Tag: journaling
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A Dollar Fifty in Late Charges at the Public Library
I have two degrees, English with a focus in creative writing and theatre with a focus in playwriting. When I finished college, I considered myself a playwright. With the exception of two classes, my English education had been crap1, 2. Of my required creative writing classes, I had the same professor for all but one…
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On the Outside
Has there ever been a series that you read and thought was okay, but you just didn’t get why people are so fanatical about it? I’m that way with the Hunger Games trilogy. I see posts and you tube clips all over the net and everyone’s so excited. I certainly don’t want to spoil their…
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Subscribe by Email
So after an incredibly verbose fall, the last couple months have been virtually silent in comparison. As I’ve mentioned before, I work in publishing. My managers finally acknowledged they weren’t giving me enough work so I’m moving to a list1 that is changing its business strategy. Thus lots of meetings, lots of new work, and…
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Bordering on the Ridiculous
Sara Megibow posted recently that she “did her part to help Borders” by buying a book there. And all I can think is, you either screwed the publisher or screwed the author by buying there. If Borders doesn’t pay for the books it’s selling, someone has to take the loss. Either the publisher will take…
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Another Selby Invitational
Saturday was another Selby Invitational. Winter is a hard time to gather friends and this was no different. We had a number of last-minute cancellations due to illness. Regardless, there were nine of us in all, allowing for some larger fun party games and some smaller games. Telestrations made another appearance. If you’re looking for…
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Cheating at Dreaming
Monday night I dreamed that I was selected for the first New Hampshire HUNGER GAMES. This was not an event to celebrate Suzanne Collins’ popular YA trilogy. This was a handful of people being send into the wilderness of New Hampshire to fight to the death until only one remained. There were some differences between…
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Germ Warfare
So here’s my suggestion: Write a guest post on a popular blog and then get sick when it runs, causing you to miss the brief exposure it provides you. Yay my immune system! I hate being sick. Mostly, I hate it because I’m sick. I doubt anyone sits at their computer writing a blog post…
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Guest Blog at Pimp My Novel
Eric is on vacation this week, so I wrote a guest post at Pimp My Novel. You should go check it out.