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Basic Comment Sheet
Need a basic comment sheet for your students’ next Publishing Celebration? Just make a three-column table in Word like this:… more →
TWO WRITING TEACHERS
Just Say the Word
Mindie Kniss wrote 12 hours ago: by William Bradley I’m trying to think of a word. It’s a word that I’ve forgotten, that I suspect w … more →
Want to Be Happy? Feel Grateful First.
wisewithin wrote 4 days ago: To become happy, we must first become grateful. There is so much to be thankful for. If we take a fe … more →
Flash reality: Dr. George Vid Tomashevich
Dennis Reed, Jr. wrote 5 days ago: When I arrived at Buffalo State College for the first time in January of 1994, I didn’t know w … more →
Why I Became a Democrat...
blueamerican wrote 5 days ago: I was only thirteen on September 11, 2001, when the United States was attacked by radical Islamic te … more →
The Perfect Christmas Present
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brelyea wrote 6 days ago: Christmas has always been a dark time of the year for me, and now that I am seventy, it … more →
The Dark Side of Serendipity
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drewbanks wrote 6 days ago: Next to Normal—the Broadway musical Last week I was debating whether or not to visit my bi-polar mot … more →
My Brush with Obama's "Death Panel"
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jmadlc55 wrote 6 days ago: EDITOR’S NOTE: I blogged about this experience back in August when I had my echo done at my lo … more →
Maria or Mario?!!
jmadlc55 wrote 2 weeks ago: I was sitting across the desk from Mr. Kolich, my High School’s Vice-Principal. He was doing … more →
Q&A with Julie Ann Ensomo
designedbywords wrote 2 weeks ago: My Favorite Book Contest Winner and DBW alumnus, Julie Ann Ensomo, shares with us her journey from b … more →
Gratitude for the Next 10 Years
jmadlc55 wrote 2 weeks ago: Ten years ago today I went through an event that tested my — up until that point, very special … more →
30 Books Every Writer Should Own: The Other 20
bobyehling wrote 3 weeks ago: Well, good to see that everyone is looking for fun lists for holiday shopping! The “30 Books E … more →
Milestones
Influential Prose wrote 3 weeks ago: One benefit of my work job at National Deaf Academy is taking the patients to the gym over the weeke … more →
What's the Oldest Form of Life?
Influential Prose wrote 3 weeks ago: When I was in high school, we’d study simple forms of life – single cell life, like a p … more →
The West Coast Tour
drewbanks wrote 4 weeks ago: 11/12 Books Inc. Reading Announcement Last Thursday I began my west coast book tour for latest nove … more →
To Overcome Fear, Dive Right In
wisewithin wrote 1 month ago: A few months ago I learned how to swim. I’d been able to swim before with a mask and snorkel which i … more →
Om
jmadlc55 wrote 1 month ago: Today was one of the Ten Best Days of the year for us, weather wise, in Hudson County, New Jersey. T … more →
The Top Six Questions Memoir Writers Ask
ninaamir wrote 1 month ago: It’s Day #9 of the Write Nonfiction in November challenge! We’ve covered a lot of ground … more →
DBW alumnus wins writing contest, gets published
designedbywords wrote 1 month ago: Graphic designer Julie Ann Ensomo bagged this week’s “My Favorite Book” contest sponsored by a local … more →
Scream a Song
gregfreed wrote 1 month ago: Here’s a post from The Journal of Cultural Conversation that Laura apparently took down. I pla … more →
