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10 Unusual Things I Didn't Know About Steve Jobs2 comments

Thought Catalog wrote 4 weeks ago: I was standing right next to Steve Jobs in 1989 and it was the closest thing I ever felt to being ga … more →

Tags: The Digital Age, Apple, Breakout, Nature vs Nurture, psychedelics, Steve Jobs, Zen Buddhism

Things to Do While Avoiding Writing

New York Peristalsis wrote 1 month ago: By titling this piece “things to do while avoiding writing”, I’m presuming an intention to actually … more →

Tags: writing, Process, Joan Bolker, Stephen King, Bruce Chatwin, Julia Cameron, MFAs, avoiding writing, Stephen Covey

grandparents1 comment

velislava777 wrote 2 months ago: We’re visiting the grandparents in 23 days (in Illinois – worth revising traveling arran … more →

Tags: Family, Education, TV, Pizza, Canada, Royalties, Shopping, Toys R Us, Grandparents

Flash Fiction Friday: Huff and Puff

J. Michael Wright wrote 3 months ago: I posted about NPR’s Round Ten for Three-Minute Fiction Contest a few days ago via Twitter. Ba … more →

Tags: writing, Blog, Life, Flash Fiction Friday, Writing #2, Blog 2, life 2, Author, flash fiction

I love you Steve - Part 42 comments

ARK wrote 3 months ago: Hai Friends, Welcome to the 4th part of the Blog Series “I love you Steve“ In 2004, Stev … more →

Tags: Steve Jobs, Books, Cancer, Laurene, Literature, Part 4, sister mona, Walter Isaacson

Hello, It's me.3 comments

kozmicdogz wrote 3 months ago: Round 10 of NPR’s 3 minute fiction contest is on. Your submissions are due in by February 10th … more →

Tags: Writers & Writing, 3-minute fiction

Leave A Message After The Beep: NPR's 3-Minute Fiction Prompt

katmwehr wrote 3 months ago: NPR’s 3-Minute Fiction Prompt: “Leave A Message After The Beep” Guest Judge Mona S … more →

Tags: writing, Authors, Fiction, Creative Writing, Books, flash fiction, npr, microfiction, 3-minute fiction

The Right Side of Wrong2 comments

Pastor Todd wrote 4 months ago: Read John 8:2-12; Romans 8 ALSO IN SCRIPTURE “You judge by human standards; I judge no one. … more →

Tags: Devotional, God, Ghost Rider, Johnny, Mephisto, Simpsons, Johnny Blaze, marvel universe

Anywhere But Here....

carolwallace wrote 4 months ago: No, I did not read Mona Simpson’s Anywhere But Here, though I’m sure that some time I sh … more →

Tags: Mystery, Thriller, Anglophilia, Horses, Dick Francis, michael gilbert, Catherine Gaskin, Jane Aiken Hodge

The Writer, Long Emerged

Taylor Ross wrote 7 months ago: Last month I went to see a reading at the Hammer – Michael Chabon, Pulitzer winner and best-selling … more →

Tags: Hammer Museum, Fiction, Reading

Steve Jobs: Cherished Memories!1 comment

Read Stuff With Me! wrote 9 months ago: This one will move you. Mona Simpson writes about her brother, Steve Jobs and about his enthusiasm t … more →

Tags: true stories, Steve Jobs, Apple, Apple Founder, Steve Jobs Life, steve jobs death, beautiful people, eulogy, death

still devouring

thestillpoint wrote 9 months ago: The Elegance of the Hedgehog “I am a widow, I am short, ugly, and plump, I have bunions on my … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Chuck Palahniuk, Oscar Wilde, haruki murakami, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Picture of Dorian Gray, How We Do Harm, Otis Brawley

Why You Shouldn't "Have" a Nanny

themommyquad wrote 10 months ago: Mo and her “Other Mother,” at Boy’s Angry-Birds-themed 6th birthday party Last week, when Dadd … more →

Tags: working motherhood, Mommy Wars, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Motherhood, Nanny, Nannies, child care, rebecca traister, New York Times

Teaser Tuesday: My Hollywood1 comment

alenaslife wrote 10 months ago: Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. I actually discovered … more →

Tags: Quotes, Reading, teaser tuesday, Books, Quotes, Literature, Reading 2, Hollywood, Teaser Tuesdays

Not My Hollywood

Typehype wrote 11 months ago: I was killing time in Forest Hills waiting for my new glasses to be fixed and spotted a Barnes & … more →

Tags: writing, Reading, Books, New York Life, Art, The Creative Life, Los Angeles, OJ car chase, my hollywood

Creating and Delivering Wow....The Second Post! This Is Brutal!

Redefine Work wrote 1 year ago: On October the 26th 2010 i wrote a post about creating and delivering wow. Yesterday, i managed to w … more →

Tags: Virgin America, World of Warcraft, Steve Jobs, iPhone, paco rabanne, Apple, New York Times

Steve Job's Last Words!

lovemvliving wrote 1 year ago: After reading Mona Simpson’s eulogy about her brother, Steve Jobs, I can’t put out of my head what h … more →

Tags: Steve Jobs, Heaven, Catholic

Welcome to my website!2 comments

maryleiker wrote 1 year ago: Welcome to my web site! I must admit getting to this point has been beyond challenging. As I attende … more →

Tags: General, First Law of Thermodynamics, writing a manuscript, Creating a Web Site.

Mona Simpson's Eulogy for Her Brother, Steve Jobs

Phil Bolsta wrote 1 year ago: Mona SimpsonNovelist Mona Simpson was twenty-five years old when she learned she had a long-lost bro … more →

Tags: Stories by Others, Love, eulogy, Apple, Steve Jobs


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