Tag: writing
group name: blog
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February 23, 2006 10:43 AM EST --
Why Blog?
My first post to Seriously Good was on October 12, 2003 -- a recipe for Sangria. I don't recall what prompted that particular subject but I do recall what prompted writing the blog. . . . more
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October 18, 2006 12:44 PM EDT --
Two and a half years ago I paid ten bucks to peddle Avon door-to-door. I started writing stories the week I started selling cosmetics. I don't know why. When people ask, I tell them I wanted to remember . . . more
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December 11, 2006 04:22 PM EST --
I just received my December issue of Adoption Today. My story, Accidental Joy, is on page 56, along with a photo of me and the gang! This is my first print magazine byline! Yay!
I want to thank Gather . . . more
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August 09, 2007 11:00 PM EDT --
Different foods push memory to my surface. Polish dumplings filled with mashed potatoes and garlic remind me of my gramma. Cinnamon bread means Mom. And ice cream, oh ice cream pulls me into the start . . . more
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February 03, 2007 09:06 AM EST --
My youngest son, 9, turns 10 in a few days. He woke me an hour ago.
"I can't sleep."
He tossed his art supplies on the bed and crawled in after them. Graphite pencils, rubber eraser, . . . more
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July 17, 2007 07:45 PM EDT --
My youngest son crawls beneath my gramma's quilt these mountain summer mornings. I brace myself to brave the scuffed pine floor in my bare feet as he flops on his stomach and places vintage comics . . . more
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July 04, 2006 10:56 AM EDT --
Gatherland is a place of ideas--for sharing. I was bothered by some posts which had some members chasing off other members, and I thought of asking if I too was part of a perceived problem, but asking . . . more
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July 20, 2007 03:44 AM EDT --
I have returned from the wilds of New Mexico, and have selected a few wonderful new articles for your reading pleasure. Please drop by each of my Thursday Night Featured Picks and leave a comment for these . . . more
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July 11, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
Couch potatoes know what I'm talking about. There are you are, flopped on the couch or in bed, and up comes a movie you've seen a hundred times and what you're going to do is, you're going . . . more
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February 18, 2007 04:00 PM EST --
Two nights ago, I saw an ad for this web site (eons.com), which advertised itself as a Gather-like site for 50+ years old folks.
I thought I'd give it a try, and I was sorely disappointed. Although . . . more
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December 11, 2006 03:35 PM EST --
"Presenting to You an Artist's Favorites Smorgasbord...the Themes:
In June 2005 I began an online art gallery blog called, Cosmic Persona Designs...." ###
3:28 pm: The two . . . more
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June 21, 2007 10:53 AM EDT --
In my tiny New Mexican town, the sun splays my shadow against caked earth. We're getting more rain than usual, but the ground still remembers the drought, pulls the rain from the clouds, yanks it deep . . . more
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August 20, 2008 02:54 PM EDT --
As I get it, people are being tossed from their homes because of some mortgage, or bank foul-up. The original homeowners are now living in tents.
Now these houses are up for auction and you, dear neighbor, . . . more
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July 10, 2007 11:06 AM EDT --
BlogHer , the premier womens' blogging network, has asked me to start a weekly How to Write series. My introduction - including the series schedule through July - is now online:
Words in a Row: . . . more
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April 18, 2006 05:32 PM EDT --
I don't particularly ever expect to make a living off of blogging, but I enjoy having my writing valued. And though I love all the nice comments I get here, I admit I'm looking forward to . . . more
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July 24, 2008 07:40 PM EDT --
IF IT'S THURSDAY IT MUST BE BERLIN
He could have saved himself the trouble and given the same speech in Berlin, New Jersey. It's what we in the writing business call an "evergreen," . . . more
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March 13, 2006 12:30 PM EST --
The following is a true account, please read with caution:
I was accosted yesterday at Wal-Mart. I was out of razor blades and low on deodorant and some other things and since I was driving past a . . . more
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April 18, 2006 04:56 PM EDT --
More and more on Gather, I see folks quoting news articles in their entirety. Now, there are nice points of blogger etiquette (such as, giving credit to the blog or email contact who tipped you on . . . more
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June 12, 2008 08:48 AM EDT --
I have come up with an idea for a writing prompt blogging contest, and would love to offer a prize to the winner. Do you have any suggestions for getting prizes for contests such as this? Thanks . . . more
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September 16, 2006 07:41 PM EDT --
Some of the more challenging aspects about blogging include figuring out what you're going to write about and then finding the time. I know I often get writers block when faced with the responsibility . . . more
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