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Justin McFarr

Justin McFarr

I'm a writer, currently working on short stories and novels. If you'd like to see what I've been up to lately, go to:

www.myspace.com/justinmcfarr
or
www.justinmcfarr.blogspot.com

I am a huge reader, and love to talk about what I've read with others. "Books Every Writer Should Read" is a group I started, so come and... more »
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • member since February 25 2008

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  • Reem Saeed Ahmed

    Reem Saeed Ahmed says

    Really liked ur bookshelf =)
    I think I'll be asking u about some books someday :D

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Jadeheart

    Jadeheart says

    Hey Justin,
    I noticed you are a member of Writing Readers and that you took part in the Let's Start a Story discussion post. I have started a new group that I believe you would enjoy. It is called Writer's Tag and is for writer's of all statis and genre. Come check it out and please consider joining. Thank you.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • John_Young

    John_Young says

    Thanks for accepting the invite, Justin. Looking forward to learning more about this.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • PAM WARD

    PAM WARD says

    Oh, and I see you are in LA. I am a LA native. The natives are friendly, if you can find them.
    Pam Ward
    WANT SOME GET SOME
    BAD GIRLS BURN SLOW
    www.pamwardwriter.com

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • PAM WARD

    PAM WARD says

    Wow, a short story group! Can I get in? I love them.
    Pam Ward, author
    WANT SOME GET SOME
    BAD GIRLS BURN SLOW

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • doughgirl5562

    doughgirl5562 says

    Hi Justin, I just finished the 4th story in BASS and posted my comments. (It was a great story, the best so far IMO.) Now I'm eager to hear your comments for the past few stories - especially #3 which confused me a little.

    This weekend I'm going to start sending notes to members about this group read. We HAVE to get publicity out about it and just posting our comments obviously isn't doing enough. I can only send out 10 notes a day, though, because of the Shelfari daily limit, so sending to all 300+ members is going to take a while.

    I'm also going to contact our group administrator to see if he's willing to promote me to co-administrator (which is very easy to do). I think we really need to have an active administrator for this group or it's going nowhere. What do you think?


    Doughgirl

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • doughgirl5562

    doughgirl5562 says

    I finished Toga Party and wrote some comments on the Short Story group. It's hard to say much, though, without giving away the ending of the story!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • doughgirl5562

    doughgirl5562 says

    Justin,

    Thanks for the reminder about the 2nd story in BASS2007 - Toga Party. I am participating in a reading challenge in one of the Shelfari groups, and because of that have needed to focus my reading time on quick reading page-turners. So far, the stories in BASS2007 have been good, but not quick reading page turners :-)

    However, we submitted our results for the end of a Round last night in the challenge, so before I pick up another novel, I'm reading Toga Party from BASS2007. I'm only about 5 pages in and so am still wading through all of the run-on sentences and parenthetical statements in those first few pages. I should have it finished by tonight and will post my comments then.

    Doughgirl

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • doughgirl5562

    doughgirl5562 says

    Hi Justin!

    Well, I finally posted my thoughts on the Short Story group about Pa's Darling. After reading your comments, I decided I wanted to re-read it before posting - and it was a crazy week so it took a while to do that. The second time around, I changed my opinion a little. I still don't think it was a very well written short story, but at least I got something out of it and it made me think. So go check out my comments! I also added a few questions on the story for others to comment about.

    And.... I posted the reading schedule for the rest of the stories in BASS2007. Hope that was OK with you. Hard to believe it, but the 15th is next Monday already - almost time to read the second story.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • unfinished woman

    unfinished woman says

    You didn't scare me off at all. I stayed away from the thread so as not to get any preconceived ideas about the story. I am just finishing up anaother read for Brilliant Babes, and should get to the story today. At which time I will get to the discussion. Thanks for connecting. Once we have reviewed the story perhaps we can get another thread going that will keep the SS group at the top.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • doughgirl5562

    doughgirl5562 says

    Justin, I accepted your friendship invite. Thanks!

    And I just finished the first story in BASS 2007 and have read your commentary in the Short Stories group. However, I don't really think I can respond until after I've had my morning caffeine, so you'll see my response later in the day. I call tell you that my response won't be nearly as erudite as yours, and that I did, in essence, agree with you.

    I would like to suggest that we read more than one story a month. If we only attempt one a month, we won't be done with the book until well into 2009. And until there are more of us participating, I believe we need to "top" the discussion as often as we can to let people know the group is active and get more participants. How would you feel about twice a month (say the 1st and 15th of every month) - or even (gasp) once a week?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • lauralia

    lauralia says

    Thanks for the heads up on the short story group dicussion starting soon. I have read the first two stories in BASS 2007 and I'm looking forward to talking about them with the group. I will be out of town and not have access to internet until April 3 or 4, but will check in when I return.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • unfinished woman

    unfinished woman says

    Thank you for the invite and I accept. I look forward to our reading of the BASS 07 and a lively discussion. I'm glad we agree, and while I did touch base with a couple of the group members about starting again, I just wasn't up to contacting all of them. I think those who pay attention to their groups will be curious and stop by. I'll have to spend some time later looking at your shelves. Happy reading.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Jacks

    Jacks says

    Justin, you're so sweet--next time I need a little confidence booster I'll know who to ask. :) Thank you for the kind words.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • dgevans

    dgevans says

    Justin, I love the idea of your group, and will try to keep on top of it. It's useful to look at the shelves of other writers--there is so much we can miss or ignore unless we're alerted to it.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • lauralia

    lauralia says

    Justin:
    I'm definitely interested in helping to get the short story reading group (re)started. Took a quick look at your bio and plan to read your piece in Scribendi as soon as I get a chance. Can't wait to start discussing stories as a group!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Amanda

    Amanda says

    Hi Justin,
    Welcome to Shelfari! Ah, yes I keep quite busy with all the activity on Shelfari (I can't complain as I really enjoy it). We're working on a new feature for authors, making it easier to connect with fans and share your work. It will be coming out soon and I think you'll enjoy it. If you have any suggestions or ideas, please let me know.
    Best,
    Amanda

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Jacks

    Jacks says

    Hi, Justin! Thank you for the friendship invitation, and for checking out my site. I like the idea of your book group, and I've joined. Hopefully we'll have some valuable words to share with each other.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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