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It’s rumored that Ernest Hemingway considered his best work a simple six-word quip: “For sale: baby shoes, never used.” Clever, huh? Few of us will match his greatness, but that doesn’t stop us. Writing — like all forms of communicating — is a universal urge. We write because we must, even if it hurts.

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Cool Links #65: The Parent Post

teachj wrote 3 minutes ago: Parental contact and involvement has been a running thread this week.  I attended the NHS induction … more →

Tags: Advising, Computers, Cool Links, Journalism, Just For Fun, Online Tools, Photography, Resources, Teaching

Yard sale day, ugh.

Rissa Watkins wrote 6 minutes ago: Man, yard sales aren’t anywhere near as much fun on the other side of the fence. Woke up at 6 … more →

Tags: book, Editing, Money, write

November is

100000days wrote 12 minutes ago: November is a misnomer.  The “Nov” part once meant it was the 9th month of the year, jus … more →

Tags: Journal, Novel-Writing

Loud as a Whisper

Xanthe Hall wrote 14 minutes ago: Day Ten You may have been surprised when I admitted to being a Michael Jackson fan, but I have anoth … more →

Tags: lyme diary, change, .:*Conflict*:., Nuclear Weapons, Star Trek

THE DANDELION KNIGHT: A brief lesson on the Hypnagora

Matt wrote 18 minutes ago: One interesting side effect of a swiftly rotating government constituted of officials with no past o … more →

Tags: Art, Dandelion Knight

Today she would've been 52

doggonedmysteries wrote 20 minutes ago:        If  Mary had survived her last fight with breast cancer that took her away so young she … more →

Tags: in memory of..., Author, Beads, Bones, Books, books on writing, breast cancer, bull terriers, Cancer

Day 5 updates on day 7

Heidi wrote 21 minutes ago: So I finally hit 10, 000 words on November 5, but I was dead tired after. Day 4 I didn’t meet … more →

Tags: Boring, Life, Loser, NaNoWriMo, Writers

Writing Prompt #92

victanguera wrote 25 minutes ago: Here’s a little scenario for today’s prompt: I lied to him about where I would be for th … more →

Tags: Ass In Chair, Writing prompt

SELF APPRECIATION: "Born to Write"

courageouslover wrote 27 minutes ago: LISTEN BELOW TO A LIVE IMAGO “SELF-APPRECIATION” DIALOGUE BETWEEN MICHAEL AND AMY SHERMA … more →

Tags: Self Esteem and Discovery, Bruce Springsteen, Destiny, imago, Relationships, Self Discovery, Self Esteem, Seth Godin

NaNoWriMo--Day 07

talewright wrote 33 minutes ago: Well, I didn’t get up at 4:30 AM as I so boldly announced I would do. My alarm went off at 4:1 … more →

Tags: NaNoWriMo, Author, Brainstorming, Characters, Creative Writing, Fantasy, Jabberwocky, Larry Mike Garmon, National Novel Writing Month

CH 02.ii: Barmaglot

talewright wrote 37 minutes ago: As of this posting, Barmaglot now has 13,595 words. I am one day ahead of the writing schedule. 02.i … more →

Tags: Barmaglot--Warts & All, Brainstorming, Creative Writing, Fantasy, iPhone, Jabberwocky, Larry Mike Garmon, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month

1301 & 1302: Using Sources Appropriately

Tria wrote 42 minutes ago: As I’ve been grading this round of essays, I’m realizing that some students are not as f … more →

Tags: .:., Venecia, Announcements, plagiarism, Academic Honesty

Blog-Worthy Stuff

Paul wrote 47 minutes ago: There have been some blog-worthy stuff going on this week, but every time I’ve  sat down to wr … more →

Tags: Geocaching, Life in general, Seattle, Yoga

What's editing all about?

ptoediting wrote 52 minutes ago: This blog provides a rich mix of resources and advice for an editor unsteady on his or her feet. The … more →

Tags: Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Editing, editing rules, Grammar, Guidelines, <punctuation>, reader, speech maker

Writing Tips: The Moleskine Method, Part 1

Doug Geivett wrote 52 minutes ago: I always have an unwieldy number of writing projects doubtfully spinning into existence at the same … more →

Tags: Moleskines, Writing Tips, Moleskine

Reviews: Ur Doin' It Wrong

Ysharros wrote 53 minutes ago: Having seen this article over at Sarcastic Gamer, on the need for platform specificity when reviewin … more →

Tags: Gaming, Misc, expectations, Review, Rhetoric, Silly

Chapter 7, In Which We Take a Slight Detour From Sanity

Jared wrote 55 minutes ago: I hold an impromptu meeting with the characters of my story. We decide to meet in the regular coffee … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Fiction, Life, NaBloPoMo, NaNoWriMo, Short Stories, Stories, Thoughts

Isis and Connor

R.C. Murphy wrote 58 minutes ago: I wrote this back in 2007 or so. Isis and Connor came to me on accident. I hadn’t thought that … more →

Tags: Erotic, Paranormal, arousal, Blood+, Bondage, coupling, death, Dominance, Drama

Tools ‹ Joeartistwriter's Blog — WordPress

JoeArtistWriter wrote 1 hour ago: Tools ‹ Joeartistwriter’s Blog — WordPress. … more →

Tags: Animation, balloon boy song, Music, Portfolio