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Confessions of a Wannabe Ghost Hunter by MarilynVix
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Melissa Turner is a new freshman at Saint Helena University. She's wanted to get to college and away from her hometown and parents. Finally, she is free. But she is looking for things to do at college besides just going to classes. No one will know her as the weird autistic kid here. She finds a flyer suggesting the local first meeting of the Paranormal Investigations Club. Why not? But when she gets there, she's surprised by what she finds. Facing her fears of interacting with people, Melissa finds herself joining a paranormal investigation group and discovering more about herself than she ever dreamed. But when a mystery starts to unfold from her ghost interactions. her new found ghost hunting family will help her find the truth to one of the biggest campus secrets. **Updates are happening every two weeks right now on Fridays. Please follow and comment. It all keeps me going.
Prince of Roses | ONC 2024 by the-reticent-seer
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[ONC '24 SHORTLISTER] When a group of assassins is onto her irritating escort, a happy-go-lucky bodyguard must ensure they survive their trip before his escort's past demons catch up to them. * * * No one expected easygoing Aspen Mendoza to be accepted into Interpol as a field agent, but she couldn't be any more excited to finally land her dream job. Her first assignment? Escort Lucas Tan, a public figure with an enigmatic past and an attitude to match, to Davao City aboard a new train system connecting every major island in the Philippines. When their five-day journey is disrupted by the poisoning of one of its passengers, it's up to Aspen and Lucas to catch the culprit before anyone else gets hurt. But little does Aspen know, Lucas is keeping a secret that threatens the lives of every passenger on the train, and she must figure it out before his past demons catch up to them. * * * | 20,000 - 25,000 words. First, rough draft. | Based on ONC 2024 prompts 28 and 60. Cover by @sardonictabby.
Dictionary of Rare and Pretty Words by DarkBegonia
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A dictionary for people who want beautiful, specific, or rare words. it's good for poetry, academic, fictitious, or non-fiction writing. Most of the words would work better in creative writing. The dictionary currently contains over 900 words with meanings. Around 90% of the words are in Oxford Dictionary and 99%-100% are in Merriam Webster dictionary.
Your Wonderful Guide to World Building by RobynTheWriter827
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This guide will hopefully help you to create the perfect world to set your story in. I'll be suggesting resources, websites, tips from Pinterest and my own advice to help you through one of the hardest parts of planning! If you have questions of a particular area of world building, please say so in the comments or send me a PM, so we can talk it through together and I can plan a chapter answering your question, dedicated to you! ▶1st Place Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction and Spiritual in Possibility Awards 2018 ▶1st Place Non-Fiction in 1st Ohana Awards 2018 ▶1st Place Non-Fiction in Neon Awards 2018 ▶1st Place Non-Fiction in Firecracker Awards 2018 ▶Runner-up General, Historical and Non-Fiction Mid-Year Awards 2018 ▶3rd Place Non-Fiction in Prism Awards 2018 Reached 1k reads on 24 December 2018 Reached 2k reads on 11 May 2019 Thank you so much to @Umeike for the fabulous cover! Thank you to @PossibilityAwards for the mood board! Completed, with minor editing to be done.
Thirteenth Unleashed (TNOS #2) by the-reticent-seer
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When an incident in Olympian High's campus garden gets the attention of resident Chosens Amelia Kingston and Zeus Olympian, they accidentally stumble upon a new Chosen who triggers a new clue on the Greek papyrus that tosses them to the cradle of the old Ottoman Empire. But their newest mission is not as easy as it seems, for the Chosens cross paths with another enemy Rhea had warned them about. However, the sinister syndicate has plans other than collecting all the Olympian Artifacts to revive Gaia. They want to seek revenge on Hera's Chosen, and they will stop at nothing until she suffers a fate far worse than death itself. --- Book 2 of The New Olympians Saga. Sequel to Rise of the New Olympians, an award-winning, 15-time Wattpad-featured book. Cover and banner by @DaneAndKnight.
DICTIONARY FOR WRITERS. by -celestials
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in which i share beautiful and unique words to include in your stories.
Worldbuilder Tips and Guides by Unspoken_Uprising
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This is a guide written by me to share with you templates, tips, and other information I have collected over the years about world-building. Here, you will learn how to create civilizations, characters, places, objects and more for your story. Some might just find this enjoyable to read, but to my fellow fantasy and fiction writers out there, this will be the most helpful to you. More about what is to come in the introduction chapter. Take a look!