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How many Palin books does it take to outsell 4 of Barack's?
Botton line: Interesting analysis of the first week economics of Going Rogue — both to Palin and to others in the media. Obvious answer to the headline question: one. * * * * * Excerpted from T… more →
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How many Palin books does it take to outsell 4 of Barack's?
kenhoma wrote 2 weeks ago: Botton line: Interesting analysis of the first week economics of Going Rogue — both to Palin a … more →
To sell more books ... lose the index ... huh ?
kenhoma wrote 3 weeks ago: Bottom line: Self-obsessed Beltway politicos have (another) beef with Sarah Palin’s book … more →
Goin' Wild!
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Mark Nielsen wrote 2 months ago: Over on facebook I responded to a challenge by The Nervous Breakdown the other day. TNB is a fun lit … more →
O'Connor, John Irving and the Creative Christian Symbol
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Mark Nielsen wrote 3 months ago: As readers of Marking Time probably already know, I could go on far too long about my own creative p … more →
Spirit of the Nomad
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Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: Met w/ Fred N today re upcoming sermonette. Good feedback, but it’s hard to scale back my visi … more →
Makeba and McCourt: Let Us Bow Low to Two Greats
Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: A moment of silence, friends, for two recently deceased heroes: South African singer and human right … more →
Moved by the Sun Mover
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Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: My aim for today, and quite possibly forever: My being turned– Instinct and intellect balanced … more →
Regularly Scheduled Maintenance
Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: I think my soul is getting an overhaul this summer. It was due. I put it in these terms because I al … more →
Crying "Love" Atop a Mountain
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Mark Nielsen wrote 5 months ago: Thursday (Donnestag?) July 2 I’m on the gondola, on my way up the mountain to Piz Nair for a l … more →
Nintendo DSi and the Battle for Face Time
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Mark Nielsen wrote 6 months ago: Our 7-year-old son Graham takes "living green" quite seriously. D-Day came and went las … more →
Write to Publish Conference Thoughts, Part 2
Mark Nielsen wrote 6 months ago: 6-7, 9:22am Rolled into Saxeville,WI and the lake house driveway with Graham just before midnight la … more →
Report #1- Write to Publish Conference
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Mark Nielsen wrote 6 months ago: This Christan writer’s conference is one I’d heard about for years. Finally got off my d … more →
The Devotion of Father Teresa - an original poem
Mark Nielsen wrote 6 months ago: Devotion (aka The Devotion of Father Teresa) by Mark Nielsen, June 2009 I’ve got this poem … more →
Lawn Wars (In Skokie, Oshkosh, and Everywhere)
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Mark Nielsen wrote 6 months ago: I drove past the site of a former muffler shop in Skokie today, and saw that my tax dollars were spe … more →
Getting Unstuck
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Mark Nielsen wrote 6 months ago: I’m kind of psyched about ramping up my creative efforts, moving away from a solitary process, … more →
Culture Vultures Compare Notes
Mark Nielsen wrote 6 months ago: I read my friend author Dave Zimmerman’s blog today, in which he gently expressed the heresy ( … more →
Swamp of Words (an original poem)
Mark Nielsen wrote 7 months ago: Swamp of Words / (aka “Bookpile”) by Mark Nielsen 4-22-09 (Earth Da … more →
Median U.S. Family Income: Where Are We Now?
Mark Nielsen wrote 8 months ago: It’s tax time, of course. And as Sue was doing our taxes, using the popular TurboTax computer … more →
Elijah on the El, Running Through the Rubble
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Mark Nielsen wrote 8 months ago: The elevated train I am on is passing by Harry S. Truman College. It’s one of the City Colle … more →
