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Apr.10.2008
What prompts a creative heart? Why is it that creative people seem the most likely to help when it's needed? It doesn't matter if they can afford to or not, but they find a way. Oh, I don't just mean the fund I started on a shoestring in my mother's memory, I mean all of us who are involved in the...
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Apr.04.2008
Today's newspaper and some media newsletters have picked up on the story that Harper Collins has announced that they are starting a new division, headed by Bob Miller. Miller is the former founder and president of Hyperion, the publishing arm of Disney that deals with adult books, a lot of them by...
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Mar.29.2008
This week I received the following e-mail from a colleague titled,
"PETA Threatening Journalists and Bloggers." I've asked for,
and received, permission to post it here:
>> We got a letter from PETA's attorney yesterday about some blogging we've done on Pet Connection.
First post...
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Mar.21.2008
I suppose this could be considered blasphemy in The Red Room. Maybe I'll be unceremoniously dumped from this site which I really do love for its diversity and its opportunity to "meet' so many authors. But I'm a little irked. Oh, it's nothing new. I remember when a fairly well-known "...
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Mar.13.2008
I love to read. My passion for books started when I was very young. My mother read to me all the time and taught me to read long before I started school. I even read the dictionary when I was very young and today will read a cereal carton if nothing else is handy, although that's seldom the case....
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Mar.09.2008
It's no secret that I love animals and care deeply about their welfare. The fact that I'm also a writer puts me in an interesting position. I can impart information to help them live better, healthier lives, both physically and mentally. I can try to reach owners and tell them about a variety of...
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Mar.02.2008
What do you do when you lose your best friend? How do you handle it when your mother dies? For me, they were one in the same person and the earth opened up beneath me. It was like going into freefall. I am the person I am because of her. She wheeled my baby carriage through Boston's Museum of Fine...
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Feb.27.2008
I stare at the blank document, knowing that I want to fill it with something. The thoughts are there. My eyes are weary from staring at the screen. Extraneous thoughts pop into my head but still that opening sentence is elusive. It's not quite writer's block but something else, something for which...
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Feb.21.2008
I often think of our responsibility as journalists, authors, speakers. What we say, what we write doesn't just make an impact on others but reflects upon us as people. What we write, what we say, what we create is our intellectual property. Many of us have Google Alerts set up to see if anyone has...
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Feb.18.2008
I've spent days, off and on, trying to get a handle on my next book proposal. I know the subject matter but how best to express it? This one doesn't seem to be like the others I've done. It doesn't quite have a life of its own but it's telling me to write, stream-of-consciousness, and then work up...
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Feb.12.2008
I've finally managed to register my new shredder, its extended warranty AND my rebate online. I got a fairly decent start and then I got bogged down in miniscule numbers and where they might be located and which was which. I called tech support. Frankly, I think I should have just hired a 7-year-...
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Feb.04.2008
I seldom discuss politics and my friends and acquaintances can't seem to get a "read" on me. Is she a Democrat? Is she a Republican? A Liberal? A Conservative? What?
The answer is that I am none of the above. I have always been an Independent and with each passing year and every...
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Jan.31.2008
There's hope that comes with a book, not just writing for the sake of writing. There's hope that others will read our words, that the words will reach people at a gut level and leave a lasting impression. Writing nonfiction is something I do to make a difference. I attack each project with...
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Jan.29.2008
Today is January 29, 2008 and I'm embarking on something new. Oh,this is definitely a new experience for me. I've never blogged before. Blog. Such a new word. Like Ginormous. And like ginormous, blogging can seem somewhat daunting to the newcomer. I guess this is a place to share a bit of myself...
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About Darlene
I was born at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts where Jack Lemmon made his appearance in the elevator many years before. My mother managed to make it all the way to the delivery room. It seems as if I’ve always written although my first career...
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The Marcia Polimer Abrams Fund for Canine Behavior Studies at the AKC Canine Health Foundation
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