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jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
May.31.2008
I have never been limber and flexible.  I'm kind of your muscle-y person, not lithe and free flowing and able to do the splits or other major...
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dave-donelson's picture
May.31.2008
The most exciting news I've heard since Kunati picked up the rights to Heart of Diamonds was that my publisher was named Independent Publisher of the...
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magdalena-ball's picture
May.30.2008
Hi everyone, I'll be doing a public chat on LibraryThing from the 23rd of June to the 4th of July and I'd love you to come and throw me your...
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alan-black's picture
May.30.2008
The aggression of the "excuse me" bastard brigade was on display in the bar last night. That phrase, now a pejorative used as a battering...
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gerard-jones's picture
May.30.2008
Reality continues to unravel around right-wing bloggers' belief that Rachael Ray's paisley scarf was an act of pro-terrorist "hate couture....
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cheryl-l-snell's picture
May.30.2008
I just read Paul Theroux’s The Elephanta Suite, three novellas about Americans in India. Aside from a few easy reversals, abrupt transformations, and...
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cheryl-l-snell's picture
May.30.2008
Here's a crunchy snack to take to a Red Room housewarming. It's called bhel-puri, and is a popular Indian beach food. Here, it can be found already...
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terence-clarke's picture
May.30.2008
51Tu risa pertenece a un árbol entreabierto por un rayo, por un relámpago plateado que desde el cielo cae quebrándose en la copa, partiendo en dos el...
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dashka-slater's picture
May.30.2008
One of the more pointless and addictive things you can do when you have a new book out, is repetitively Google the title to find out what is being...
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jt-ellison's picture
May.30.2008
Have you ever noticed that we writers are a little strange? Here's a great example for you... I'm sitting in the airport at the moment, one of my...
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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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