Tag: creative non-fiction
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June 26, 2007 12:39 AM EDT --
There was once an eight year old girl who wasn't pretty. She wore thick glasses so heavy they rubbed sores on her nose where they sat. The other kids called her four eyes. She had long, stringy red . . .
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October 15, 2007 10:23 PM EDT --
In the late summer each year
From the back of a battered blue pickup
He brought a harvest to be canned.
His wife stood and stirred the big bubbling pots
Bent over them with tendrils . . .
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July 17, 2007 06:38 PM EDT --
Yesterday morning I rose at 5 a.m. in search of the sunrise. In all these days, I had not really seen her up close; we live in a 'thickly settled' neighborhood where the houses are closer than . . .
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January 24, 2008 02:44 PM EST --
Dateline: 1971
I was eleven. I was alone; and I liked it.
A cold winter day in the woods.
I had a little boy scout fire going.
The world was calm, cold and quiet.
I was all . . .
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June 20, 2007 02:14 AM EDT --
Hello and welcome to Writing Essentials on Wednesdays. As the Writing Essentials Member Editor for Wednesdays, I will be moderating this page today in the Writing Essentials group. writing.gather.com . . .
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July 25, 2007 02:18 AM EDT --
Today is an open day, which means that writing which falls under the content/genre guidelines of fiction, poetry, playwriting, creative non-fiction, memoir, essays about publishing or about writing, . . .
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August 21, 2007 07:42 PM EDT --
I realize it is not actually Wednesday, but our DSL connection spaces out at night. So, the early bird gets the worm and better safe than sorry. Here is Wednesday's article for Gather Essentials: . . .
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August 22, 2007 12:27 AM EDT --
My Hero and I thought we had finally reached the end, a conclusion. As we looked at each other in silence, waiting for our bankruptcy attorney to finish talking to that other attorney, we both seemed to . . .
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January 31, 2008 09:42 PM EST --
In Nocona, Texas many years ago there was a sign that stood outside of town. It read, "Don't let the sun go down on your back, Nigger." In the 30's and 40's and probably into . . .
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February 18, 2008 05:04 PM EST --
This morning I chanced upon a wonderful article " Tracker" by Barbary Chaapel. It was about an outstanding detective who goes to any lengths to track down his subject. Like Sherlock . . .
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August 14, 2006 05:05 PM EDT --
I shared my childhood experience, knowing she would ignore me the same as I had shunned those who tried to warn me. Glasses and braces . . .
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February 19, 2007 09:07 PM EST --
He'd done all of the course work in the seminary. All that was left was CPE--Clinical pastoral education. The pupose of CPE was to familiarize seminary students with visiting people . . .
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March 22, 2007 10:07 AM EDT --
Hi Folks!
Here's a peek at seven books by seven authors. Check them out and see if you can't find a new book to read today!
Til next week.
Dee
Excerpt: The Love We Had
Chapter . . .
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April 09, 2007 03:44 PM EDT --
It was prom night and I wasn’t exactly dressed for it. Instead of catching a limo with my friends, I was going to work at Sonic--my usual after school closing shift. How many high school dreams . . .
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May 29, 2007 11:27 PM EDT --
Driving though a tiny farming town in western Nebraska, I saw it there and passed on by. The building sported a new coat of paint, even thought it was sandwiched between an abandoned automobile . . .
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April 24, 2006 09:32 PM EDT --
Last summer was the first summer I lived on my own. I moved into an apartment with two friends, Nathan and Daniel, for the summer (we also had an imaginary roommate we named Carlos). Living on your own . . .
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May 12, 2006 01:27 PM EDT --
Last summer was the first summer I lived on my own. I moved into an apartment with two friends, Nathan and Daniel, for the summer (we also had an imaginary roommate we named Carlos). Living on your own . . .
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May 15, 2007 04:53 PM EDT --
I have had some small success in getting a few of my stories republished. Most recently, "The Very Cool Mister Rath" was republished under my original title "Mentor" in the . . .
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June 27, 2007 12:44 AM EDT --
On Wednesdays, I will be featuring the strongest of the content that comes into the group. The group's stated genres are the following: fiction, poetry, memoir, creative non-fiction, . . .
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October 02, 2007 11:48 PM EDT --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today, October 3 is an OPEN day .
This means that fiction, poetry, memoir, essays about writing or publishing, creative non-fiction, . . .
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