http://strugglingwriter.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Struggling Writers Block en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:42:16 GMT 2009-12-30T16:42:16Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968582&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace A trickle of my mentality On to paper; through my pen A trickle of my mortality Common, simplistic; indifference An unfathomable fate; strange Foreseen through ignorance and hate An utterly undeniable . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:09:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968582&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Peter O. 2009-12-30T13:09:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967628&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:21:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967628&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Andre W. 2009-12-29T20:21:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964229&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace GBN Studios; Los Angeles, CA “Excuse me, but what school are you from?” The human girl ahead of me in line got a confused expression on her face but then smiled. . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:13:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964229&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Patricia G. 2009-12-27T07:13:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937633&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace The little boy was five years old and the time had come for him to go to school.  His carefree days of marching up and down the living-room, banging the tin drum that hung from his neck on a length . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:36:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937633&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Charles Moorhen 2009-12-08T21:36:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939633&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace   Sadly, Writers Block  affects every writer at some point in their career, and is the most soul-destroying condition in a writer's world; but by using an easy one-word technique it can become . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:08:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939633&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Charles Moorhen 2009-12-09T22:08:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962645&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Merry Christmas to all my current and future Gather friends. I am off to work for awhile and will have dinner with my sister, niece, and great niece later today. Hubby and my grown son and I. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:19:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962645&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Heather E. 2009-12-25T13:19:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961858&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace   Still looking for a few last-minute gifts?  Buy Baltimore!  Not the city, but products produced by and in Charm City.  To help you find some great Baltimorian gifts, Baltimore's . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:51:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961858&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-12-24T16:51:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957540&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace A Margin of Error Ballots of Straw Lani Massey Brown Fiction - Thriller Reviewed for ReadersFavorite.com Lani Massey Brown offers readers a thriller. The setting . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:03:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957540&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Lani B. 2009-12-21T21:03:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954801&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace This year is busy, and I will be gone for most of the season. I have no children in my home to miss the decorating.My Christmas Tree this year is a topiary, made on an inverted tomato cage, the cone shaped . . . Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:34:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954801&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Heather E. 2009-12-19T18:34:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954660&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace My dad and stepmother have been married twenty five years. They do not need or want or expect anything from us for Christmas, but I want to do more than a card. I have bought some nice looking matching . . . Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:21:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954660&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Heather E. 2009-12-19T16:21:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954657&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace We were not born to you But Because of love You are rooted in our heart Giving sweet fruit To our lives. You are a treasure We would have . . . Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:12:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954657&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Heather E. 2009-12-19T16:12:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952856&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace I'm 18 and old enough to kill; Can't enjoy all lifes thrills, But blood's all mine to spill. You'd have me shipped away, Fitted, loaded, frayed and weighed; God forbid I stray or pray... . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:16:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952856&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Peter O. 2009-12-18T11:16:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945720&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Individually indescribable I’m my own subconscious ultimatum As pure as a newborns perceived enlightenment I’m the realization of possibility . . . Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:04:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945720&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Peter O. 2009-12-14T04:04:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944943&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Hello, friends. In our family, we’ve always managed to get through the traumas and tears by holding on to each other and praying. A lot. My own philosophy, . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:31:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944943&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Aaron Lazar, (author of LeGarde Mysteries) 2009-12-13T15:31:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944910&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Dozens of cookies, counters filled with pies. May all that is warm, and sweet, and good be in your life this Christmas Season.       I . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:38:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944910&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Heather E. 2009-12-13T14:38:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942884&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace O.k, so it's been forver it seems since I first started trying to get pregnant. It also seems like it's been forever since I got that first "kinda positive" result with the pregnancy test I still have . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:41:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942884&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Sara W. 2009-12-11T18:41:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942743&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Nothing seemed real to josiah when he walked through the door. The world seemed hazed and unreal. It was almost like a dream but he knew it had to be real. The sun was shining down on his face and he . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:07:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942743&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Jeremy Senters{P0eT!c_Re@zon!ng) 2009-12-11T17:07:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932233&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Wanna know what other writers are writing? Doing? Thinking? Feeling? Several weeks ago I discovered and wrote about MURDER*By*4 , a group of writers sharing their ideas, experiences, and advice . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:30:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932233&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Lani B. 2009-12-10T20:30:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977938750&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace I work with the adult disabled population. I like my clients. My position is Program Coordinator/Lead Health Coordinator, I do not like the position. It is salaried, and if the shifts are not filled, . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:33:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977938750&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Heather E. 2009-12-09T12:33:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927933&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Fresh from his flight to the Ottawa Book Fair, Gilbert the Flightless Goose is going to the first capitol of the United States: York, Penn.   That’s because Flightless Goose . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:27:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927933&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Eric D. Goodman 2009-12-02T23:27:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927451&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Update On The Lesbian's Pregnancy World     Well, it’s been a little over a week since I announced to all of you that I have been trying (by the hardest) to get pregnant. Since then, . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:24:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927451&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Sara W. 2009-12-02T17:24:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925292&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace I am off to move two of my clients today. Actually, I hope the case managers get it done while I am at appointments. I went and got boxes four times yesterday, and staff called and said they still ran . . . Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:02:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925292&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Heather E. 2009-12-01T13:02:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925283&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace I have a secure (I think) job, but it is salary. It is human services, so you cannot just shut the door, turn out the lights, and go on home. For instance, I do not see me having a day off in the next . . . Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925283&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Heather E. 2009-12-01T13:00:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922494&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Response to “It’s Over.” (this piece was published a few weeks ago - read it first if you have't yet.) Copyright 2009, aaron paul lazar When I found you that morning . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:02:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922494&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Aaron Lazar, (author of LeGarde Mysteries) 2009-11-29T18:02:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977919090&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Part IV: How Not to Look Illiterate Finding an Editor What is an editor, and why is one so important? An editor is your most important ally against your worst enemy. And by the way, you . . . Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:56:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977919090&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Julie Ann Dawson 2009-11-26T15:56:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918369&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Because so many of my family members have Thanksgiving time birthdays, it represents time for us to all gather and celebrate. We have had happy times and we have held each other up in the bad times. If . . . Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:36:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918369&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Heather E. 2009-11-26T03:36:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918320&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling . . . Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:56:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918320&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Andre W. 2009-11-26T02:56:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917534&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Part Three: Author-Think versus Publisher-Think Being an author is, by default, an exercise in positive thinking. We put words to paper (or screen) under the misguided notion that people care what . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:20:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917534&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Julie Ann Dawson 2009-11-25T17:20:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917521&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace "Trying to have a baby when your a lesbian is tough" It is no mystery that conceiving a child when your a lesbian is not the typical bing, bang (you're knocked up) experience. In fact, it can take . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:08:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917521&grpId=3659174697240460&nav=Groupspace Sara W. 2009-11-25T17:08:43Z