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pauline-rowson's picture
Sep.12.2008
I'm back from giving a talk at Bracknell Library and tomorrow it's my chance to meet the mighty Terry Pratchett and hope some of the magic of his pen...
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avinash-kaushik's picture
Sep.12.2008
Let's have some fun, and a break from all the tough work of . . . well . . . . work. It has been an incredible eight monthssince I wrote about my...
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michael-j-kurland's picture
Sep.12.2008
What snew you ask?        Cousin Edna has been abducted by the ground squirrels.  They evidently left a ransom demand, but none of us can read...
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anne-brooke's picture
Sep.12.2008
Back to normal in the golfing arena today, I'm afraid to say - no holes-in-one for me, and indeed on one hole, I managed to get nearly into double...
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terry-odell's picture
Sep.12.2008
From my Quote of the Day file: Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences,...
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cheryl-l-snell's picture
Sep.12.2008
Dale's blog about the Scot word "peelywally" inspired me to poke around for some others. The tidbit below sidetracked me. She's a glint,...
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
Sep.12.2008
I am a Facebook member, and there is an apparently horrible thing happening on Facebook—it has been redesigned.  Facebook folk are up in arms, and I...
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tasha-alexander's picture
Sep.12.2008
In a sea of, well, ick, there is one pure delight to which I constantly turn: deciding what book to read next. At the moment, I’m well-stocked at...
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fran-johns's picture
Sep.11.2008
My friend and fellow Red Room author Stewart Florsheim recently had his fine book of poetry, A Short Fall from Grace, featured in Pedestal Magazine,...
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gerard-jones's picture
Sep.11.2008
There's a new movement spreading through my circle of Obama supporters: getting off the news sites and the political blogs. It makes sense on the...
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lindsey-halfhill's picture
Nov.13.2008
I just joined redroom.com, and I'm glad that I did. This is a very neat place, and I'm quite comfortable already. Currently, I've been working on my...
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laurine-bruder's picture
Nov.13.2008
Well I've been writing by hand non-stop for the past two days.  Every spare moment has been dedicated to reaching 25,000 words by the 13th.  I don't...
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andrew-coates's picture
Nov.13.2008
Christians today need to view themselves as such;  We are Exiles who engage in the mission of God - by chosing 'excilic living' and to be engaged in...
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former member's picture
Nov.13.2008
by former member
Recently, everyone who pre-ordered a certain book on Amazon.co.uk received a letter notifying them "This item has been removed from sale for...
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enoch-john's picture
Nov.13.2008
''Enter the Dragon''.No,it's not a remake of Bruce Lee's classic kung fu movie.That was before the advent of icons like Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Today...
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benjamin-small's picture
Nov.13.2008
Hello, Red Room. I'm currently engaged in the marathon of the literary world: NaNoWriMo. This is my first year attempting, and although I've probably...
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jennifer-kathleen-gibbons's picture
Nov.13.2008
Yesterday I felt melancholy, not sure why. Perhaps the glow from Sunday was finally lifting, maybe it was because I was behind on the NanoWriMo Book...
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rebecca-livesey's picture
Nov.13.2008
I've just reached the half way mark!!!! 25k words...how excited am I! The plot is thundering along, the characters are surprising me, there's been...
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former member's picture
Nov.12.2008
by former member
It's just after midnight here in the "elsewhere" portions of Pennsylvania, the places that don't have enough participants to qualify for a...
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amy-mizuno's picture
Nov.12.2008
Dear Evan, I know you're my main character and all hot and mysterious (and not-so dark with sandy colored hair), but really a  playing card?  And the...
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