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I'm doing a bit of research, so I've a...

dellanioakes wrote 1 week ago: I’m doing a bit of research, so I’ve asked this question on my Facebook page. Ladies … more →

Tags: status, dellani oakes, writing, writing discussion

Catch Up Time: November 1 - December 13, 2009

Ted wrote 1 week ago: Novel Work Over the last month I’ve been trying to immerse myself a little deeper in books and movie … more →

Tags: Nebraska, The Open City, Weeks In Review, writing, "From Indiana", "Let Your Hair Hang Low, "The Current State of the Universe", "These Things That Save Us", "You Know That I Loved You

Writers' Research Part 2: Characters and settings4 comments

Marsha wrote 4 months ago: Your research can help make your characters and setting believable, interesting, and perhaps unforge … more →

Tags: Writing help & technique, Setting, fiction research, story character

Bleeding Research2 comments

jackalopeps wrote 4 months ago: A man will turn over half a library to make one book. - Samuel Johnson I’m not a fan of researching … more →

Tags: Christopher, christopher gronlund, writing, Novels, Writing techniques

Research Woes

Julie Allen wrote 6 months ago: Today, while working on my ghostwriting project I got hung up on more research. Most of the time goo … more →

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Reseach for Writers

carolynhayesuber wrote 10 months ago: Guest Blogger Sarah Lee Marks, who writes as Lander Marks, talks about the role of research in your … more →

Tags: Publishing, Books, writing, las vegas writers group, Sarah Lee Marks, Lander Marks, ARTIST's PROOF, Nancy Drew, Holocaust

Might say, might write

harvestbird wrote 11 months ago: Cross-posted. And now I have this exquisite space in which to speak, I must do so.  Back at work sin … more →

The tenant moves in

harvestbird wrote 11 months ago: Cross-posted. It’s my hope that if you’re reading this it’s because you’ve f … more →

Tags: meta-diarist, O internet, Host, writing

It's A Bittersweet Life

J wrote 1 year ago: A pretty face, a life lost too early, all her promise and potential snuffed out in a blaze of gunsmo … more →

Tags: Research, News, Singapore, Preamble, Fodder, headshots, mumbai-shootings, death and bullets

Floating the canoes of picnickers

harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: With a lighter teaching load this intake I have the opportunity, in terms of time at least, to do so … more →

Tags: in Aotearoa, Research, Robin Hyde, passport to hell, christchurch

The new poetics6 comments

harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: We all know that the internet is for porn, but it is also for poetry.  The amount of time I have ign … more →

Tags: in Aotearoa, O internet, Poetry, Poems, Poetics

Cross-pollination5 comments

harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: I have non-teaching time, at this, the sweetest time of year.  Most of Concrete University, and much … more →

Tags: the social round, in Aotearoa, O internet, Teaching & Learning, commentatrix, writing, Teaching, Reading, Travelling

Response to "Palin and McCain's Shotgun Marriage", by Frank Rich, The New York Times

melissamarcus wrote 1 year ago: The tone of this editorial suggests a presidential campaign that is more concerned about the image o … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

The border to another country8 comments

harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: This winter I have not had ‘flu, which I attribute both to my willingness to pay for the vacci … more →

Tags: the social round, Teaching & Learning, commentatrix, WE ARE FAMILY, Family, Work, wedding, colds, flu

Fine Little Girl2 comments

harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: The señor has been listening to the original version of “Louie Louie”, not The Kingsmen … more →

Tags: O internet, At Home, Poetry, louie louie, verse

Speak and reveal yourself

harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: Just a couple of days of sunshine has been enough to transform everyday activities into something sp … more →

Tags: Teaching & Learning, At Home, commentatrix, WE ARE FAMILY, Home, Work, trying-to-conceive, Speech, confidence

Drug narratives and an elegy1 comment

harvestbird wrote 1 year ago: One of the features of working in a newish corner of the university is that everyone has come here f … more →

Tags: the social round, Teaching & Learning, At Home, commentatrix, WE ARE FAMILY, Home, Anti-Depressants, paroxetine wash-out

As if You'd Care

putaruffleonit wrote 1 year ago: My favorite TV shows just started new episodes last night–Monk and Psych. I love the dialog. T … more →

Tags: on Fiction, on fun, Monk, psych, Story Structure, Psychic

She Writes a Hell of a Book1 comment

almarose wrote 1 year ago: Diana, Philippa, or Nora? Take Your Pick It was my brother, John—a manly man, who thinks The Gulag A … more →

Tags: writing, Editing, Grammar, writing clarity, Prose, how to write well, History of the English Language, Humor, Usage


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