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I'm Marissa.
I'm 21.
And writing is slowly taking over my life :) ahaha

Major edit complete :)
Shuffled chapters and passages around and a few extra bits added to up the coherence, pace and overall flavour of the text. I hope you enjoy :)

I'd just like to say thanks to everyone who has given the book feedback and support. It means so much guys and I think I've really stretched myself as a writer.

Watch this space. Hopefully one day 'The Woman by the Sea' will be on a book shelf near you :)

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'The Woman by the Sea' is my third attempt at writing a full length novel, but unlike the pevious two, I really believe that this one has potential. All critisism, both negative and positive, is very much appreciated. :)

Backing would be nice but I appreciate comments much more, so however much you've read, pls drop a line about what you thought about it :)

favourite books

A Gathering Light
Harry Potter
Stardust
To kill a mockingbird
The bell jar
The woman in black
Let's get lost
Lolita
The picture of Dorian Gray

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The Woman by the Sea

Marissa Ogbeide

'Sometimes even in death, people never leave, they stay in the shadows, in your darkest of fears; waiting, just waiting until somehow they are freed.'


There’s a ghost in St Ives, only no one believes it. To them, she’s a tale of generations past; something to scare the kids. But seventeen year old Saira James, a newcomer in town, knows the ghost is real. It visits her in the depths of her dreams, haunts her in the waking hours.

After the move to the coast with her mother, away from friends and father, Saira finds herself lost; living a lie. To her, the move is just the cowardice of running away, but too afraid to upset her mother, she says nothing about her worries. All the while, the ghost lingers in her life; hiding in the shadows of her fears...

Saira needs to lose this demon before it destroys her; before she does something incredibly stupid. But with no one to tell; no one to believe her, it seems unlikely that she will. And the longer the ghost stays... the worse things get...

 

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I wrote 346 days ago

Honestly, I think that's an entirely unfair thing to say. Just because my story wasn't to your taste, does not make other people liars for saying they enjoyed it. I've had both negative and positive feedback and a lot of in depth critiques of what works and what doesn't, and have found them incr... view book

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I wrote 857 days ago

Sci-fi, space and stuff aren't usually really my chosen genre but Shelley seems like an interesting character and her issues with her classmates are written beleievably. My only real crit is that it think there needed to be a bit more about the politics and setup of this sci-fi world; maybe even jus... view book

I wrote 1045 days ago

I loved your humorous writing style and the first chapter made me instantly want to read more. However, i think the second chapter could be polished a bit more- keeping the same, light humerous tone but tightening it up a bit. Also, i think you use too many adverbs after speech. The way things are s... view book

I wrote 1046 days ago

Thanks guys for your amazing feedback :) Just a quick note though: Although 'The Woman by the Sea' is about at teenager and I guess is aimed at teenagers (seeing as I'm one myself and it's all I really know) I don't plan on it being one of those chicklit teen books mainly because I don't really ... view book

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