Tag: writers
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November 20, 2009 06:30 PM EST --
Orbs
Like the orbs of soap from my daughter's bubble pipe,
I feel you grow within me,
cell by cell
and plasma after new plasma.
I wrap my arms around myself
knowing you . . .
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November 20, 2009 07:27 AM EST --
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics
Mark Twain.
It's a Clavinism that 87% of all Internet statistics are made up.
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July 24, 2007 10:03 PM EDT --
When I was at a conference recently the key note speaker quoted a figure that there are only 200 writers who are making their living from writing. This has gotten me thinking. Being optimistic . . .
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November 20, 2009 12:07 AM EST --
These stats are a couple of years old.
68% of Republicans polled said they didn't believe in evolution.
Whereas 5% of monkeys believe in Republicans.
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October 27, 2007 04:52 PM EDT --
I want to start a writer's group in the neighbourhood that I have moved into just four months ago. I don't hardly know anyone here except for the few neighbours I have around me and a handfull . . .
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November 17, 2007 01:16 PM EST --
A lot people are angry about Hollywood writers going on strike.
In a nutshell - the strike is about writers wanting to get paid for their work being shown on "New Media". . . .
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November 14, 2009 09:52 AM EST --
Some authors have blogs and some do not, and I was wondering if that's because not all writers make good bloggers.
I have a blog...now, since I was told it was a rite of passage to authordom. . . .
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March 02, 2009 11:57 AM EST --
Do you like to write? Do you like to see your works in print, or displayed neatly on the screen?
Some Gather members are great writers, some are good writers, still others are, how shall . . .
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November 20, 2009 05:04 AM EST --
"I celebrate myself, And what I assmue you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."
Walt Whitman
Poetry across the landscape can be just about anything and take . . .
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December 02, 2007 12:43 PM EST --
Recently I stumbled across the writing of a Gather member who has been here since January but has only recently started publishing her work. She is a published author and is certainly raising the quality . . .
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May 30, 2008 09:25 AM EDT --
I just read a very short article here on Gather about Harvey Korman having died. As most everyone knows, he was one of the comedians who was a regular cast member on the Carol Burnett Show. In some places, . . .
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July 14, 2008 10:40 PM EDT --
I have not met anyone who was extremely famous, but I have met a few semi-famous people. The first one I met was Jerry Palliada in 1st grade. He is/was a childrens author and wrote the . . .
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December 11, 2007 09:16 PM EST --
If you have yahoo as a main E-mail I made a group for all writers the name of it is disabled writers but It's for everyone
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July 12, 2008 12:30 PM EDT --
I'm sorry it's been like forever sense I've posted anything original lately I'e been dealing with a mild case of writers block but never fail I'm working through it. ao be on the look . . .
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October 09, 2008 10:47 PM EDT --
"Fine if you find catharsis in writing, but please don't drag me into your bathroom, point in the toilet and expect me to praise your crap."
I see a good deal of . . .
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July 02, 2007 08:09 AM EDT --
COMPETITIONS
ST MARTIN'S MINOTAUR BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL CONTEST
http://www.minotaurbooks.com/competitions.html
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NO ENTRY FEE
Mystery Writers of America is pleased and excited . . .
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December 30, 2007 11:04 AM EST --
I'm not a big fan of television but I have missed my Jay Leno monologues. The Writers Guild has reached an agreeement with David Letterman but not Jay Leno and that other guy (O'Brien) who . . .
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May 15, 2006 11:48 PM EDT --
Here are some ideas to jump-start your writing!
1) Write an arguement between two characters that begins in bed.
2) Tell the story of a job interview that goes badly. The more your characters . . .
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September 20, 2006 07:53 AM EDT --
Since 2004, I have been working hard with no remuneration. In that time I have produced four manuscripts of 50,000 words or more that need to be revised and edited. How often do I browbeat myself for not . . .
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July 03, 2007 09:37 PM EDT --
I don't pretend to be all that important. I run a small...tiny...itsy bitsy...press, Bards and Sages. It turns a profit, but I don't do it full time. I haven't published . . .
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