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New Poetry Collection, Book-Length Contests from Grace Notes Books

adamtree wrote 5 days ago: The folks over at Notes and Grace Notes dropped me a line saying that Grace Notes Books is thrilled … more →

Tags: Grace Notes Books, Harmoni McGlothlin, Notes and Grace Notes, Poetry Collection, Venus Laughs, writing, Writing Contests

Goodreads Recognizes the Value of Room to Read1 comment

adamtree wrote 6 days ago: Goodreads’ November newsletter announces a new initiative. Each month Goodreads will highlight … more →

Tags: Books, Education, goodreads, John Wood, Libraries, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, Reading, Room To Read

One year of writing and blogging—and beyond2 comments

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 2 weeks ago: (Here’s the result of following Forrester’s advice. I’m not sure if I pulled it of … more →

Tags: Blogging, Internet, elements of style, On Writing Well, Strunk and White, William Zinsser, writing, Youngblood

Forrester's advice1 comment

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 2 weeks ago: I caught up Finding Forrester at TV5 many days ago. I think it’s a must-see for a novice write … more →

Tags: Finding Forrester, ROB BROWN, Sean Connery, writing

Possible... or Probable? Future of Books

adamtree wrote 2 weeks ago: This short film from French publishing group Editis presents one vision of the future of books. The … more →

Tags: Books, eBooks, editis, ePublishing, ereader, Publishing

National Novel Writing Month 20091 comment

adamtree wrote 3 weeks ago: This is NaNoWriMo’s 11th season of literary abandon. The annual adventure in noveling, held fr … more →

Tags: Diversions, Art, and Entertainment, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, noveling, Online Communities, script frenzy, Site Redesign, The Office of Letters and Light, tweetsgiving

Site Redesign: Is it Time to Start Over?

adamtree wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m not sure where to go from here in my efforts to redesign and relaunch The Sky’s the … more →

Tags: Blogging, yahoo 360, posterous, Site Redesign, WordPress, Blogger, Domain Names

I Bought a Guitar! & Sabbath Rest

Nick Drapeau wrote 3 weeks ago: Late last week I bought a wonderfully tacky zebra-striped guitar from my friend Marc. After leaving … more →

Tags: Creative Commons, Friends, Travel, Poetry, Humor, Literature, writing, Music, Guitar

The benefits of reading bad writing1 comment

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 3 weeks ago: “Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons,” wrote Stephen King in On Writing … more →

Tags: bad prose, college paper, good prose, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King, writing

Communist Ice Cream & "How is She Beautiful?"2 comments

Nick Drapeau wrote 1 month ago: I was in the store yesterday picking up some things for dinner when a pile of bright-red ice cream b … more →

Tags: Literature, Travel, Fiction, ice cream, writing

'The Grand Complication'

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 1 month ago: The corner behind the Circulation section of the HCDC-H.S. Library is one place that’s frequen … more →

Tags: Books, Literature, The Grand Complication, Allen Kurzweil

What a semester!

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 1 month ago: The semester is over, and I can say that this semester is by far the most productive semester that I … more →

Tags: Youth, Education, School Affairs, Books, Katikaran sa Dabaw, Literature, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Ma'am G, Davao Writers Guild

Teaching in Slippers & Riddles3 comments

Nick Drapeau wrote 1 month ago: One of the wonderful perks of working in an International School in Asia is being able (read: forced … more →

Tags: Literature, Education, Travel, Poetry, Literary Devices, Humor, Slippers, Teaching, Asia

Is Rene Saguisag back?

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 1 month ago: Rene Saguisag. Photo by pcij.org I mean, is he back to writing his column in the Manila Times? I … more →

Tags: Manila Times, Rene Saguisag, T.G.I.F.

The essence of writing is rewriting

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 1 month ago: A manuscript page of John Updike’s novel “Couples.” From The Paris Review … more →

Tags: John Updike, Couples, The Paris Review

Which is which5 comments

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 1 month ago: I am no poet. But I don’t hate poetry at all. Though I shun the way poets obscure their message, I s … more →

Tags: Youth, Education, Law, School Affairs, writing, Teaching, Law School, Robert Frost, road not taken

People respond to incentives---or comments2 comments

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 1 month ago: Nothing inspires me more than to receive a comment from a reader. It keeps me going. As economists w … more →

Tags: Education, Why teach? Philippine Daily Inquirer, Youngblood

1st Alternative Blog Awards unveiled4 comments

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 1 month ago: The Philippine Blog Awards (PBA) gives out over a dozen of awards at its annual show: Best in Person … more →

Tags: Philippine affairs, Internet

DWG-NCCA Bisaya Fiction Contest Winners

Arvin Antonio Ortiz wrote 1 month ago: The long wait is over. Out of the 21 who joined the first ever Davao Writers Guild-NCCA Bisaya Ficti … more →

Tags: Katikaran sa Dabaw, Davao Writers Guild, NCCA, Bisaya Fiction Contest


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