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farzana-versey's picture
Oct.05.2008
“You are now a product,” I am told blandly. It is frightening. The fear was not unfounded when an interviewer asked me: “You write blogs too, does...
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jayne-lyn-stahl's picture
Oct.04.2008
Channeling Ronald Reagan An editorial in Friday’s New York Times suggests that we have set the bar so low for our politicians that we are satisfied...
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ellen-r-sheeley's picture
Oct.04.2008
Discuss. Income distribution among authors is almost as astonishing as that among actors, no?! Source:  http://www.forbes.com/media/2008/10/01/books-...
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cliff-burns's picture
Oct.04.2008
Fucking hell. James Crumley died about ten days ago. This has been an annus horribilis as far as great writers go. Here's the obit from the LA Times...
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caleb-j-ross's picture
Oct.04.2008
 Issue Four of the Colored Chalk zine has hit the virtual bookshelves. I swear, this thing just keeps getting better. And I don't say that as an ego...
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dave-donelson's picture
Oct.04.2008
Today was a great day at Roosevelt Island in New York, where hundreds of people gathered to run, walk, and otherwise offer support for women in the...
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susan-browne's picture
Oct.04.2008
I wonder what the thieves were thinking As they crowbarred our front door open As they kicked and kicked and kicked it in, Splintering the wood,...
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anne-brooke's picture
Oct.04.2008
Was delighted to see another five-star review of Maloney's Law on Amazon which you can find here, or alternatively below: "Paul Maloney is a...
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elizabeth-stark's picture
Oct.04.2008
In my post, “I Could Write a Great Novel If Only I Had a Story to Tell,” I neglected my own favorite kind of plot trigger: secrets. It’s funny, but...
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stacy-mantle's picture
Oct.04.2008
Greetings fellow pack members! PetsWeekly is proud to announce that they were referenced in a NY Times article from Abby Ellin, entitled "Sorry...
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sarah-olson's picture
Nov.29.2008
I have two days left to write just under 10,000 words.  I have had a couple of 7,000 word days during the past month, so I still think I should be...
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luciana-lhullier's picture
Nov.29.2008
Red Room author Hammoudi Abdelwahab says that learning a language can be a powerful tool for more understanding and less violence in the world. I...
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susan-brown's picture
Nov.29.2008
Black Friday started early for us--KidThree called just before six to say she was ready to come home (implicit in that remark was the truth that she...
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candie-white's picture
Nov.29.2008
For Thanksgiving, Stephanie and I went to The Cracker Barrel. It was just us, and I didn’t want to cook for two, but more than that- my mom was a...
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delia-cabe's picture
Nov.29.2008
At 3 a.m., the hospital is in stasis. On the floors with patient rooms, all lights are turned down to a softer hue and patients, for the most part,...
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michael-pechous's picture
Nov.29.2008
New Big Three Bailout…Shame on us if we loose American Manufacturing! http://www.semiotician.wordpress.com I was watching the Rachel Maddow Show on...
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beth-mann's picture
Nov.29.2008
I need water around me at all times. Just another one of my “things.” So I have a Brita pitcher in my bedroom. Yesterday, upon depleting it, I...
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cary-chrysler's picture
Nov.29.2008
   Sheila knows how to be a dog, now.  I let her out this morning (to about an inch of snow) at around 3:30.  Got a cup of coffee, came back, and she...
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beth-mann's picture
Nov.29.2008
(This blog entry is meant to be read and heard. The blog entry and accompanying video is now in the "media" section of my profile.)...
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meredith-morgan's picture
Nov.29.2008
Having finished the first draft of my latest story, my NaNoWriMo novel which I blazed out in two weeks, I'm having my usual reaction.  It's a little...
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