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Rachelle Allen

Rachelle Allen

@rachelle

Co-founder of Collectively Write. Believer in the power of constructive feedback and genuine creative community.

Currently working on: "A Fly on the Wall" journal and "Detour - Hurricane Road" with my friend, GW Hargis

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AN ODE TO THE CW BRITS
Poetry

AN ODE TO THE CW BRITS

My gratitude and admiration in the form of a Double Tetractys (a form I learned from Berniethe(British)Bard

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Interview with GRETCHEN (G.W.) HARGIS
Spoken Word

Interview with GRETCHEN (G.W.) HARGIS

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Life of the Party
Flash Fiction

Life of the Party

The attention magnet

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Anguish or Heresy?
Poetry

Anguish or Heresy?

Pain blurs the boundaries (Special thanks to Tim Margetts for teaching the format of a Ripple Poem)

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The Requisite
PoetryChallenge Entry

The Requisite

No close seconds

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Coming Together at the Seams
Creative Non-Fiction

Coming Together at the Seams

The ties that bind us

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Phobias by Phoebe
Poetry

Phobias by Phoebe

So many things to be afraid of...

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Interview with...KARYN SAVAGE
Spoken Word

Interview with...KARYN SAVAGE

We celebrate our fourth month of CollectivelyWrite.com with our tradition of interviewing a published writer!

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Neighbors as Lifelines
General FictionChallenge Entry

Neighbors as Lifelines

It starts as proximity but grows from there

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Elegy to a Beloved Teacher
General FictionChallenge Entry

Elegy to a Beloved Teacher

An educator can touch a life forever

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Understanding Political-Speak
Essay

Understanding Political-Speak

Tutorial on understanding between the lines

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An Optimistic Viewpoint
Poetry

An Optimistic Viewpoint

Always be positive

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Conflagration
Flash Fiction

Conflagration

Knowing when to turn up the heat

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The Leftovers
General Fiction

The Leftovers

Any job is as fun as you choose to make it

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Spoken Word

INTERVIEW WITH...DAVID STEECE

Our Month Three Anniversary gift to ourselves!!

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Savage Strategies for Victory (in the wild or boardroom)
General Fiction

Savage Strategies for Victory (in the wild or boardroom)

Survival skills explained

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Paranoia
Poetry

Paranoia

For Tim and Heather - my answer to our challenge!!

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Driving Lessons
Essay

Driving Lessons

Like father, like daughter

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I Love You, But...
General Fiction

I Love You, But...

A father's final gift

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Enthusiasm
PoetryChallenge Entry

Enthusiasm

Always. Choose. Joy!

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Effervescent!
Poetry

Effervescent!

You reap the form you sow

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Fifty Shades of Jealousy
Poetry

Fifty Shades of Jealousy

It's a cataclysmic prism

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Feverence
General Fiction

Feverence

A new word for falling in love

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Fearful Morris
Poetry

Fearful Morris

Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from happening.

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Life Contortions
General Fiction

Life Contortions

Signs that it's time to re-think your choices...

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The Flip Side of Imagination
Poetry

The Flip Side of Imagination

What grows in the dark...

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Threshold
General Fiction

Threshold

Response to Tim Margetts's challenge to create a poem from the word "Threshold"

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Man's Best Friend
General FictionChallenge Entry

Man's Best Friend

An out-of-town bar, a father/son conquest contest before a storm hits. What could go wrong?

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LEOPARD
General Fiction

LEOPARD

When affection becomes an affliction

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Interview with...PHYLLIS KASDIN
General Fiction

Interview with...PHYLLIS KASDIN

Celebrating two months of CW with our tradition of an Author Interview on the 23rd of the month!

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Persistence
Poetry

Persistence

Knowledge is power

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Married to a Free-Verse Poet
Flash Fiction

Married to a Free-Verse Poet

Knowing how to read between the lines

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Jigsaw
General Fiction

Jigsaw

Fitting the puzzling shards of an interrupted life back together after catastrophe strikes

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Cut Short
PoetryChallenge Entry

Cut Short

Replaying life's highlight reel

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Tinderbox
Short Story

Tinderbox

The poster family for "Dysfunctional"

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Rebound
General Fiction

Rebound

Dessert comes in many forms

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Unrequited
PoetryChallenge Entry

Unrequited

Some old flames just will not be extinguished

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Interview With...AUTHOR NORAH PRITCHARD!
Essay

Interview With...AUTHOR NORAH PRITCHARD!

The first in our monthly interview series!!

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The Horticulturist
Poetry

The Horticulturist

When you know you shouldn't stay, but, inexplicably, you do anyway

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The Highest Standards
Poetry

The Highest Standards

When only a perfect love will do

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Estranged
General Fiction

Estranged

An unbreakable bond between broken sisters

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Role Model
Mystery/Thriller

Role Model

A terrifying mother/daughter getaway

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Pas de Deux
Flash Fiction

Pas de Deux

Vacations can change us forever

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What Are You Waiting For
Poetry

What Are You Waiting For

"Tomorrow's not another day; it's one day less."

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Poetry

Class Reunion Countdown

Chronicling the years

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Children's

Loud Louie

A loud little boy learns how to adapt to life in an almost-all-female household

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Love Notes for All
General Fiction

Love Notes for All

A beleaguered piano teacher gets a re-set

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