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Writing Like a Rose: with Beauty, Thorns, Addiction, Dedication & inspiration

EXCITING NEWS!! “PARNASSUS: TAYLOR’S ART AND LITERARY JOURNAL” HAS ACCEPTED THE POEM “STARS” FOR IT’S 2009 EDITION!!!

I submitted the poem earlier this year; it will now be published on Febuary 19, 2009. Many thanks to the team who selected this poem for acceptance!!

If you wish to read this poem, just scroll down. Hope you enjoy, “Stars”!!!

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I’m Jessica

Welcome to The Rose! This is my literary corner of the internet, dedicated to all things creative writing. Here is where I keep a collection of my work. This includes everything from poems to short stories to writing tips, aka my collection of AD-Libs. I hope you enjoy what I have written here and are able to relate to my work. But ultimately, I hope this site inspires you to love writing as much as I do!

Writing Like a Rose: With Beauty, Thorns, Addiction, Dedication, and Inspiration.
Please see the “About” pages for more information!!

Feedback: Criticism is welcomed!! And, feel free to leave comments if you like or dislike something.

What’s here: See the different categories for different poem formats! They include sestinas, villanelles, sonnets, etheree, semi-perfect sonnets, haiku and others.

Most recently published:  “Political violence”, an etheree, and “Rubbing my mother’s feet”, a villanelle.

Important: Due to the story’s sensitive nature, the sestina, “Coming to America”, is password protected. If you would like the password, please email me at magnoliamclean@comcast.net.

AD-Lib is here! You can view previous AD-Libs under the “AD-Libs” tab to get some great tips on your writing and find out what is going through my head as I write. You can also view old Ad-Libs by year under the “Archived Entries” tab.

Coming soon: You’ll be surprised! ;) I always try to keep this site updated, so there’s always something new here!

The fine print: Finally, please read IMPORTANT copyright information before proceeding; however, I do encourage the file sharing of my work.

Again, welcome! And, enjoy your time at “The Rose”!!

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