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ernie-j-zelinski's picture
Sep.13.2008
It may come as a surpise to some people that we all have our doubts and our fears about our projects and career aspirations, regardless of how much...
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heywood-gould's picture
Sep.13.2008
RED HOOK, Brooklyn, September 12...Until last week Barb Blasingame thought Shylock was just a character in  a Shakespeare play. But then her bank...
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
Sep.13.2008
     On a drive up the coast of California, my destination Crescent City and a local writer’s conference there, I found that I was passing by a...
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cheryl-l-snell's picture
Sep.13.2008
The Oddville Press has debuted:  http://theoddvillepress.com I'm on page 61 .
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gregory-wilson's picture
Sep.13.2008
I'm in the midst of trying to get caught up on some work, but I wanted to briefly mention something I just ran into over at Pat Rothfuss's blog--he's...
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elizabeth-stark's picture
Sep.13.2008
It’s a gorgeous, sunny day and we just got back from the Berkeley Farmers’ Markey. Today the park there was also hosting the Berkeley Old Time Music...
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dale-estey's picture
Sep.13.2008
And your chin will follow. First I'll fall upon my quill and admit my ignorance. I did not know the beginning of a journalistic piece was spelled...
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anne-brooke's picture
Sep.13.2008
Lord H and I have spent a lovely day out, lurking behind bushes and staring at birds. As you do. We started off in Pagham Harbour (hard "g...
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tim-wise's picture
Sep.13.2008
By Tim Wise For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps...
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farzana-versey's picture
Sep.13.2008
Are people really harsh on women writers because they are women? I have been in denial about it, hoping it was not the complete truth. I can recount...
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brad-green's picture
Nov.14.2008
The call came in as soon as I'd arrived at work.  "She's fallen." my mother said in a rush.  "We're at the hospital in Madill.  Her...
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amanda-baker's picture
Nov.14.2008
I have attempted my fist novel ever, and, because I do things the hard way, I've chosen to write it in thirty days through the NaNoWriMo project. I...
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former member's picture
Nov.14.2008
by former member
Nabokov and the Moment of Truth. He talks about metaphors of time, great books, and reads the first line of Lolita.
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donna-frenkel's picture
Nov.14.2008
Today is November 17.  The 1st seems like it was just a minute ago and the 31st is flying up to hit me. It is too near, way too near. On October 31,...
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former member's picture
Nov.14.2008
by former member
I’m still going to go to the Funky Door. Just not yet. I elected to head off to Bikram in El Cerrito rather than the Funky Door for the first time on...
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miguel-bryant's picture
Nov.14.2008
It is currently more than a week past one of the most historic times in human history. Very few people in civilizations past or yet to come have had...
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andrew-coates's picture
Nov.14.2008
'God opened the door' - 'Oh.... God closed the door' Are we, has human beings, in control of our own choices and of the direction we steer our lives...
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former member's picture
Nov.14.2008
by former member
"Please don't bring your teenager to Nebraska," Gov. Dave Heineman told CNN. "Think of what you are saying. You are saying you no...
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lorraine-bentham's picture
Nov.14.2008
Here I am again, this time with a correctly tagged blog - I hope!  Planning on doing lots of writing over the weekend as want to hit the 50k mark...
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luciana-lhullier's picture
Nov.14.2008
Terence answered to his neighbor, who told him to mind his own business: Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto. - I am a man, nothing human is...
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