Anthony Rapino

14 days to Halloween!

Around this time of year, I become obsessed with sucking every precious second out of the season. I break out all of my horror movies, including my favorite Halloween specials, such as Garfield’s Halloween, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, and The Simpsons Tree House of Horrors episodes. I prepare as many seasonal treats as

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The 12 Days of Halloween

I was going to write my own version of the popular Christmas song. I was even going to give each part on the subsequent day. But I first searched “12 Days of Halloween” on the net, and guess what? It’s been done. So, instead, I’m going to rip off everyone else’s versions! Version One Version

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October Rejections

http://www.floggingthequill.com/flogging_the_quill/ It’s always nice when, by some stroke of luck, numerous editors decide to send you rejections on the same day. I’m not saying that there’s a vast publisher conspiracy to barrage unsuspecting writers with a storm of rejection slips within hours of each other in the hopes of discouraging said writers from ever again

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Writing Strengths Meme

I am pleased to announce that in this very post, I will participate in my first Meme. Absolute Vanilla & Atyllah (Or AbV, as I’ve taken to calling her) was nice enough to tag me. Now, according to her blog, I’m to consider the following: Make a list of five strengths that you possess as

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The Transformation

My first acceptance to Every Day Fiction has been published. It’s a very short (100 word) flash piece, and it is categorized as humor. It’s free to view, here: The Transformation Leave a comment on the site if you like. Enjoy!

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Edit Red

I was just informed that I have won the writer’s choice award, for the month of September, on the Edit Red site. The story that won is called “Drugged: A Character Study in Six Parts.” Edit Red is a critique site where you can create a profile and upload work for other writers to critique.

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The Weekend Grind and Tea

When Friday rolls around, I say to myself, “I know i can get some real work done.” And usually this is true. Usually I wake up early on Saturday, go to the farmer’s market, have some breakfast, and get to work. Okay, so today wasn’t exactly ideal. When my alarm went off, I might have

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Q and A

Steve, from Blog From the Darkside asked an interesting question on my comments page, and I thought it deserved it’s own post. Steve asked the following: “I see that the novel’s word count is still rising. It doesn’t look like it will be to much longer before you have reached your target of 50,000 words.

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