Tag: francis
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June 06, 2008 12:09 AM EDT --
"It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what . . . more
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August 25, 2006 02:14 AM EDT --
We all came to this country, the US, in search of a vastly better life. Many thousands came by ship and arrived in a port city, where many spent generations; in recent decades, most have come to the U.S. . . . more
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January 26, 2008 04:42 PM EST --
I promise to stop wriitng about "my trip to the hospital" soon. Very soon! But apparently, I'm a classic case of a writer who doesn't get out much. It's not that I don't see . . . more
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August 18, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
One reason it took me such a long time to finish college--or for college to be finished with me--was that I couldn't seem to focus on my requirements. I was supposed to be a "Communication Studies" . . . more
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July 19, 2007 10:44 PM EDT --
For a long time while I was in between novels, I saw the world in blog posts and Gather articles. Everything and everyone around me was part of a grand and unpredictable tale that might be written about, . . . more
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January 22, 2008 01:20 PM EST --
I've never really had the urge to write a special post commemorating a federal holiday, but yesterday I did. It's probably because recently I've been thinking a lot about Martin Luther King. . . . more
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February 22, 2007 11:58 PM EST --
One of the most common things a new novelist is likely to hear from well- meaning friends and relatives is, “Hey, why don’t you call Oprah
and see if she’ll put you on the show?” . . . more
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March 02, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
For the first three years I owned a computer, the phrases most logged into the search engine were “literary agents” and “how to find one.” Occasionally I dropped . . . more
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May 04, 2007 12:40 AM EDT --
The first booksigning I did was at the New England Booksellers’ Association. I appeared in the Penguin booth, which gave me a terrific opportunity to meet some of the local and national sales people . . . more
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April 06, 2007 01:37 AM EDT --
Because writers are essentially people who live and die by the power of imagination, we tend to dream extravagantly, wildly, sometimes impossibly. But that’s all right. Dreams are our task masters . . . more
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August 16, 2007 12:33 AM EDT --
If you want to understand the importance of voice in fiction, read page 1 of Patricia Wood's deeply affecting debut novel, Lottery. I can almost guarantee you will be instantly hooked.
No one . . . more
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January 04, 2008 10:30 AM EST --
I learned today that Patry Francis, author of 'The Liar's Diary' published in February 2007, was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. She is undergoing another surgery, and . . . more
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January 17, 2008 10:20 PM EST --
For most of my life, the view from this writer's window was a lonely one. Though it wasn't without its magic, it was distinctly lacking in human warmth.
As a professional waitress . . . more
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January 29, 2008 10:41 AM EST --
Today we are celebrating the launch of Patry Francis's The Liar's Diary. Patry, a Gather member as many of you know, has been recuperating from serious illness and surgery. To assist this wonderful . . . more
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January 29, 2008 04:17 PM EST --
It's Patry Francis Blog Day!
Patry was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and can not promote her book, The Liar's Diary , to the extent necessary, so her friends, Laura Benedict . . . more
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March 15, 2007 07:16 PM EDT --
A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Francis Bacon
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most . . . more
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May 23, 2007 07:12 PM EDT --
Reviewed by Amelia Bibb for Reader Views (4/07)
Virginia M. Fellows executes beautifully the telling of what some might call only a theory and others argue a fact. William Shakespeare had neither the . . . more
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May 21, 2007 08:29 PM EDT --
Enter Ali Mather, 46, the new music teacher at Bridgeway High, who's married and otherwise attached, and a mite too sexy for her own good. Enter Jeanne Cross, the super-efficient school secretary married . . . more
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August 09, 2006 10:29 PM EDT --
Some of you may already know that I am involved as a volunteer with the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota. I am a mammal nursery crew leader, which means that I lead a team of volunteers . . . more
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March 09, 2007 12:58 AM EST --
Call it the fatal question. Ask it too often, or too needily in a relationship and you may eventually end up hearing the response you fear most. It’s a matter of simple psychology. Doubt your own . . . more
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