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matthew-michael-hanlon's picture
Jun.09.2008
Now I know, or at least I should know, by now, never, ever to promise anything. Even in that off-handed kind of way. Like, for example, how I...
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shana-mclean-moore's picture
Jun.09.2008
Fine lines are never something you wish for—unless, I suppose, your fashion designs are being judged on Project Runway. Any other time a fine line is...
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blair-kilpatrick's picture
Jun.09.2008
I never set out to write a book. I already had enough to do, trying to balance my unlikely new passion for Cajun-Creole music with the demands I...
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barbara-berman's picture
Jun.09.2008
DISCIPLINE Sister Flossie Hicks sang snatches of "I Will Meet You In The Morning" which she had not   sung in years and was pricking...
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sandra-ann-miller's picture
Jun.09.2008
I'm excited to be teaching my first course on Self-Publishing this fall.  Intro to Self-Publishing will be a one-night seminar held at the Bundy...
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kellyann-f-zuzulo's picture
Jun.09.2008
For what else but enchantment is present when a previously designated "runner-up" becomes the winner? This is what has happened for A...
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terence-clarke's picture
Jun.09.2008
57Mienten los que dijeron que yo perdí la luna, los que profetizaron mi porvenir de arena, aseveraron tantas cosas con lenguas frías: quisieron...
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michael-w-sherer's picture
Jun.09.2008
At Left Coast Crime in Denver recently, I had the wonderful fortune of moderating a panel on the creative process titled “Where Ideas Come From.”...
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dale-estey's picture
Jun.09.2008
All Kafka, all the time, was not my intent for this blog . But I don't mind him roaming around. A most startling situation regarding Kafka and my (re...
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joseph-john's picture
Jul.14.2008
The phrase "write what you know" is a misnomer. It doesn't mean that if you're a lawyer, you have to write about lawyers; if you're a...
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lhea-love's picture
Jul.14.2008
Can happy writers produce great art? I must admit, I'm a skeptic. I like my writers skirting at the edge of life. I like them alcoholic and drug-...
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former member's picture
Jul.13.2008
by former member
The "sort of" recent news report that only one in four persons had read a book of any kind during the past year came as no surprise to me,...
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lynn-liccardo's picture
Jul.13.2008
Regular readers will remember a little dust-up re my post, connecting the dots - the emmy episode... When I mentioned that All My Children's James...
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jennifer-kathleen-gibbons's picture
Jul.13.2008
Francoise Renoir just issued a meme about what books influence our lives. It's a little bit late because I was taking care of my niece, aka the...
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former member's picture
Jul.13.2008
by former member
As a fiction editor, I read lots and lots of novel synopses. Frankly, most of them aren't very good. But that's okay. When I, or any other editor,...
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lisa-ahlstedt's picture
Jul.13.2008
All my life, I've been a voracious reader.  Where this obsession came from, I've no idea, because no one else in my family is very interested in...
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selene-castrovilla's picture
Jul.13.2008
     SHE LOVED THEM ALL   By Selene Castrovilla       “Each person represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is...
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former member's picture
Jul.13.2008
by former member
Benihana founder dies in New York from cancer  By KELLI KENNEDY – 1 day ago MIAMI (AP) — Rocky Aoki, who sought to offer diners a sense of magic and...
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brian-mckee's picture
Jul.13.2008
Jerry walked through the cathedral door with his sharpened silver cross clutched tightly in his left hand. In his right hand he held a gun, a nine...
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