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robert-sward's picture
Aug.08.2008
Beverly Hills, 90210 [I have my daughter Hannah Sward's permission to run this brief excerpt from her work in progress, Diary of a Non-Starlet] On...
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
Aug.08.2008
(I'm on a thematic roll, and I've hit the incline, the theme just about over.  But here is one last list.) I always thought I was an independent...
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gerard-jones's picture
Aug.08.2008
As I got to work today, all the repellent implications of Caroline Paul's "sometimes you have to approach writing like cleaning the toilet...
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alex-grant's picture
Aug.08.2008
I stumbled across a very disturbing Holodeck program today - it was based around a travelling circus, and while I'm not pointing fingers, I'll just...
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natasha-bauman's picture
Aug.08.2008
See my blog about my 12-year journey to publication at http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/
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angela-k-nickerson's picture
Aug.08.2008
8.8.08! 8.8.08! 8.8.08! Don't call. Don't write. Don't email. And don't expect me to respond. I am busy. Really, really busy. The Olympics...
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w-l-hoffman's picture
Aug.08.2008
When it comes to writing and blogging, I recognize that my audience varies. Based upon prior communications, it’s fair to identify two dominant...
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linda-jo-hunter's picture
Aug.08.2008
Do all writers have OAI? Hey! This is a serious disease. I discovered I have OAI in high school. As I sat in class I looked out the window at the...
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amanda-ashley's picture
Aug.08.2008
Blogging has always been a daunting task for me. I can never think of anything cute or clever to say. My life is actually pretty boring....mostly I...
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kristy-kiernan's picture
Aug.08.2008
The number of people who blog about books is astounding and on the rise, just like the number of children who have food allergies. And sometimes...
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eric-hill's picture
Oct.26.2008
Meditation and Prayer A few observations from experience on the similarities and differences of the above.   The first notion I wish to dispel from...
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gayle-hansen's picture
Oct.26.2008
I was looking around in my cupboards for a common and humble household item to write a poem about...and found a box of table salt (When it rains...it...
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mary-wilkinson's picture
Oct.26.2008
I think there is something extremely lonely about visiting a supermarket on a Sunday.  Somehow it seems all wrong.  As if all the people walking...
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former member's picture
Oct.26.2008
by former member
Helium.com deleted certain sections of the essay because they said that it was "self-promotion" or whatever that means. Here is the link to...
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former member's picture
Oct.26.2008
by former member
I've been reading about this woman and I'm completely fascinated by her life. Her phone calls were being tapped, something that I can definitely...
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labanya-prava's picture
Oct.26.2008
from some days children of my country are not given milk. as because the main brand of powder milk is banned. and in sufficient of pure cows milk....
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isabel-tai's picture
Oct.26.2008
soo sorry that i haven't been able to post this past few days! i've been so busy, tired and freaked out to write anything. haha There was so many...
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mary-rose-ong's picture
Oct.26.2008
16 October 200812:38 am (in my room with a pack of tissue paper beside me) It’s been nine months since Mr. First True Love left me, diagnosed with...
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mary-rose-ong's picture
Oct.26.2008
I haven’t cried that hard for quite a long time but when my best friend told me her personal experience, I found myself sobbing so hard that I almost...
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mary-rose-ong's picture
Oct.26.2008
It’s normal for us to received gifts or presents from other people during occasions or when someone is just being thoughtful to give you one.  Those...
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