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Great Short Story Writers

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Ernest Hemmingway wrote a short story with just six words, after he agreed to a bet. He wrote For Sale.  Baby shoes never used. This story leaves so much to the readers imagination. It is still a very powerful effective short story.

Spanish Chicas and Japanese Writers

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Costa Conversations It started in the baking hot streets of Zaragoza, Spain nearly 20 years ago. Who would have thought that Dann would still be teaching English! It all got more serious in 2010 when he returned to study at Harrow college and was awarded the Cambridge CELTA. Now it is official he can teach English for a living. Who was that young girl in one of his first lessons who fell off her chair and hurt her head? It nearly ended then before it even got started. So many Spanish names all of them forgotten now. What about the gorgeous housewife in her black leather pants? Dann and his two flatmates fancied her and she cheered up Monday afternoons for sure. There was Pilar, and the Inter-Cambio girls.  Fat Susie was always on their minds too. The most memorable girl Dann met was Dove! What a name! How could you ever forget it? Paloma that was her name, or was it? Still today we can't be sure. Today Dann was in Costa with the 3 writers, Taibgh, Jali and Yohan. “