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Because I Was Alone

kmabarrett wrote 1 hour ago:   I’m a writer because I write, because being a writer is what defines me, defines who I am and … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, writing, Cristian Mihai, cristianmihai.net, never give up on your dreams, on learning, Other Blogs

Don’t Write Boring10 comments

ericjbaker wrote 8 hours ago: It seems obvious, but writers do it anyway. They leave boring bits in. Read a book that became a fil … more →

Tags: Eric J Baker, writing, Writing Advice, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Editing, Prose, Exposition

It Done Broked Again!

steigll wrote 10 hours ago: Foto einer Glühbirne (an), (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you strip our capitalistic society down to b … more →

Tags: Author, blue jeans, Books, Humor, Incandescent Light Bulb, Lynn Steigleder, Obsolete, planned obsolescense, Rising Tide

Double Duty Blogging

beckyfields wrote 14 hours ago: When was the last time a hole in your head grew shut, and you decided to venture into territory that … more →

Tags: Truth, Blogging, CS Lewis, Grace, Common Chapters, introducing Velveted Paws, Charting a course

Must Read Book: "On Writing" by Stephen King

Nick Mordowanec wrote 15 hours ago: Ooo. Ahh. Wow. WHAT?! These were some of the various reactions I had while writing Stephen King … more →

Tags: Adjectives, Author, blogs, Books, Characters, Craft, Dreams, Lessons, memoir

The Retirement Account: What Might Have Been

live432 wrote 18 hours ago: Here is the tenth issue of The Retirement Account – a weekly written observation of my unemplo … more →

Tags: The Retirement Account, New York City, live432, NYC, the retirement account, The Rosewood Thieves, Los Angeles, Stephen King, The Shining

DIYday Lesson 13: Manuscript Formatting Part 2

Alianne wrote 19 hours ago: Hi and welcome back! In this post I am picking up where the last post left off. In DIYday Lesson 12, … more →

Tags: DYI For Inquiring Minds, Calibre, calibre tutorial, DIY, ebook conversion, Ebook Creation, Friday DIYday, Life Lessons, Sigil

Quote of the Day: Benjamin Franklin

Angela wrote 19 hours ago: Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. … more →

Tags: Quotes, Benjamin Franklin, Quote

Seven days to get writing again: day five

Daniel wrote 19 hours ago: The introduction to this series is here. But the idea is simple: one quick writing exercise a day fo … more →

Tags: mfa, Poetry, Keats, Langston Hughes, writing exercise

BANNED

resurrectionwaltz2013 wrote 20 hours ago: Any system you contrive without us will be brought down We warned you before and nothing that you bu … more →

Tags: Poetics, Poetry, The New Verse Movement, Art, Banned Books, Leonard Cohen, Literature, Quotes

Marin, Tulley

thesemomentsofbeing wrote 20 hours ago: What I’m Reading: Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson. Life is an act of revision. To write we … more →

Tags: Autobiography of Red, Fiction, Prose, Revision

1st Look Friday

stephlaurajones wrote 20 hours ago: Hello everyone and welcome to my first 1st Look Friday feature (phew that was a lot of fs). I wanted … more →

Tags: Personal, 1st Look Friday, Poems, writing, Fantasy, writer, Creative Writing, Blog, Creativity

Depth

natechen wrote 22 hours ago: Ah, depth. It’s one of the three dimensions, a measurement of how far from the visible surface … more →

Tags: Depth, don't be afraid of the shallow end, getting all those ideas from one brain to another witho, Off The Deep End

Write true, write cheap4 comments

belllettres wrote 1 day ago: Consider the following sentence: The green grass was full of doctors, all dressed in their dazzlingl … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, Books, Reading, New Zealand, language, Writers and Readers festival, scarlett thomas, Creative Writing

I agree with… Tracey Emin

sandradan1 wrote 1 day ago: Outside Myself [Monument Valley] 1994“Today my studio is calling me. The paintings are all rea … more →

Tags: Short Story, writing, Books, Literature, book, Sandra Danby, Creative Writing, Art, Novel

What I Wished Readers Knew6 comments

Rebecca Zanetti wrote 1 day ago: I’ve been getting a lot of fan letters and new FB likes lately with UNDER THE COVERS about to be rel … more →

Tags: Random Thoughts, amazon reviews, consumed, Covers, Dark Protectors, Entangled, forgotten sins, goodreads, Grand Central

You can't beat 'been there, done that, bought the tee-shirt'4 comments

Greta van der Rol wrote 1 day ago: Write what you know. It’s one of the cliches of writing and (like most of the so-called rules) … more →

Tags: Black tiger, rules of writing, tiger conservation, Tiger sanctuary, Tiger-Story, Tiger Trade, write what you know

Meat Man and the Good Thought Ladies2 comments

meagan mac wrote 1 day ago: A man’s face appeared outside the window of my office two days ago. Dark-haired. Early thirties. Sta … more →

Tags: musings, on dying, On fear, On God, On Home, On life, About Writing, Fear, Fitness Class

The arrogance of technology

carrjam wrote 1 day ago: Auto Correct doesn’t have much faith in us humans. There, right there! I just barely get start … more →

Tags: Self, Humor, Internet, pop culture, auto correct, WorDs, Kurt Vonnegut, Shakespeare, scrabble


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