Tag: books
group name: roundtable
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July 28, 2008 09:41 PM EDT --
For a month now I've been a reporter for The Livingston Enterprise http://www.livingstonenterprise.com/news/ in Livingston, Montana. There are more published writers here per capita . . . more
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May 01, 2008 10:08 PM EDT --
One of the pitfalls of being a public figure is the high bar for libel by political foes. It puts a bullseye on your head. Win wide acclaim as Gore did with both the book and the movie and well, it escalates. . . . more
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August 02, 2007 09:10 PM EDT --
I find as a writer, that an old dictionary is a great tool.
In fact, the older the dictionary, the better.
Now I have two very old dictionaries that I use, but I have others that are not so old, and . . . more
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February 07, 2008 11:48 PM EST --
Still widespread on Gather and in some parts of America, but this is changing almost as rapidly as warming itself. U. of San Diego historian of science Naomi Orsekes in a recap of the whole issue. It's . . . more
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February 02, 2008 01:00 PM EST --
It doesn't take long after the contests close with other winners, and the rejections for work come in from the commercial publishing pipeline, a slow boat even if you get on with a ticket, for the . . . more
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January 07, 2008 06:11 PM EST --
Grinberg, Henry- Variations on the Beast
Seldom do I ever recall a more odious, thoroughly unlikable, unsympathetic, arrogant, self-centered and psychologically warped protagonist than Herr Kapellmeister . . . more
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February 11, 2008 04:02 PM EST --
Announcing the Gather vanity press!
After thousands of manuscripts were submitted for the various writing contests we've held, we knew we had to do something to help these unknown writers in . . . more
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May 25, 2008 01:09 PM EDT --
We get a lot a comments.Some significant and some unforgettable but few comments leave you thinking. There are so many wonderful people on Gather, who are famous for their effective and constructive . . . more
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March 03, 2008 10:13 PM EST --
In this business of learning to write and get published, I think the key is balance. Don't focus on the highs or the . . . more
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May 16, 2008 04:42 PM EDT --
Since I first started reading, I've rarely used a bookmarker. I don't really know why I didn't; I still don't know why. I've received many bookmarkers . . . more
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December 16, 2007 10:10 AM EST --
I admit to an almost irrational weakness for the novels of Joyce Carol Oates. Somehow, with very rare exceptions, she draws me into the world between her covers and keeps me there until I reluctantly . . . more
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June 07, 2007 09:19 PM EDT --
if you don't mind it doesn't matter" appears on a tile in my kitchen. I live by that theory, too. My oldest child and youngest child are now twins, if you know what I mean. . . . more
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December 27, 2007 01:33 PM EST --
"There's some of Romeo's romance in me... I romanticize a lot of things in my mind..." ~Leonardo DiCaprio
Reading about the thoughts Kimberly provided about the book . . . more
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August 16, 2007 07:41 PM EDT --
I have a short story published in the fall 2007 i(issue 64) ssue of Glimmer Train Stories. It's called "This Is How It Happened." If you've read a couple of the stories I've posted . . . more
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June 25, 2007 12:06 AM EDT --
1. To Give "First North American Serial Rights;
2. To Give One Time Rights;
3. To Give any other type of rights to your work that are common or not so common in the marketplace . . . more
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June 14, 2007 07:00 PM EDT --
Fresno, CA is a city of approximately half a million population. It is located smack dab in the middle of the state.
The Running Horse golf course and residential project is in southwest Fresno . . . more
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May 16, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
© David Wainland 2008
I began the day with my third attempt at cleaning out my garage, but the rains came again and forced me back into the house. Not to waste the adrenalin bounce . . . more
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May 22, 2008 08:27 AM EDT --
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin, Vintage Books,1998.
Haruki Murakami's The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is a fat, ambitious book that . . . more
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September 14, 2007 03:18 PM EDT --
Warning to mystery fans: Throw away your tasseled bookmarks for this whodunit. It's that kind of pager-turner.
The sign says, "Welcome to Maine-The Way Life Should . . . more
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July 01, 2007 03:43 PM EDT --
What type of book is Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott? It's one of those rare books that makes you want to start reading it all over again just as soon as you finish. . . . more
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