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October 22, 2006 12:37 PM EDT --
InkSpotter Publishing is proud to announce the release of Betty Dobson's first poetry collection, Paper Wings.
The Canadian writer has been honing her craft and winning awards for more than . . .
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October 22, 2006 11:38 AM EDT --
InkSpotter Publishing is pleased to announce the winners of the 2006 Finding the Right Words Flash Fiction Contest.
This year's entries made the job of choosing the winners a real challenge. Interpretations . . .
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August 15, 2006 04:42 PM EDT --
Just got word that my short story "Passing Through" won Third Place in the Hot Summer Something contest run by From the Asylum Books and Press. The story will appear on their website in September. . . .
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August 12, 2006 10:36 PM EDT --
After subscribing to their newsletter for the last half eon or so, I finally decided to get off the fence and join the Canadian Federation of Poets.
More than that, I figured I might as well get involved . . .
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August 12, 2006 08:59 PM EDT --
Don't miss your last chance to vote for my entry in this month's Amazon Shorts contest!
"Baby Angels"
Monday, August 14th, is the scheduled end of my story's run, so don't . . .
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August 12, 2006 04:15 PM EDT --
InkSpotter Publishing is currently accepting submissions of holiday-themed personal essays and poetry for its inaugural e-book, Holiday Writes.
When you hear the word holiday, you might automatically . . .
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August 06, 2006 09:59 PM EDT --
As we sally forth into this most august month of months, your two-word challenge is:
HARD LUCK
Send your ideas for next week's challenge to me by Wednesday. The lucky challenger will be selected . . .
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August 02, 2006 01:09 PM EDT --
I've decided to try my luck during the second round of the Amazon Shorts contest.
My short story "Baby Angels" is now online.
I hope you'll take a few minutes to give it read and hopefully . . .
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July 04, 2006 11:18 PM EDT --
June bugs flick
against my pane
crave the light
dance the night
not long before
days end
NOTE: Originally published in Sol Magazine.
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July 02, 2006 08:48 PM EDT --
I became a writer when my thoughts became too personal for a diary. No surprise, since my parents did not believe in privacy for children. And they saw me as a child, even in high school. Instead of acting . . .
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July 02, 2006 05:55 PM EDT --
Most of my life, I've been terrified of snakes. Whatever their size, shape, or coloring, the very sight of one has been enough to make my limbs go numb. It's as if they could reach out and bite . . .
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June 27, 2006 06:20 PM EDT --
Can you believe this? I just had another poem accepted for publication!
The market this time around is the 2006 Binnacle Ultra-Short Competition. My poem "Scrape Rattle Bang" was one of about . . .
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June 26, 2006 05:46 PM EDT --
My poem "Restoration Piece" will be republished in Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets & Emcees , which is scheduled for Summer 2006 release by Lit Noire Publishing.
Also, look . . .
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June 25, 2006 07:05 AM EDT --
Now that I've learned that I have a clematis vine (see "Name That Bloom") crawling up the side of my garage, it's almost as if I've become obsessed with many and varied plants . . .
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June 22, 2006 08:52 PM EDT --
My article "A Bunch of Rocks: The Environmental Gutting of Malta", which I posted yesterday (June 21), has been selected as Editors' Choice and will appear on the Gather home page starting . . .
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June 21, 2006 02:05 AM EDT --
Lipstick slashes on his collar betray an earlier tryst.
She tries to soak them, tries to rub them out, but they hold fast, as firm as her fears and as sharp as her imagination. They won't go away. . . .
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June 20, 2006 09:28 PM EDT --
Here's a longlost kitty ditty from the pages of my journal. Never before seen. Perhaps never to be seen again.
feline companion
curled on the page
purrs for inspiration
plays catch with . . .
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June 20, 2006 06:36 PM EDT --
The deadline for the 2006 Finding the Right Words Flash Fiction Contest is July 21, 2006.
Since 2004, InkSpotter Publishing has hosted the annual contest for writers of flash fiction -- also known as . . .
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June 14, 2006 09:47 PM EDT --
Just a little bit of fun.
I think that I shall never see,
For I'm as blind as blind can be.
Someone please take pity on me;
I ran into a frickin' tree.
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June 11, 2006 11:18 PM EDT --
As I watched the 2006 Tony Awards, I couldn't help but cheer as the Canadian musical The Drowsy Chaperone started winning awards.
Best Book of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Original . . .
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