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bill-schmalfeldt's picture
Sep.23.2008
OK.  I have some questions I would like to have answered before I commit on any kind of bailout. 1.  What did Paulson and Bernanke tell congressional...
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veronica-chater's picture
Sep.23.2008
The first time I laid eyes on Sarah Palin, I found myself experiencing a strange deja vu. It was as if my mom had suddenly emerged from the past,...
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jane-ganahl's picture
Sep.23.2008
I'm not sure anyone can read to the end of this, but I thought I'd paste the entire Litquake schedule here, sort of as an excuse for why I have not...
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ericka-lutz's picture
Sep.23.2008
I'm sad today, melancholic and demoralized, acutely sensitive, choking up at songs on the radio, reliving old griefs. When I'm like this, a few...
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adrienne-mayor's picture
Sep.23.2008
"The ruins proclaim that the building was beautiful." Urdu saying, from The Reluctant Fundamentalist. 
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june-casagrande's picture
Sep.23.2008
The reason is threefold: 419 hits The reasons are threefold: 597 hits I've mostly heard people use that plural one. But today I came across the...
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anne-brooke's picture
Sep.23.2008
Here we are again. Day Two of Freshers’ Week. I got in early – though not as early as yesterday – and set our table up. Thank goodness no-one had...
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john-erwin-doerper's picture
Sep.23.2008
I was wrong yesterday: some of my grapes had ripened after all. Which meant I got to feast on both fresh fish and grapes. It's such little things...
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pauline-rowson's picture
Sep.23.2008
 I attended the photo shoot for the publicity for the Havant Literary Festival this morning with fellow authors, Brian Clarke and saga writer Dee...
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robert-gray's picture
Sep.23.2008
This series of poems is from my upcoming novel in verse.  The novel is centered on my brother, Drew, who died of a brain tumor at the age of 24.  The...
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lorraine-bentham's picture
Nov.20.2008
Well that's it!  I've done it.  I've passed the 50,000 word mark on the day that I wanted.  Not too shabby with other projects demanding time and...
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emily-roache's picture
Nov.20.2008
On Tuesday, I was confident that my novel was going great.  I'd been lagging, but managed to go from 22000 to 27000, even though I lost 1000 words on...
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former member's picture
Nov.20.2008
by former member
Then, all of sudden, I saw a hand holding a piece of chalk and writing on a black-board something like a mathematical formula. The vision was very...
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former member's picture
Nov.20.2008
by former member
Like a little serenity? "Ambient sound environments at your desktop for relaxation, privacy and solitude". Soothe yourself with the sound...
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lina-ru's picture
Nov.20.2008
by Lina Ru
Well, I have just discovered the wonders of the social networks... Too late? Hope not, I want to share you a feed where you can keep track of my...
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enoch-john's picture
Nov.20.2008
                                     When  with    mystique  painted  the  sky  gods  a  canopy  of  bright orange,  As  if   Cinabue   had     ...
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brad-green's picture
Nov.20.2008
Have you ever sat outside at night dipping a manuscript into the furious tongue of a Zippo?  How about hovering your spade thumb over the backspace,...
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kay-collins's picture
Nov.20.2008
So often we are in search of the latest trendy new place "to be seen".   Milwaukee offers this up and, of course, I am always trying to be...
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kelly-hogaboom's picture
Nov.20.2008
Recently I watched what seemed like an alpha-contest between two or three women in one of the institutions I volunteer with. As a voting member on...
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paul-west's picture
Nov.20.2008
I know, this doesn't have much to do with writing, more musings. No one has ever accused me of being lazy, but I can remember a time as a kid,...
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