ocean – CleanWIP Magazine

Today’s #CleanWIP theme and collaborative article is Sea. [More info]

~ Danielle Thorne ~
Phoebe diverted from the cobblestones onto the familiar footpath that led to the narrow strip of sand along the sea wall. She set a silk and linen drawstring bag inside her basket and dropped them onto the beach. Off came her shoes.

tl; dr: #CleanWIP theme for Tuesday, April 28 is SEA
Long version: We’re playing hashtag games to find authors who prefer the clean end of the spectrum & highlight their words for readers who love them.
Longest version so far: https://t.co/Oj6maiYSYB #amReading #amWriting pic.twitter.com/6aN1MVcY6T
— CleanWIP Magazine (@cleanwip) April 28, 2020

#CleanWIP: Western Romance. Not What He Ordered-FREE! April 28-30. Josh has no clue who he picked up at the depot. Carrie is on the run after clobbering a drunk and leaving him in the street. https://t.co/ro7QCNRToJ
— Laurean Brooks (@Laurean2) April 28, 2020

Itasca Summers could smell the sea air long before she could see it. The taxi stopped at the port. Stepping out. She saw the cruise ship for the first time.

“Uff-da,” she exclaimed. Taking in the sight before her.

“First time.” The portly taxi driver asked.

“Ya.”#CleanWIP
— Emily Yager (@TheEmilyYager) April 28, 2020

“Fiji is closer than ever!” Ellie reached up and touched the large painting in front of her reverently, tracing a dark green palm frond that hung over an inviting blue sea.

June sighed.When Ellie was swept up in a reverie, there was no reaching her. #CleanWIP
— Jessica Marie Holt — Author (@Jessica06311722) April 28, 2020

#CleanWIP (theme SEA)
Joy stood with Dolan on the ramparts of Castle Frankland. She studied her brother’s profile as he stared out at the northern sea where the waves crashed into the rocks along the outer wall. His mouth was grim, and she wondered what he was thinking.
— Katy Huth Jones (@KatyHuthJones) April 28, 2020

Our village sits on a cliff above the sea. Every day, the sun ripples in a bright line along the ocean edge then rises a fiery pearl above the water where she slept. Once the sun slept in a cave and wouldn’t come out for fear of the demon that drove her there. #cleanWIP #vss365
— ML Farb (@FarbMl) April 28, 2020

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The CleanWIP Experience

For a time, CleanWIP Magazine worked closely with published authors and writers who are aspiring to be published as well as other creative people such as artists, poets, bloggers, and songwriters in our CleanWIP collaboration group for authors (et al) and via the #CleanWIP hashtag to bring readers interesting sneak peeks into their works-in-progress and published books plus full-featured articles, personal reflections on the thoughts and struggles from a rough draft to a published work, and special collaborations on various topics. Though the magazine is no longer active, this site might still prove an enjoyable way to meet your next favorite author.

We still encourage writers who market their work as clean to use the #CleanWIP hashtag on any social platform to share sneak peeks from yet-to-be-published works. We also encourage use of the hashtag for a single relevant release day announcement. On Fridays, we relax the structure even further and encourage using #CleanWIP to share relevant news, interesting teases from a work-in-progress or published work (purchase links encouraged on Fridays), or something else our readers might love. Actual use of the hashtag is not within our control and even on this site we will sometimes share #CleanWIP content that doesn’t strictly meet these guidelines.