, send that to:
storiestold@rocketmail.com
When submitting your work, please send in your tumblr name, your real name (with or without the last initial), and anything else you might want readers to know (i.e. where to send critique and comments, how...
Stone by Shannon S. (Toxicmachine)
This is a story I wrote for a contest a few months ago. People seemed to like it, and I hope you like it too!
- Shannon
“Papa! Papa!” May cried, abandoning my hand and trotting off into our father’s arms. He knelt down to embrace her, closing his wrinkled old eyes in satisfaction. May’s mousy brown hair came loose of her simple ponytail. The hem of her dress was black...
Hey,
I just thought I’d start out by saying I have no idea what I’m doing really. I just wanted to have a place to share writing and talk about writing and books and stuff like that. So, I’m kind of making it up as I go along. There are 2 of us here, me and Toxicmachine. I made an email for this, I don’t really know why, but to contact me about this Tumblr you can send...