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Comment by Carla on July 31, 2008 at 7:31pm

SUCCESS!

My story "The Client" has just been accepted for publication in the e-zine Clockwise Cat. Below is an introduction. Be sure to check the full story out in
September at http://clockwisecat.blogspot.com/.

Carla

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Alison Ross
Sent: Jul 31, 2008 11:50 AM
To: Carla Girtman
Subject: Re: Submission: Fiction

FUNNY!

I can use it in Issue 11, due out mid-late September.

Alison Ross/Editor, Clockwise Cat



The Client
I was on notice. With the economy sinking, stock market tanking, I was supposed to bring in five new clients or find employment elsewhere. I boarded the train and ran through my appointments. Everyone I knew was either broke or asking me for job leads. Investment counseling is not the money maker everyone thinks it is.

A large winged cockroach climbed up beside me. If it wasn't for the fact he was dressed in overalls and a tee shirt, I would have squashed him right there. It flung its tiny lunchbox next to mine.

"Hello," I said, putting aside my aversion for creepy-crawlies.
Opportunity knocked at strange doors and I needed to open this one.

"Hello," it replied in a voice louder than I had expected.

"Hard day?" Establish rapport – lesson one to creating a new client.

Comment by Carla on April 10, 2008 at 3:02am

Hi Everyone!

What is your favorite genre to write? Mine is Fantasy, Sci Fi and apparently goulish fiction (I'm still excited about being moved into the 2nd read pile for "Bits of the Dead" !). I'll going to try to catch up on some of the listed prompts later this week. I've got to catch up with some church stuff right now. Later! I look forward to reading everyone's work!

Carla

Comment by Camille on April 6, 2008 at 11:49pm

Any of you writers ever go to this link? What was your experience with it if you have written for them?

http://www.freelance-home-writers.com/1.php?x_affid=unpmkt

Comment by Mary Hicks on April 2, 2008 at 2:33pm

Nick, I love this poem. Was the hobo you, by any chance?

There is so much imagery here -- I can't stop reading it. Well done!

Comment by Nick on April 2, 2008 at 4:57am

Hope that's the way.....

Comment by Nick on April 2, 2008 at 4:56am

The Californian
They were heady tales, the Californian brought
Of idealistic dreams, and of social rot
With a gravel voice he sang and taught
Of the plague which was coming

He sang of the downfall of the church
The persecutions by John Birch
The many roads that he’d searched
And tales of distant drumming

He warned us of the mighty hoards
The dangers of the rich and bored
Then he slept upon the cold floor
When tired of all the strumming

We often wondered what made him tick
What made him choose the life he’d picked
Had California made him sick
Or was it fear of times forthcoming

He stayed with me until late in the fall
Then one frosty day he heard the call
To keep ahead of the downfall
He’d need all of his cunning

Now where he’s gone I’ll never know
That’s the way of old hobos
There’s only so much that they’ll show
Before they must go running

Slowly the invasion began
I still wonder if there was a plan
Rights and freedoms soon were banned
And the truth? Well it was done in.

Comment by Anne Westlund on March 21, 2008 at 9:35am

Nice new format. Cool!