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frances-l-dinkelspiel's picture
Nov.11.2008
Today is the day I have been waiting for the last eight years. Today is the day that Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman...
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nina-amir's picture
Nov.11.2008
In case you've only recently discovered Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN) or you're still struggling with what to write for the challenge - or you...
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stacy-ann-nyikos's picture
Nov.11.2008
I haven't blogged for a good week, and although I feel like I should be visiting a virtual  confession to save my cyberspace soul from getting lost...
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anne-brooke's picture
Nov.11.2008
Woken early today by what appears to be mice in next door’s attic (which runs parallel to our bedroom). A lot of tapping and skittering anyway, so...
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brenda-webster's picture
Nov.11.2008
The other day I found a blog by Laura Gonzales www.lauragonzales.co.uk that  has some interesting speculations about art and psychoanalysis. But what...
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linda-suzane's picture
Nov.11.2008
Eleven days into the month and I'm falling farther and farther behind. But I'm not willing to give up, not yet.  1    859        16692    1831...
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chris-rodell's picture
Nov.11.2008
Somewhere along the way I became one of those guys that old friends use as a touchstone for an epoch. If Kirk from high school wants to know what...
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
Nov.11.2008
I had my first migraine when I was 13, a freshman in high school.  During gym class, I thought that the fluorescent lights overhead were somehow...
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Nov.11.2008
For the next two weeks we'll be discussing blurbs on the blog here. The first entry will be devoted to the topic of getting them, while next week we'...
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jamie-carie's picture
Nov.11.2008
Where Do My Characters Come From? I'm asked this question quite a bit so I thought I would try to answer it today. When I begin a new story I have...
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faruk-buzhala's picture
Jan.09.2009
    When I think back on 2008, I can say with certainty that the year has been far from boring.  We've seen strife in different parts of the planet...
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Jan.09.2009
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michelle-wyllie's picture
Jan.09.2009
I was sitting in my creative writing class, during the part of the class when we were allowed to work on our own writing, when I first considered...
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wen-scott's picture
Jan.09.2009
'Write fat, edit thin', a phrase I've adapted from an old cat adage, 'Walk thin, sleep fat'. I love that phrase—it's applicable to so many situations...
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mary-wilkinson's picture
Jan.09.2009
How quickly everything changes and appears differently with the felling of a tree.  There was a bit of chaos ahead of me on the road into town this...
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former member's picture
Jan.09.2009
by former member
London-based videographer Jim Clark uses photographs and paintings to create wonderfully disturbing videos of celebrated poets posthumously reading...
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susan-mcgeown's picture
Jan.09.2009
Have you checked out the FAITH INSPIRED BOOKS library? Historical Fiction Contemporary Fiction Nonfiction Request a free e-copy:...
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marguerite-kranick's picture
Jan.09.2009
12:41pm... Happy 2009! How was everyone's New Years Eve? Mine was pretty drunk. I even managed to bang a pot when the ball dropped, so top that! ...
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keiko-amano's picture
Jan.09.2009
 Last night, my daughter called me after 11 pm.  I was reading “Admiral” by T. C. Boyle (environmentally corrupt bourgeoisies make this story) while...
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laurel-defoggi's picture
Jan.09.2009
All right.  I believe that I have gotten over the hump. I mean the really big hump. The hump of actually writing a... a... well anything. I have...
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