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homeward bound?1 comment

owlsublime wrote 6 days ago: most days are good days. the others are what i call ‘off days’. i don’t say … more →

it's all about the timing . . . 1 comment

owlsublime wrote 1 week ago: my freshman year of college was dominated by a very deep love for a boy. a couple years older than m … more →

happiness: what i found at the back of the refrigerator

owlsublime wrote 2 weeks ago: november 3, 2009.  it’s 85 degrees.  i’m 29 1/2 years old, unemployed and living with my … more →

“i write entirely to find out what i’m thinking, what i’m looking at, what i see and what it means"

peter wrote 3 weeks ago: joan didion on novel writing (by way of consideringgeorge orwell, john milton’s paradise lost, … more →

Tags: A Book of Common Prayer, American Literature, author photographs, essays & reportage, GEORGE ORWELL, Joan Didion, John Milton, on writing, Play it as it Lays

The Meat-Fisted Typing Robot

nikeshshukla wrote 3 weeks ago: Originally posted on the Word Nerd Army blog: In my head I’m Hank effing Moody. In my head, th … more →

Tags: writing, Literature, nerds I wish I was, Nikesh Shukla, californication, word nerd army, rebecca woodhead, Hank Moody, Alpha male

mission aborted . . .

owlsublime wrote 3 weeks ago: so as it turns out the costume didn’t really work.  sewing black fabric had its challenges tha … more →

a practice18 comments

cynthia wrote 4 weeks ago: I was planning on doing a post on that need to write but then had the opportunity to write a Guest W … more →

Tags: Craft of Writing, essays, glimmers, Life, My Writing, Shapes, Writing Group, the view from here

patience is a virtue . . .

owlsublime wrote 1 month ago: . . . that i do not possess. once i get an idea in my head i have to act upon it immediately.  and f … more →

the face behind the words . . .

owlsublime wrote 1 month ago: these are just a few of the authors that have inspired me and often captured my own thoughts better … more →

let me give you a topic . . .

owlsublime wrote 1 month ago: i’m good at beginnings.  well, sometimes.  i’ve failed on first impressions several time … more →

Why I Write...1 comment

Connor wrote 1 month ago: “When I fall into the abyss, I go straight into it, head down and heels up, and I’m even … more →

Tags: The Journey, barefoot, Poet, pursuing passion, Pursuing Truth, Wanderer

You Know How I Do 2 comments

Jorge wrote 1 month ago: I was asked why I write? It’s not a hard question but it has many answer. First of all let me … more →

It feels good to like what you're writing3 comments

jessicakhailo wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday, I made it my mission to do some writing.  I packed up my life, as it were, into a tote ba … more →

Tags: the writer's life, Brainstorming, Dedication, Fiction, novella, outlines, road blocks, Writer's Block, writing

Why I Keep Writing9 comments

Kim Reid wrote 1 month ago: I’ve already alluded this in another post, but there have been a few points in my life where I … more →

Tags: Religion

Mirror, Mirror: Why a writer reflects

wilperegrine wrote 1 month ago: Essays behind the writing of Mirror Breaker Part I At the time that I’m writing this essay, a … more →

Tags: nonfiction book reviews, Nonfiction / Essays, Mirror Breaker, Mirror, GEORGE ORWELL, 1984, All Art is Propaganda, World War II, The Kindly Ones

And Now a Quote2 comments

Kim Reid wrote 1 month ago: Buried in revisions! No time for blogging! Only time for favorite Sarah McLachlan quote, cut and pas … more →

Tags: Music

Where I was born3 comments

specialkphd wrote 2 months ago: And she handed me the pen, and told me “make your mark,” and my mind, too nubile and dis … more →

Tags: 101 in 1001 Days, the process of writing, living a health life

Why I Wrote Angst and Evolution: The Struggle for Human Potential

angstandevolution wrote 2 months ago: My biggest incentive for writing “Angst and Evolution” was to organize and clarify my personal belie … more →

Tags: Angst and Evolution, Personal Beliefs

Why I write - what inspires me2 comments

redplume wrote 3 months ago: by Janet Lane I must join the chorus! Art courtesy of Vitec, fine art bird paintings, http://tinyurl … more →

Tags: the writing life, inspiration to write, We sing because we have a song


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