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Minn of the Mississippi reviewed by Bill Ectric -
Bill Ectric (1,060)     Bill Ectric  Minn of the Mississippi: Turtle On the River Long before my young attention span could handle reading the entire text of this book, I sat for hours pouring over the fascinating illustrations. Minn of the Mississippi, by Holling Clancy Holling, left a lasting impression on me. It wasn’t as easy... ( added 3 years 253 days ago.) |
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Tips for First Time Authors : 2 Easy Steps to Make Your First Book a Success -
Kim Dushinski (252)  Are you a first time author? Do you wonder how to get started promoting it? Ever wish you knew the most common mistakes that other first time authors make so you can avoid them? ( added 3 years 267 days ago.) |
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How to Look for Short Story Ideas -
Dino Manrique (1,096) So you've decided to write a short story, but are a bit stumped by one minor detail -- you don't know what to write about. Here are a few suggestions, most of them based on my own writing experience, on how to look for short story seeds, and how to go about growing them so that they can flower... ( added 3 years 323 days ago.) |
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How to Read a Short Story -
Dino Manrique (1,096) A friend of mine recently asked me how to read a short story. She asked me through text (SMS) message, and I had to think on my feet and give her a quick answer. Being in SMS, my response was short but I think it captured the gist of what one has to have in mind when reading a short story. This... ( added 3 years 332 days ago.) |
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Why Professional Editing is Important for Writers -
 - Michelle L Devon (1,658)  Michelle L Devon   If you are a writer, and especially if you are an experienced writer, you might be wondering why you would want to consider having your writing professionally edited. I am a writer myself, and while I do self editing on all of my writings, for novels and shorts I submit for consideration for... ( added 44 days 15 hours ago.) |
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Stars Twinkle -
Larry Fox (117)  My mind was filled with no thoughts at all, I was void of contemplation, no emotions, no expectations there was just the jaunt... I remember sitting in an English chair the woods were so silent and still that all I could hear was the sound of the stars twinkling in the black, moon lit, night... ( added 57 days 13 hours ago.) |
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A Poem Called Tony -
Larry Fox (117) "Tony" And as the young man gets his diploma he stands, and pauses a moment to gaze into his Mind. To think thoughts of, what in his Future life he shall find. Years for him roll swiftly on by. So fast do they travel, that at each defeat he doesn't permit himself to cry. He looks around with... ( added 57 days 15 hours ago.) |
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Calm the rage -
Larry Fox (117) why are you so afraid of me I'm just no ordinary man maybe that's it, oh now I see, it's catch me if you can You fear I'm the right one for you can't stand the curious, worried about feeling sad and blue Well just take a sip of me, calm all those fears I'm not the past, I'm... ( added 57 days 16 hours ago.) |
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Review:Poetic Musings of an Old Fat Man -
ngoldman (6,202)    ngoldman Author: Harry E. Gilleland, Jr. ISBN: 978-1-4357-1242-3 Harry E. Gilleland Jr. is a retired professor of microbiology from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. In this third collection of poems... ( added 92 days 15 hours ago.) |
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Breaking Free of The Pain-Body -
Barbara Clark (344)  Barbara Clark While author Eckhart Tolle suggests in Chapter 6 of "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," that "it takes no time at all" to become free of our identification with our pain-body (page 183), he also says that breaking free of our pain-bodies doesn't generally instantaneously happen. It... ( added 124 days 7 hours ago.) |
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Small-Town Magic - Familiar Community Life in Science Fiction -
- Robert Gibson (119)  Robert Gibson In Clifford Simak's All Flesh is Grass (1965), the narrator, Brad Carter, describes his love-hate relationship with his home town of Millville: I stood there on the sidewalk, looking down the street, and I felt hatred for the town - not for the people in it, but for the town itself, for... ( added 153 days 19 hours ago.) |
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The Great Reason for Learning Italian -
- Robert Gibson (119) Robert Gibson Suppose that, like me, you regret lacking a classical education, and envy those few who can effortlessly read Homer and Virgil in their original languages - an achievement that normally takes years of intensive study. Of course one trusts that they are fabulously great writers and their... ( added 153 days 19 hours ago.) |
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The Good Haunting - Comfort from Reading Dante -
- Robert Gibson (119) Robert Gibson I write in the spirit of one who offers to compare notes with other readers. This is therefore a personal essay. If you have ever been rejected or misunderstood (and who hasn't?), you may find as I did that certain lines resonate with a comfort that comes from afar and approaches near; lines... ( added 153 days 19 hours ago.) |
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Elbow-Room in Plotting - The Example of Overgovernments in Science Fiction -
- Robert Gibson (119) Robert Gibson Governments are governments, right? A thing is what it is. But.... even in our world things aren't that clear-cut. The dons of Cambridge University, for example, might be hard put to it to define the relationship of the colleges to the University with any great degree of precision. ... ( added 156 days 14 hours ago.) |
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Pretending To Be Necessary -
Barbara Clark (344) Barbara Clark Reflections on Chapter 3 of "A New Earth" and the Online Class with Author Eckart Tolle & Oprah Winfrey There were so many parts of Chapter 3 of "A New Earth" that resonated with me that I found it difficult to decide what to write about here. I ended up re-watching the online class tonight as I... ( added 159 days 14 hours ago.) |
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My Five Moments: Reflections on "A New Earth" Online Class & Book -
Barbara Clark (344) Barbara Clark On its premier night, I had trouble viewing the online class about "A New Earth" with author Eckhart Tolle and Oprah Winfrey due to technical difficulties. Like many who experienced the same, I was relieved to know that the class would be available for viewing the next day and... ( added 160 days 19 hours ago.) |
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Empires and the SF Imagination: science fiction and the imperial theme -
Robert Gibson (119) Robert Gibson The word empire is a popular magnet for prospective readers or game-players, however unpopular it might be in real political life. Probably the most familiar example in SF is the Galactic Empire whose last two centuries of decline and fall is portrayed in Asimovs Foundation series. In his... ( added 303 days 16 hours ago.) |
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Science Fiction Future Histories - Criteria for Success -
Robert Gibson (119) Robert Gibson Introduction : Within the field of science fiction, fans can get especially addicted to the sub-genre "Future History", a series of interconnected stories set in a common background that develops over time. For any story to be enjoyable, we all know how vital interesting characters and... ( added 308 days 15 hours ago.) |
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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon -
Kenneth McCormick (10) Some mighty strange things have happened in this country. Some of them have become legends. The Mad Gasser of Mattoon is one of these incidents. You may have heard about it, but don't recognize it, because it has been called by many other names, such as The Mad Gasser of Roanoke, The Anesthetic... ( added 350 days 17 hours ago.) |
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Blogs, Books, and Writings From the Web: Christian Crumlish & Levi Asher -
Bill Ectric (1,060) Bill Ectric The ubiquitous Christian Crumlish is a writer and consultant living in Oakland , California with his partner Briggs and his cat Fraidy. He calls himself "xian" for short. He is the co-editor of Coffeehouse, Writings From the Web , the author of The Power of Many , and publisher of the ( added 2 years 80 days ago.) |
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Poetic Love versus Commercial Love -
Ionescu Alexandru (14) Am I the last romantic? This is a very tough question for me! I remember the times when love seemed more pure and diaphanous. A boy saw a girl, he liked her, she smiled shamefaced at him, giving him hope. Desire was fed by hope, and time was the perfect cook for a romantic love recipe. It all... ( added 2 years 172 days ago.) |
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How To Draw Caricatures -
Jennifer Bailey (2,871) Anyone can draw a caricature, but only a real artist can transform a doodle into a work of art. If you are serious about improving your caricature drawing skills, you should consider taking classes. Here are some tips to help get you started. Observe, observe, observe. A caricature is only... ( added 2 years 193 days ago.) |
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Calligraphy Fonts -
Alison Cole (6,339) Calligraphy fonts have undergone a colorful evolution throughout the centuries. Their development has been shaped by history itself. Early writing was done on wood or stone, thus the fonts were angular. As man became more sophisticated and developed cities, the fonts also changed to have softer... ( added 2 years 193 days ago.) |
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Japanese Calligraphy -
Alison Cole (6,339) The ancient art of Japanese calligraphy is captured today in numerous pieces of artwork. Some are used as home or office decor; others are becoming popular gift items. Others are even used as tattoo images. “Shodo,” a Japanese term for calligraphy that means the way of writing is taught to... ( added 2 years 193 days ago.) |
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Half Price Broadway Tickets -
Ross Bainbridge (4,915) To help people see Broadway plays, concerts, and other types of performances, some organizations provide half-price tickets. Broadway performances have an enormous popularity and hence its tickets are always in high demand. Such demand pushes up prices too. However, there are certain ways in... ( added 2 years 193 days ago.) |
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