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david-niall-wilson's picture
Oct.16.2008
I wasn’t going to watch the debate.  We were primed for a night of Big Bang Theory and DVR TV goodness.  My fifteen-year-old son knocked a big chip...
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scott-c-holstad's picture
Oct.16.2008
I received this poetry book contest information from a good writer friend.  I cannot and do not vouch for this press or the contest.  Indeed, I do...
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john-michael-greer's picture
Oct.16.2008
The latest post on The Archdruid Report.
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ben-fong-torres's picture
Oct.15.2008
OK, so this blog has nothing to do with books, and precious little to do with writing. But I just wrote this parody song about Gov. Sarah Palin, sang...
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gregory-wilson's picture
Oct.15.2008
There's been a lot of discussion about the resurgence of fantasy over the past few years, with various theories advanced as to the reasons. Certainly...
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leslie-carol-roberts's picture
Oct.15.2008
Some of the best literature of Antarctica comes from the halls of science fiction -- and the Daddy of All Sci Fi: Edgar Allan Poe.  Start by reading...
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glenda-burgess's picture
Oct.15.2008
Hi everyone, I've had the pleasure with my latest book THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE of meeting people who live thousands of miles from where I live in...
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jennifer-mclagan's picture
Oct.15.2008
Quince is one of my favourite fruits - when raw most varieties are inedible, dry and astringent. While the skin of quinces turns from green to yellow...
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SFKaufman's picture
Oct.15.2008
 Always seeking new ways to understand my abilities and talents, I envision new opportunities in every idea that crosses my mind. Resolved to live my...
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matthew-michael-hanlon's picture
Oct.15.2008
Further Fenway Fiction's been out a few years now, so readings are fewer and farther between these days, but I always find they energize me, get me...
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j-r-reardon's picture
Dec.06.2008
When fiction surprisingly imitates life 9:21 AM PST, November 12, 2008 Hello all!  I recently had some interesting comments from some of my...
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jonathan-dozier-ezell's picture
Dec.06.2008
Have you heard I write short stories too? Well, flash fiction, actually. Every day I'm sending one of these 100 word gems from my mind to your RSS...
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former member's picture
Dec.06.2008
by former member
Each Thanksgiving, the President pardons a turkey --- an actual barnyard fowl and not a member of Congress. For the most part, the custom is itself...
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meredith-morgan's picture
Dec.06.2008
The other day I likened the experience of finishing a first draft of a novel to postpartum depression. Today, I find myself, if not yet pregnant, at...
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ieva-melgalve's picture
Dec.06.2008
How is it even possible? Haven't you ever wondered? I'm making my money - at least part of it - by translation, or, more precisely, adaptation of...
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jagannath-adukuri's picture
Dec.06.2008
"In the dusk you notice the book shelveswith their volumes in gold and in brown;and you think of far lands you journeyed,of pictures and of...
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kali-meister's picture
Dec.06.2008
It is embarrassing for me to admit my very guilty pleasure. It stems from my childhood and the time before my mother married my stepfather. This felt...
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jagannath-adukuri's picture
Dec.06.2008
When I read Eliot's poetry as an undergrad I thought he was a pompous poet given to showing off his scholarship.The amount of classical allusions and...
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jagannath-adukuri's picture
Dec.06.2008
A very interesting thing that comes to one's mind is the anonymization of debt that the modern credit system has brought about.The creditor is an...
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susan-brown's picture
Dec.05.2008
Okay folks, I am looking for responses to this blog, so get your typing fingers ready.  I need some recommendations for things to read.  I'm feeling...
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