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Nov.14.2010 - 9:41 am
Word, Image and Storytelling
When I was a kid I used to sit around all day and draw pictures.  Artistically, they were passable, but my purpose was not to make art but to make stories.  I would draw the...
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Sep.18.2010 - 3:58 pm
Taming the Half-Feral Cat, or What I Did on My Summer Vacation
     Okay, I’m back to being a writer now, after taking several months off to do other things.     Here are some of the things I did:     Created a beautiful jungle  garden in my...
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Aug.27.2010 - 8:34 am
Keeping Your Shorts Alive
What happens to those hard-earned short stories that you were so proud to finally get published in a magazine?Do they gather mold in your bottom drawer along with the certificate...
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Apr.03.2010 - 11:57 am
One Word, Once In A While: Vacationing
I am taking a vacation from being a writer. For a long time this has been a huge part of my identity.  Even when I wasn't writing, I was 'a writer', with articles/stories or poems...
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Poem: The Visit (Poem)
Poem: Dear God (Poem)
Short Story: The Night I Spent With My Grandmother's Lover (Fiction)

Comments from Lisa Gale

Sep.26.2009 - 6:47 am
In response to: In the Room with Charles Manson
The Horns and Talons...
...are often invisible. Humans in general are a curiously confusing breed to me, with our capacity for horrendous acts...
Sep.25.2009 - 8:08 pm
In response to: Adjust That Attitude!
Yes, "Someone Else's Monkey"...
... is a great title. Now I just have to write the story.  Let me see if I can expand to fit the container :-)
Sep.25.2009 - 8:03 pm
In response to: Adjust That Attitude!
Why I can't..
delete these duplicate posts is anyone's guess.
Sep.25.2009 - 7:39 am
In response to: Adjust That Attitude!
I would have loved...
..to have brought the monkey home with me, but it was someone else's monkey.  Plus it probably would not have been ...
Sep.25.2009 - 6:53 am
In response to: Adjust That Attitude!
It is not a cat but a....
...Peruvian monkey, which lived in the back of a tiny cafe in the Amazon where I was doing a story.  Thanks for asking!
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About Lisa Gale

Lisa Gale Garrigues was born in Los Angeles and has lived in Spain, France, Switzerland, England, Peru and Argentina, working as a teacher, writer, translator and private investigator. Her poetry, essays and short fiction have appeared in Writer's Digest,...
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