Tag: arts
group name: books
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June 10, 2007 09:26 AM EDT --
Last weekend in New York City, I attended a movie premiere. The director and producer were there, as was the film's star. Unlike glittering Hollywood premieres, however, this debut happened not at . . .
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December 06, 2007 06:10 PM EST --
(humming:) "The weather outside is frightful...."
It's the perfect time of year for curling up with a good book. Except of course for all the holiday festivities, family gatherings, . . .
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September 05, 2007 12:14 PM EDT --
Are you in the mood for a little romance? You couldn’t have picked a better time. Spring may not be in the air, but you wouldn’t know it judging by the number of romantic writings . . .
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February 22, 2007 11:58 PM EST --
One of the most common things a new novelist is likely to hear from well- meaning friends and relatives is, “Hey, why don’t you call Oprah
and see if she’ll put you on the show?” . . .
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August 15, 2007 12:14 PM EDT --
In Sonata NOTE: This is another piece of writing by David Parks, the author of 'God's Living Postcards'. It briefly captures his writing style. I think it's . . .
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September 25, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
by Kimberly Ripley
Issue #17
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. Whether you're a published author or merely working to see your . . .
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February 04, 2008 11:28 AM EST --
This is going to be a GREAT month for reading. I just know it. Why? Because later this month my 'significantly other' and I are going away for a four-day weekend, and all we plan to do is . . .
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May 04, 2007 12:06 AM EDT --
I'm sitting at the computer right now, headphones on, playing "Bohemian Rhapsody" too loud to obscure the TV sound. My daughter is watching the latest in an endless succession of horror . . .
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September 06, 2007 04:55 AM EDT --
Like a full moon
she appears with
her stretched bows
above the corals.
Apple checks
surround the tender lips
that transform into
a perfect curve at her face,
enough to tighten
all the nerves
and the dimple . . .
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January 31, 2007 12:01 PM EST --
Set in a turn-of-the-Millennium South Africa flirting with social collapse, J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace (Penguin, 1999) deals with messy social issues in a sloppy way. When this novel came out almost . . .
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May 24, 2007 04:09 PM EDT --
Recently, I was fortunate enough to have my dark children’s novel The Ghost Mirror accepted for publication by e Treasures Publishing. You can imagine how excited I was to have my novel . . .
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September 01, 2007 03:55 PM EDT --
Angel of the night
As my thoughts race
restless,
in my worried mind.
And dream I chase
you hopeless,
despair I find
I see your face
but darkness
drives me blind
I close my eyes . . .
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March 05, 2009 01:58 PM EST --
My fiance and I were just in Oregon for a long weekend, and since we flew into Portland, couldn't help but pay a visit to the Mecca of all bookstores - Powell's. The place is enormous - covering . . .
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May 17, 2009 06:49 AM EDT --
the variety of Chicano performers and musical styles over time
LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES - Chicano Rock 'n' Roll from Southern California , Revised Edition by David Reyes and Tom Waldman. . . .
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June 11, 2008 05:37 PM EDT --
When it comes to writing fiction, Alice McDermott believes the best way to write a novel is in the dark-figuratively speaking, that is.
"There's a danger in loosing enthusiasm . . .
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July 06, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
I never really thought too much about book covers until I started sitting on the other side of the desk. They seem to be one of those things you take for granted. We all like to think that . . .
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August 31, 2006 01:18 PM EDT --
For many people the 60's died in 1971 with the final death in the "Holy Trinity of Rock," Jim Morrison. The other 2 being Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix who died the year prior. . . .
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August 15, 2007 02:10 PM EDT --
“I’ve always wanted to write happy endings and my characters always deny them.” That’s what Alice McDermott said when talking to writers about the craft of novel writing. . . .
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October 10, 2007 01:56 PM EDT --
Issue #18
by Kimberly Ripley
Greetings, Gather writers, and welcome to this issue of Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. I guess since this is Issue #18 it may be time to define what the actual intent . . .
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July 05, 2007 07:59 PM EDT --
Issue #12
by Kimberly Ripley
Welcome to Freelancing for Pleasure and Profit. In this issue I'd like to talk about writing for anthologies. Some writers simply won't do it. Their reasons . . .
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