Tag: writers
group name: writingcranny
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February 21, 2008 10:44 AM EST --
This morning, John McCain's wife stood next to him at the podium while he answered questions about reports of a relationship with and special treatment of a female Washington lobbyist. . . . more
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February 12, 2008 05:25 PM EST --
Stacks of papers litter Dad's once pristine desk. Usually I can walk by, eyes averted, but lately the clutter is muddying precious memories of him.
I've decided to restore his little corner . . . more
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July 11, 2008 02:11 PM EDT --
Do I Need a Literary Agent? Two Words: Hell Yeah.
The definitive way to separate oneself from being 'a waiter who writes on the side' to 'a published writer' is to land an agent . . . more
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April 14, 2008 05:22 PM EDT --
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor...It is the mark of a genius.
--Aristotle
A ny parent can attest to the effort necessary to explain to . . . more
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August 30, 2007 01:46 AM EDT --
When I'm creating a new character, no matter what genre I'm writing in, I like to start with the name. Names carry a lot of baggage, and it's not so much the way a name sounds but how . . . more
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February 23, 2008 12:36 PM EST --
I drink coffee every morning
After time that I've spent snoring
I drink it strong and hot and black
This is the way that I get back into the groove of wakefulness
I . . . more
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February 29, 2008 12:26 PM EST --
I was driving my boys to school one morning when our car was passed by a fellow on a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. He was a character... use your imagination (it's easy), he looked . . . more
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February 17, 2008 06:40 PM EST --
When can a writer's writing be used against him in a court of law? This is the question David Grann examines in his fascinating article "True Crime, A postmodern murder mystery," . . . more
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May 08, 2008 05:43 PM EDT --
Jane Kirkpatrick lives in the middle of nowhere. I know this because I read Homestead a year ago. It's a memoir, which is not my usual taste in reading. And I loved it - a delightful, inspiring . . . more
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February 28, 2008 09:20 AM EST --
5:45 am
My 2 year old grandson arrives in approximately 20 minutes.
I don't know why I am trying to start something new except that I have something on my mind....uh oh.
I . . . more
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June 19, 2008 12:03 PM EDT --
"A writer needs three things: experience, observation and imagination,any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of others."
William Faulkner
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February 25, 2008 08:26 PM EST --
I was exposed to this quote (attributed to Tom Hanks) sometime around the Apollo 13/Saving Private Ryan/Cast Away era. It has given me something to think about everytime I sit down to tell a story. . . . more
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February 23, 2008 10:47 PM EST --
My mother has been sick for sometime now. She passed away on Thursday morning. She was 77 and an alcoholic all her life....pretty much. Issues abound in my mind and heart over . . . more
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March 01, 2008 12:42 PM EST --
There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings. The kind of evening where she lets herself . . . more
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February 09, 2008 02:22 AM EST --
My nephew is turning three in a couple months and absolutely loves trains, and I was thinking about writing a little personalized story about him riding a train, illustrating it, and printing off a copy . . . more
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March 02, 2008 02:33 PM EST --
Fate gifted Beth, at forty, with a sudden and wicked understanding of the concept of time. The reality of what she had left of life hit her like an existential brick wall. For the entire year . . . more
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February 13, 2008 10:58 PM EST --
My husband's employer takes the whole company on vacation every year around late February, early March. We have been to some really nice places...San Francisco, Hawaii, Mexico. . . . more
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August 06, 2008 07:55 PM EDT --
I have just about finished revising Ghost to Coast for the new volume that will be ghost tours only. I have added some information about each tour and the sort of paranormal activity and/or stories tour-goers . . . more
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August 29, 2007 02:08 PM EDT --
I noticed a problem in my writer's group that I think several writers come up against every time they create a new character: giving that character a name he or she can live by, an unusual name that . . . more
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June 16, 2008 11:09 AM EDT --
Good morning... come on it... have a seat... make yourself at home. Coffee????
After that fabulous Father's Day feast yesterday, I thought we would eat a little lighter this morning... . . . more
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