Tag: writers
group name: writerscafe
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September 15, 2007 12:57 AM EDT --
My friend at work has an ongoing goal: to be her own hero. She has projects that she dreams of fulfilling, and when she gets frustrated or down, she reminds herself that she is her own hero.
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September 15, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
The muse and I have struggled mightily this summer. In the spring, things were looking great! I wrote up a synopsis to a new novel and sent it around to a few friends. All agreed (as friends . . . more
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August 15, 2007 05:23 PM EDT --
We are very pleased to announce that the winner in the Gather.com “Express Yourself” Poetry Contest is Arlene H., for her poem “The Lagoon.” She has won $100 from Gather, and of . . . more
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March 17, 2008 12:20 AM EST --
The colors at the ROY end of the spectrum excite us, the BIV colors calm us down, but green is neutral in its effect.
Green is the largest color family discernible to the human eye. Darker . . . more
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May 07, 2007 01:11 AM EDT --
I have recently finished wading through a pile of submissions that I evaluated for a writing contest. Do not let this happen to you. Even if the money sounds good, there is no way it's . . . more
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April 27, 2008 04:32 AM EDT --
It is unfortunately a sad fact of life for authors that only about 3% ever get picked up and promoted to publishers by literary agents. As a consequence many new and aspiring authors are these days considering . . . more
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September 09, 2007 02:30 PM EDT --
Eagerly I enter the land of words
Fervently pluck the ripest
Driven by urge to fashion verse
Attempting a vivid message.
Michelangelo chiselled his “Boy David”
From a misshapen rock
My . . . more
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October 10, 2007 03:43 PM EDT --
Writing is one of the easiest things to do…all I need is something to write on and something to write with and something to write about: a pen, a notebook and a view—a crayon, construction . . . more
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November 16, 2007 11:04 PM EST --
If you are going to plunk down a few thousand to self-publish your book, you need to read about the WriteWise program which will become available in December. I am an associate of the Bookwise company, . . . more
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July 11, 2008 11:11 AM EDT --
I celebrate the birthday of acclaimed children's literature author, E. B. White, today.
Happy Birthday Elwyn !!
Elwyn Brooks White was born in the great state of Maine on July 11, 1899. . . . more
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March 31, 2007 04:46 PM EST --
Today, March 31, 2007, is the last day of my life that I haven't published a novel.
Tomorrow, April 1, 2007, my first novel, RABID, is being released.
I have been working toward this day . . . more
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August 26, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
It’s happened to many of us or to a colleague in the business. If you’re a writer, you know someone whose career took a stutter step when their publisher went out of business. Perhaps it was . . . more
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October 07, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Greetings. I am blessed to be the coordinator of a Second Fridays an evening of reading and sharing. I'm always looking for people to come and present. All the funds raised go to . . . more
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July 26, 2008 03:30 PM EDT --
My last post I talked about suffering from writer's blocks. Now I am going confess that I have been suffering from depression. The last few weeks I have had a sting of bad luck with women. I have . . . more
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September 18, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Ted, it is amazing, as I read this piece, how much emotion this brings back to me. It reminded me of how everyone around me always thinking that everything is okay, fine and that all is well, including . . . more
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September 30, 2007 03:23 PM EDT --
Those of you who have read my articles, know I'm a big fan of ebooks. Still, I was especially thrilled when my publisher, New Concepts Publishing, determined that high volume of sales earned my first . . . more
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August 21, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
Well, they probably won't happen. I know these things happen to a select few and I hope you've either been one of them or will be one day. But for most of us, me for example, here are some things . . . more
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October 12, 2007 05:00 AM EDT --
Look Away
Just look away, away
from we who grow old
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February 24, 2008 03:28 AM EST --
Time Out
Where have they
all gone you
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July 28, 2007 03:22 PM EDT --
Whilst night in the offing,
Chose her dark dyes,
Carousel of language beckoned,
Riding the sweep of whirling words,
Through, dizzy realms of imagination.
Reach state of the glazed eyed yogi,
Fanatical . . . more
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