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 Welcome to the Noticing Newbies Newsletter! Our goal is to showcase some of our newest Writing.Com Authors and their items. From poetry and stories to creative polls and interactives, we'll bring you a wide variety of items to enjoy. We will also feature "how to" advice and items that will help to jump start the creation process on Writing.com.
 We hope all members of the site will take the time to read, rate, review and welcome our new authors. By introducing ourselves, reviewing items and reaching out, we will not only make them feel at home within our community, we just might make new friends!
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New Beginnings
Many of us need inspiration in order to begin something new, or continue to work on whatever-it-is we are stuck on for the time being. Our New Year's resolutions have always been a favorite way to start all over on things we neglected, to set goals, and focus now that the holidays are behind us. But to me, Spring is my favorite time of year to turn over a new leaf.  In many parts of the US, the temperature is slowly climbing, the buds are promising new life, and the smell of damp earth triggers a need to start afresh. We are ready for color, scents, thunderstorms, and sunshine. My inspiration swells like the creeks and rivers after all the snow has melted and puddles replace slush. Ah... the birth of Spring. A beginning like no other.
As with writing, no two Springs begin exactly the same. Though we have little control on what the weather brings us, we do have a say on how our stories/articles begin. Here are just a few articles I found while browsing for beginnings:
 http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/greenway1.shtml
http://www.sffworld.com/authors/m/meikle_william/articles/storybeginnings.html
And here are a few items written by our members to perhaps give you some inspiration to begin something new:
 "99 Words A 2-Weekly Challenge"
"2008 Short Fiction Competition"
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Happy Spring!!!
Keep on Writing!
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Excerpt: The sudden noise made him jump and look around again to find the owner of the shriek. There she was, an impressive owner of an impressive shriek, around six foot tall, looking down at him with an expression of horror. He stepped back away from the car and the large woman on the other side of it. She continued to look down in horror and he realised that it was not himself she was shrieking at in such an impressive manner, it was his car.
Excerpt: “I can’t do it anymore Frank, I just can’t. It’s too much now, just too much. I’m telling Stevens the deal is off, n-no more shows. I just wanna get out, you hear me, just wanna leave. N-no finale, the shows over.”
Excerpt: It reminded me of Romeo and Juliet, except so twisted and malevolent Shakespeare would envy it. The only reason I know about the whole affair s because the screen that divides our room isn’t exactly sound proof.
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She blistered into the sails,
And struck hard with clenched fists.
A tumbling rain fell upon them,
On came a thrashing wind of mists.
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But they can't see the change possessing me
When door is barred and light is dimly lit.
The words that come depict what we can see
Throughout our long, and trying, worldly bit:
Submitted Items by Newbies
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FEEDBACK
lifewriter
Community Recognitions should not be taken as a contest or game .Amen! I wish people would stop treating CR as such! CR should be earned and thoughtfully given. Thanks for addressing that Cubby!
You are welcome. And thanks for your response!
I Love WDC! Cissy❤ 
Thank you for your information. It was insightful. And very much needed. Keep writing
please for all of us Newbies here that need this.
Sincerely,
Cissy C.R.W.
You're welcome. And as I'm sure the other editors here will agree, it is our goal to help new members feel welcome by providing you with a little bit of guidance and encouragement. This wonderful community can be a bit overwhelming when you are a Newbie. We are here to help out. 
Mike Day 
Do you enjoy writing fiction or non-fiction the most? Why?
Hi, I write fiction because it allows me to tell more of the truth.
Mike Day
I like your answer! How true that can be, too. Thanks for sharing!
Tigger thinks of Prancer
Newsletter Response: Great article introducing Community Recognition. Very informative.
I love how you guys put excerpts of the pieces you highlight. (What a service to the newbies!)
I enjoy adding the excerpts. It allows the reader to sample the Newbie's writing and hopefully tease the reader to want to read more. 
nesretep
Thank you for spending the time to break down the recognition number. That was quite helpful. I also wanted to thank you for this news letter. It provides a lot of information for those of us who need an easy place to find it.
You are very welcome. I didn't understand those numbers for the longest time when I first became a member here, nor did a dig for any answer right away, as I was busy learning other things. That's why I offered a complete breakdown. It sheds a little light on yet another part of this great writing community.
Recommended Books
1000 White Women by Jim Fergus
I listened to this book on CD. The reader was wonderful! The book is written in journal form and tells the story of a woman who is part of a goverment trade with the Indians of 1000 white women for 1000 horses. While this didn't actually happen, it was requested. This journal is written in an alternative history genre. I had to read it for a county-wide book discussion group and found it thought-provoking, leaving much to offer for discussion.
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
It is a look at the world in the future, where nobody has rights as we see them now in many places. With the strength of the descriptions throughout, the reader has no choice but to be thrown into the world created.
~ Tigger thinks of Prancer
Please send me your favorites!
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"All glory comes from daring to begin."
~ Eugene F. Ware
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