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terence-clarke's picture
May.29.2008
50Cotapos dice que tu risa cae como un halcón desde una brusca torre y, es verdad, atraviesas el follaje del mundo con un solo relámpago de tu...
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
May.29.2008
Okay, these things happen. You know, you write something you like and for some strange reason the planets align and conspire, and poof! it's gone....
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
May.29.2008
So another writer and I (who shall remain nameless lest she wants to come out of the HTML closet) have been trying to figure out how to promote our...
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robert-todd-felton's picture
May.29.2008
In the morning, I set out to visit their cottage, which has recently been renovated and reopened as a Synge museum. When I get there, however,...
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gerard-jones's picture
May.28.2008
I don't care how burnt out you are on the primaries, you have to read this article on the Huffington Post: "Dunkin Donuts Pulls Ad Featuring...
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gary-g-gach's picture
May.28.2008
THE WRITER can get free of his writing only by using it, that is, by reading oneself.  As if the aim of writing were to use what is already written...
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phil-bronstein's picture
May.28.2008
  Here's how I wanted to start this: Next to me my wife was quivering, waves of excitement and anticipation washing over her. Blah, blah, like that....
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terence-clarke's picture
May.28.2008
I was in New York City recently, looking for a few things for breakfast. The scone was an unusual shape - round, looking delectable, with small...
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katie-macalister's picture
May.28.2008
Today's HDQ is brought to you by the hoof pick I found in my purse the other day. Yes, hoof pick. As in, the thing you use to clean a horse's hoof. I...
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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
May.28.2008
In the fall of 2006, my former spouse and I were splitting up our tiny universe, and one day he came over to my then apartment to figure out how to...
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sharon-blackmon's picture
Jun.20.2008
Can't see the forest for the trees? Are you a woman with sight and no vision? Exactly what is a woman with sight and no vision? And what is the...
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alisha-bowen's picture
Jun.20.2008
Sometimes writing can be a drag.  There are woderful, inspirational moments where it all flows, then there is the rest of the time.  So far, I've got...
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james-phelan's picture
Jun.20.2008
  I've just finished editing my third novel, BLOOD OIL. As a small teaser, I can tell you that this story is the first in a trilogy concerning a...
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joseph-john's picture
Jun.20.2008
You've got a novel with an awesome plot and vivid writing. Your characters are deep, I'm talking multi-faceted wonders, baby. They damn near stand up...
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sue-glasco's picture
Jun.19.2008
Driving home from the exciting program that Laura Benedict presented for Southern Illinois Writers Guild tonight, it occurred to me that last night...
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alyson-mead's picture
Jun.19.2008
It must be the old days -- the leftover memories of blasting through those doors on the last day of school.  The smell of pencil shavings and my...
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jennifer-kathleen-gibbons's picture
Jun.19.2008
  I've spent a good chunk of my life on BART. BART, if you don't live in the Bay Area, stands for Bay Area Rapid Transit, a commuter train that takes...
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lhea-love's picture
Jun.19.2008
 It seems as if Americans like their writers poverty-stricken and struggling. As if being poor, in itself, will bring authenticity to the page....
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joseph-john's picture
Jun.19.2008
In Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore, Elizabeth Lyon details the five paragraphs of a good query letter...
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sue-glasco's picture
Jun.18.2008
Here's the release sent out for SIWG: Laura Benedict to Speak at Southern Illinois Writers Guild June 19   Returning from serving on the...
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