Tag: people
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August 07, 2007 09:41 AM EDT --
My publicist sent me an e-mail the other day, and I noticed an addendum to her standard signature at the bottom. It was a note written in green accompanied by the image of a small pine tree that said, . . . more
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April 28, 2007 10:14 AM EDT --
"When you grow up you'll have children just like you..." Mary B. to her daughter, me, when I was fourteen.
I am exhausted from the previous night. My 14 year-old daughter . . . more
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July 07, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
A cup of tea with Dad
It was 1969-
Man had landed on the surface of the moon and I had a new father in my life.
I guess playing the role as step-father seems daunting to any person about . . . more
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December 10, 2007 02:13 PM EST --
Rob likes to complain that I am a hard person to buy presents for--and he's right. I just don't want a lot of stuff--and the things I do want, I have to earn myself: a book contract with . . . more
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February 05, 2007 08:12 AM EST --
Goodness, thinking way back to the 1960's, back to a tijme when I used to be young.
I graduated from High School in 1963, back when the war in Vietnam was going on. I loved the water so I decided, . . . more
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April 28, 2007 08:43 AM EDT --
I can recall my childhood with clarity. I remember how words flowed from my pencil, often during class much to the chagrin of my teachers. My mind wandered endlessly and escaped the confines . . . more
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January 25, 2007 05:24 PM EST --
Critique Groups and Partners
When you’re considering getting a critique for your manuscript, or parts of it, you need to first ask yourself, “What do I want from a critique of . . . more
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July 07, 2007 07:30 PM EDT --
Hi Everyone,
Inspired by Greg Schiller's stories using only dialogues, I have an idea for a new game which I think will be great fun! So please join in, the more the merrier. :)
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May 02, 2007 08:35 AM EDT --
The bane of my semester was seated in front of me. Funny, she didn't look evil, but this petite brunette had proved to be my achille's heel for the last four months. Not all of this . . . more
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December 14, 2007 07:15 PM EST --
At last, there is a book for the nonfinancially astute that discusses money matters in such a clear, understandable way that it motivates people to apply some of the 101 tips to their own situations . . . more
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February 19, 2007 01:02 PM EST --
If you type "Bukowski" into Google, the best hit is right here.
I mention that because the song running in my head when I woke up this morning was Bukowski by Modest Mouse. Which is weird, because . . . more
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February 22, 2008 02:07 PM EST --
With the recent technical difficulties that seem to be running rampant here at our fair-weathered community site, my observations have left me feeling like I've been toxically overloaded. . . . more
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August 15, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
This is a poem by Bangladeshi contemporary poet Masud Khan. A friend of mine and I have recently transalated this for an anthology.
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Mon Semblable By Masud . . . more
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May 04, 2007 12:28 PM EDT --
Behaviour crashes into waning:
Vision of bullets
come and play
and mismanagement
near children allows the whisper:
'Desire it because
it's a start - being evidence...'
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February 14, 2007 06:43 PM EST --
I just received the final cover of the UK edition of my book LETTERS TO EBAY. It's quite different from the US version but I like it! Check it out.
UK Cover of my book
Here's the . . . more
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April 13, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
I am a certified substitute teacher for a small county in Arizona. I really like my job but there are days that I wonder why I do this.
Kids don't respect the subs, I know a lot of these kids and . . . more
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May 03, 2007 06:20 AM EDT --
There's one job that most of us have that we are not taught the how's, why's and what for's. There are thousands of books written on the subject. Some based on theory supported . . . more
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March 15, 2007 12:17 PM EDT --
I wished I could take credit for this, but I cannot. Someone from my writing group sent this to the group this morning. How true these oddities in our English language really are. Enjoy...! . . . more
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August 28, 2007 12:27 PM EDT --
In an arguably morbid conversation, my sister and I were discussing our funerals the other day. The two of us are pretty irreverent when it comes to death—this, naturally, drives my parents mad—and . . . more
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September 07, 2007 04:03 PM EDT --
I was at once both surprised and delighted when I learned of this epistolary phenomenon — letters to Juliet. How it began is difficult to say; the important thing is that it did. People from all . . . more
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