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lauren-lise-baratz-logsted's picture
Apr.28.2009
A year ago this past December, I hired a professional to revamp my website. He did a terrific job, adding several nice bells and whistles. One was...
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kathi-kamen-goldmark's picture
Apr.28.2009
I'm almost finished with a new novel, based loosely on my first. In the process of sharing the manuscript with some trusted reader-advisers, I sent...
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kathryn-stripling-byer's picture
Apr.28.2009
Quite a few years back I began a short story from the viewpoint of a young mountain girl "taken advantage of," as we say, by one of the timber "...
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michael-l-schmicker's picture
Apr.28.2009
On June 13, 1971, the New York Times published the “Pentagon Papers,” the Defense Department’s secret, classified history of America’s involvement in...
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anne-brooke's picture
Apr.28.2009
Today’s the day the plumber is supposed to turn up to do what I hope will be the final tweaks to our boiler and heating system – bearing in mind that...
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jayne-lyn-stahl's picture
Apr.28.2009
 Now that the Supreme Court upheld the government's ban on the use of four letter words on TV, and radio, here's a question for them: when will they...
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marilyn-kallet's picture
Apr.28.2009
Thursday I'm off on the sky road to Toulouse, then, God and the GPS willing, to Auvillar.  The phrase my new student Robert offered was "Je vais...
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earl-merkel's picture
Apr.28.2009
In 1918, at least 40 million people --some estimates double that figure-- died in a matter of a few months. The killer was a lethal form of virus:...
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hal-niedzviecki's picture
Apr.28.2009
http://thepeepdiaries.com Okay since I’ve been raging pretty hard lately against Peep Culture, I thought I’d share something Peep positive. This...
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hal-niedzviecki's picture
Apr.28.2009
http://thepeepdiaries.com Peep is not only recession proof, like the movies and beer, it actually benefits from the recession. Here are the reasons...
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angela-wilson's picture
Aug.13.2009
A few weeks ago, my long-term furry companion, Runty, passed away. She was 27 years old. I didn't realize just how much she'd changed in the past few...
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angela-wilson's picture
Aug.13.2009
This past week has been a whirlwind. While I was out of town, my author marketing blog, Market My Novel, switched from Typepad to Wordpress. The...
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john-matheson's picture
Aug.13.2009
Heroes Do they really exist? Yes they do! In the mind of everyone lies a hero, a wannabe of almost every person in this world. Just given a chance,...
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roy-haney's picture
Aug.13.2009
One question that is frequently asked of a writer is, Why or how did you become a writer? Some typical answers are: I like to read, I can tell a...
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thomas-burchfield's picture
Aug.13.2009
I suppose I should introduce you, with merciful brevity, to Hugh Lafferty, my upstairs neighbor, a hen-pecked, accident-prone punching bag. His blog...
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april-chartrand's picture
Aug.13.2009
NINE-ELEVEN'S FALLEN HEROES   Forked-tongued sins that fly into a city of apple's  twin towers and explode into purgatory.    Smoldering...
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former member's picture
Aug.13.2009
by former member
NINE-ELEVEN'S FALLEN HEROES Forked-tongued sins that fly into a city's of apple's  twin towers and explode into purgatory.    Smoldering angel...
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jane-hammons's picture
Aug.13.2009
I don't like the word hero. I seldom use it because it is often misused and it is certainly overused in the media. But right now I can hear Chris...
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mary-wilkinson's picture
Aug.13.2009
Bake a tray of cake and cover it with green frosting. Sway it down to the sea and cut a thick wedge right at the edge of a navy blue swell. Attempt...
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april-chartrand's picture
Aug.13.2009
I am glad/sad to have this experience of re-experiencing my 20 year sojourn with these illustrations and poems. I just thought about it, I began...
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Red Room Blogs banner photograph (at the top of the page) is of writer Ernest Hemingway with Lady Duff Twysden, Hadley Hemingway, and three unidentified people at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain, during the Fiesta of San Fermin in July 1925; photograph used courtesy of the Ernest Hemingway Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.