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sal-glynn's picture
Sep.30.2008
Many letters have come to THE DOG with the question, “What is an argument?” The mostforceful of the queries was written in green crayon on the back...
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craig-clevenger's picture
Sep.30.2008
In a sort of backward approach to commemorating Banned Books Week, I'm reposting one of my favorite curve balls: a 'book review' I wrote for the...
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louise-marley's picture
Sep.30.2008
Please read the following, and then tell me who is insular?  STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week:...
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raul-ramos-y-sanchez's picture
Sep.30.2008
Above all else, being American is an attitude. It is an affirmation of hope, the dream that sweat and energy can create a better life. No ethnic...
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jean-m-fogle's picture
Sep.30.2008
Tough times! Tough times got you down? It is true things look bleak now, but like always things turn around. When times get tough , the tough get...
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elizabeth-stark's picture
Sep.30.2008
We've all heard the old adage, "Write the novel you want to read." Well, I've created the course I wanted to take the first time I went...
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anne-brooke's picture
Sep.30.2008
Things seem slightly calmer today, thank goodness. Possibly because I’m simply too tired to respond to difficulties with anything other than a grunt...
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dale-estey's picture
Sep.30.2008
"Today, celebrity culture has filled the void left behind by the Church." This li'l gem was in the midst of a commentary about Princess...
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wendy-nelson-tokunaga's picture
Sep.30.2008
Recently I had the chance to visit New York for the second time. It was not only a vacation, but a chance to finally meet my agent and editors in...
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june-casagrande's picture
Sep.30.2008
You get bonked on the head. Bad-like. You get anterograde amnesia, which means you can't form new memories (think: "Memento," tattoos...
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whitney-mckim's picture
Nov.25.2008
I'm getting close, so close I can taste the victory (and smell the fear). I was checking my Twitter feed this morning and one of my NaNoTwitMo...
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tracey-w's picture
Nov.25.2008
This morning I had the bots count my scrambled manuscript and now I am an official Winner of NaNoWriMo 2008!  I am so psyched.  I already printed out...
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susan-brown's picture
Nov.25.2008
Yesterday I got more information on that teen from my town here who was the last minor dropped off in Nebraska before the safe haven law was amended...
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beth-snowberger's picture
Nov.25.2008
Done. Finito. Wo xie wan le.  I just made the word count by the skin of my teeth. But I don't care. I didn't know if I could do it, and I did it....
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former member's picture
Nov.25.2008
by former member
So this is my first time doing NaNo, it is actually the first time I have ever heard of it. I guess news travel slower in this part of Europe, or I...
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ieva-melgalve's picture
Nov.25.2008
God (or whoever, whatever you are), give me a bit of arrogance necessary for keeping up being what I am, not "at my best" but "as I am...
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john-poetzel's picture
Nov.25.2008
So, here I am again, attempting to finish nanowrimo, and I will. I've got a story with a middle, and I just need to finish the beginning and the...
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jagannath-adukuri's picture
Nov.25.2008
 I have been trying to hit the nail on the head -to arrive at a precise assessment of what life is like.This doesn’t seem to work somehow. Has Rilke...
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rebecca-livesey's picture
Nov.25.2008
Yay!!!! I've done it. I'm a winner ;) I've got the little web badge thingy but no idea how to put it in here....technology fails me again...actually...
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marie-lenker's picture
Nov.24.2008
I am a NaNo winner!!!! 11/3-11/23 And my novel is only half done!
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