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Nov.02.2008
I wanted to write and express my frustrations. I love this site; I really do, and I am a newly (self-) published author. I write poetry, and I love it. As I continue forward towards achieving my doctorate degree, I look to venture into writing about business and technology related subject matters....
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Oct.29.2008
Ananda’s Social Media Adventures, an excerpt from That Which Awakens Me: A Woman’s Poetic Memoir of Self-Discovery by Ananda LeekeCopyright 2008 by Madelyn C. Leeke. All rights reserved.
When did your social media adventures begin?Web 2.0 gave birth to my social media adventures. They started with...
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Oct.25.2008
Fledgling writers are often urged to write what they know. Good advice? Well, it's a launching pad, but if taken literally it can back you into a stifling corner.
Writing from familiar territory has merit and can bring acclaim. Former lawyers Erle Stanley Gardner, Scott Turow, and John Grisham...
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Oct.16.2008
30 days, 50,000 words. Writers usually hate math but those are the magic numbers. November is National Novel Writing Month, so join in with me at www.nanowrimo.org. In thirty days you are challenged to write a 50,000 word book. My first novel, A Sensible Match, was a "Nano" book.
I...
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Oct.12.2008
Okay, the first thing I want to know is, how the heck did I ever get my hair so straight? I must have worked on it for hours and hours with the ol' iron, ironing board, and soda can rollers.
Last night was my high school reunion, and I couldn't go. I really, really wanted to, especially because I...
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Oct.12.2008
Just wanted everyone to know that Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Magazine's Winter Submission period will officially open October 16th. Although we are a Horror, Fantasy, Sci Fi, and Paranormal publication, keep in mind that our Winter '09 issue will be geared more towards Fantasy writing, but we...
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Oct.08.2008
So I've discovered the aura and appeal of MySpace. I was one of those people who smirked, shook my head, and promptly broke out in hives when someone would tell me "You really should check out this major social networking site." No thanks, I'd think. A friend is someone who cares about...
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Oct.01.2008
I just got this forwarded to me and I have to say - it makes one hell of a lot more sense than the current bail out...
Enjoy!
>^..^< The Birk Economic Recovery Plan
I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We...
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Sep.29.2008
I love authors. I've said that for a long time. From the time I was a little girl, I loved the writers who filled my world. E.B. White. Judy Blume. Then Harper Lee. Later, John Steinbeck and William Faulkner. I thought they lived a level or two above the rest of us. Their words were magic.
And then...
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Sep.26.2008
First, let me admit that I have blithely typed that title in, as if I had advice to dispense, but in fact, I have questions. Slightly desperate questions. But let me start somewhere else.
Yesterday afternoon, I was grumpy. We were trying to find sound equipment for some interviews I am doing, and...
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