Cemetery Lake
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Cemetery Lake by Paul Cleave A fast-paced crime thriller from the author of
international bestsellers The Cleaner and The Killing Hour, Cemetery Lake
will ...
Writing Robots
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My last teaching post was wrapping up the three courses (at the 100 level)
that touched on literature whether as a composition or literature course.
Today ...
My Recipe Box
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I am trying to use less and less processed foods. I do not want to buy all
those salad dressings in plastic bottles.
I decided to make our Caesar dressing ...
NEW READERS REPORT THEME: “ALL FOR YOU”
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We’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting
submissions for another “Rumpus Readers Report.”
This time we want you to tackl...
Audio Interviews With Me
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Because I know you want to have me in your ear at all times, just like
Jiminy Cricket, here are two audio interviews with me. First one is from
WYSO’s Book...
James Thurber on memory & memoir
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It is his own personal time, circumscribed by the short boundaries of his
pain and his embarrassment, in which what happens to his digestion, the
rear axle...
Going Off The Beaten (Bookish) Path…
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I am going to be heading off on a bit of a bookish adventure over the next
few weeks and months I have decided. Having done less reading and more
thinking ...
Letter from an unknown woman by Stefan Zweig
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Letter from an Unkown by Stefan Zweig Translator – Anthea Bell Original
title – Brief einer Unbekannten Source – library Well I have reviewed
review a Zwei...
Roadtrip by Joshua Stewart
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A Vimeo find. The description reads: Poem by Joshua Stewart. Video by
Fraser Jones. Scenic views by The United States of America.
Happy Book Bday to My Sister's Reaper!
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So excited to help Dorothy release her new book! I've known her along time
online and have followed her journey.
*My Sister's Reaper *releases in print ...
The Ongoing Story: Twitter and Writing
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I was in the *Time* magazine archives recently, doing research for my
biography of J. D. Salinger, when I pulle...
A Girl
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I saw you in the distance. I couldn’t tell if you were coming or going. The
school bus was patiently idling; you grew bigger. You wore red plaid pants,
d...
A Few Recent Tanka and Haiku
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What right do I have to this morning's brilliance its pellucid peace? In the ancestral cities distant cousins wake weeping. -- The million green leaves above...
Lay Death at Her Door / Elizabeth Buhmann
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The Game (6)
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Tit Variations (for Claire Pentecost) 1. “Three women wearing the same pair
of breasts,” sketched on your wall, waits like caveman artist relics. With
vari...
A conversation with Nate House
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*What books and/or authors have had the most influence on your writing?*
I was really fortunate to have great professors, both as an undergraduate
and gr...
New Lit on the Block :: Driftless Review
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The name Driftless Review (of a new lit mag) refers to the area in SW Wisconsin, NE Iowa, SE Minnesota, and NW Illinois where the geography was left unharmed...
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
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Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Publisher: Atria Books
Publication Date: March 2013
Categories: Literary, Mystery, Coming of Age
Source: My own copy...
The Last Banquet by Jonathan Grimwood
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On October 1st, Europa Editions will release its first cloth title. There’s
45K announced first printing. Quite...
Free Romances for Kindle!
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*Editor's Note: Romance Lovers! We have some treats for you today. With a
story about two wounded adults who have given up on love, a historical
romance ...
Tea and Tear Gas in Turkey
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In her column Slow Travel Stories, Claire Harris witnesses the police
using tear gas on demonstrators in Taksim Square, Istanbul.
You sexy thing
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WEEK 2 OF THE Writing from the Chakras workshop is over, and it was another
good one. I am sure it will come as a real shock to most of you, but I do
love ...
Interview in Left Lion magazine
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Head over to the excellent Left Lion magazine for a wide-ranging interview
about writing, music, , philosophy and all kinds of other things. The link
is he...
Expressive
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Story: Expressive Author: Sam Lipsyte Collection: The Fun Parts A bit like the last story I reviewed here, this is another in an alarming trend of deliberate...
Jun. 18, 2013: The Writer's Almanac
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Tuesday's Poem: "To Help the Monkey Cross the River" by Thomas Lux, from
The Crade Place. Tuesday's Literary Notes: It is the birthday of musician
and song...
You Know More About Your Work Than You Think You Do
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By Becky Tuch This past spring, I had the wonderful fortune of attending a
five-week writing residency. Overall, the experience was pretty close to
heaven....
Publication Day! Links! Tired Neil!
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I've been stumbling across the UK, although mostly in and out of the BBC. I
spent a day at the Guardian offices, editing their book website. (Here's a
vid...
Remove Obstacles:
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“Chanting is a way of getting in touch with yourself. It’s an opening of
the heart and letting go of the mind and thoughts. It deepens the channel
of grace...
Beauty and the Beast: Production Week Has Begun!
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See that theater? It’s empty at the moment but come Friday, it will be
filled with ticket holders! The Boy is doing a promo for a radio show today
at 11:30...
Children of the Jacaranda Tree
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*Finished June 15*
*Children of the Jacaranda Tree* by Sahar Delijani
This is the first novel by Sahar Delijani and draws from her own family
history.
Azar...
It’s a Fact – It’s Monday
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We are back to Monday. Why don’t we start with some non-fiction? This
week’s essay is Kevin Winchester called White-Knuckled Driving which refers
from Chri...
Plötzensee – an inner city Berlin lake
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I have Cihan to thank for suggesting I visit Plötzensee, a small glacial
lake in the residential area of Wedding in Berlin, for a wonderful
afternoon and e...
'Little machines' - the necessary and the sufficient
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When I came across a recent Guardian article titled 'Think brain scans can
reveal our innermost thoughts? Think again', I didn't have to read down to
know...
The Hero Round Table
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I chase the path that the ancient heroes took. My journey is my way of
entering the same mythic world, of choosing the great challenge. I know it
will chan...
Steve Dublanica – Waiter Rant
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44. Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip – Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by
Steve Dublanica (2008) Length: 336 pages Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir
Started: 30 Ma...
How To Totally Rock The Things That Scare You
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A guest post by Laura Leigh Clarke If you’re like most people, you probably
have things that deep down really scare you. Things that make you hang
back, wh...
Crime Fiction Alphabet 2013: the Letter K
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The Alphabet in Crime Fiction - a Community Meme.
This meme is an annual event on this blog. This is its 4th outing.
We already have a strong core of weekl...
Carts That Go Bump in Life
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by Kellie L. Thurman
Back in the day, she was built like a brick shit house. By back in the day,
I’m referring to the 80s, when sex, drugs, and stadium roc...
What happens when you are in love?
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In Ways of Seeing, John Berger answers:
When in love, the sight of the beloved has a completeness which no words and no embrace ca...
It’s Father’s Day…
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…and I’m busy spending the day with my kids, so here’s a Lego Star Wars
video to celebrate: - …and A Father’s Day song from those good folks over
at Awkwar...
Fashion Illustrated
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Info on the illustrator here Photography by Linda Druijff Filed under:
Event, Exhibition Tagged: Arnhem Fashion Biennial 2013, art, close up,
color, contem...
Auf dem Kirchweg über die Wangener Höhe
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Durch die Instandsetzung alter Wege im Rahmen des Projekts Wandel und Wegeist die Wangener Höhe bei Stuttgart-Wangen und Stuttgart-Hedelfingen als
Spazierz...
I don't debate racists
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If you've been following the latest SFWA controversy, you may have encounted a certain racist troll who is a member of that organization (but perhaps not for...
Weekly Photo Challenge : Curves
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This week’s challenge : Curves. I can’t choose today… I love the way trees
intertwin themselves in curvy designs in the jungle of Kao Yaï Nat. Park in
Thai...
Who by Fire
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In Who by Fire, Mary L. Tabor offers a beautifully-wrought tale of love,
mourning, and betrayal. The narrative is related by a widower named Robert
whose w...
Two new stories
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It's always immensely exciting when my stories find wonderful homes, and
two of them have in the past few weeks - first, *Also Tends*, an
astronomy-inspire...
ART THOUGHTS
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(First, please note: I don't usually write about work without having seen
it at first hand, but I'm making an exception in the case of Gwynn Murrill's
majo...
Sweet Days of June, Sweet Days of Uprising
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As I write these words, unarmed protestors in and around Taksim Square are
under relentless police attack. Not only in Taksim, either. People throng
the ...
Where I've Been: London
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After laid-back Paris, London felt edgy, vibrant and sometimes overwhelming
to me. There is much beauty to be found and I look forward to going back.
We ...
PhotoProject :: Wet in the City
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City lights by Nihjt on a wet pavement can make for a great photo
opprtunity, but I only had my phone with me. So I took these with DHR
Camera+ [image...
Summer Smoothies
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So summer is here. Well at least for most of us and that usually means
lighter, fresher and cooler food. Most of the year I do not make or drink
smoothies ...
Animals in the City: issue summary
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by David Cazden and Sherry Chandler Dave: One afternoon I was driving in
downtown Lexington and saw a raccoon running along the sidewalk. Actually
it was l...
Help Support Rania’s Family
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The Short Version of the Story My dear friend Rania, a major character in
my book (Fast Times in Palestine), needs help. Her husband was arrested a
few yea...
Facebook führt Hashtags ein: Hash-was?
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Die Einführung von Hashtags ist etwas, worauf erfahrene Nutzer des Social
Web schon lange bei Facebook gewartet haben. Nun ist es soweit: der Rollout
hat b...
Selflessness and Ego
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This is the talk from last nights Buddhist service, about the relationship
between selfless love and Ego, inspired by a wedding I went to in which the
Mi...
Selflessness and Ego
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This is the talk from last nights Buddhist service, about the relationship
between selfless love and Ego, inspired by a wedding I went to in which the
Mi...
National Migraine Awareness Month
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I started getting headaches in the 3rd grade. My teacher sent a note home
stating my eyes should be checked. I was excited because I kind of wanted
glas...
The world bookshop challenge
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As you know, I’m a big believer that lots of brains are better than one. If
it hadn’t been for the many hundreds of you who stopped by this blog last
year ...
It's Cut Up
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Boston Johnson is Boston Johnson but not really. His birth name is Matthew
Johnson. There are too many Matthew Johnsons; so they call him Boston. He
is a ...
The Wild Side of Alaska
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Thank you one and all for being so patient with me getting this promised
book out. It has been loaded, reloaded, and finally it is up before my very
own ey...
sistering
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*Older homes often have floor or ceiling joists that have been damaged
during the life of the structure. Sistering is nailing a new joist of the
same siz...
5 Designing Tips for Better Facebook Fan Pages
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Social Networking has transformed into a hot spot in the modern times. The
trend of social networking picked up in the late twentieth century and in
the la...
process never ends: a new blog
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hi.
i'm back briefly to
let you know that i have a
new blog called "dreamt of you"
there, i write about
the making process of new piece(s)
and various in...
Digger Omnibus Kickstarter is LIVE
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Ladies and Gentlemen, marsupials of all descriptions–WE HAVE LIFT-OFF! THE
DIGGER OMNIBUS KICKSTARTER IN ALL ITS OMNIBUSSYNESS! We got goals. We got
stretc...
fleeting
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a fleeting moment from earlier this year – for the wordpress weekly photo
challenge. both photos show the same sky, same minute, same planes – the
photos t...
Karl Geary on Writing and Acting
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*As told to Kathryn Buckley*
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*From a very young age I would replay conversations to my advantage which I
realize now is what I do as a writer. ...
A story of gaps in the understory
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Philadelphia has a whole host of missing trees and none are more famous
than the Great Elm of Shackamaxon. Jon Spruce journeys to the hereafter and
back… A...
Thank You Michael Douglas
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And on a humorous note . . . Dear Michael Douglas, Thank you for letting us
know that your throat cancer didn’t likely come from your years of smoking.
Lik...
The Raise for Women Challenge
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*Melusine* readers, if you have the ability, please consider participating
in The Raise for Women Challenge on crowdrise that is being sponsored by The
Huf...
Book Review: The Doll – Taylor Stevens
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Title: The Doll Author: Taylor Stevens ISBN: 9780307888785 Pages: 352
Release Date: June 4, 2013 Publisher: Crown Genre: Thriller Source:
Publisher Ratin...
My Thinker - Part Two
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Friday, the second day in our weekend, we went out for a driving adventure
- a "Sunday" drive. Our destination was Ta'if, about 175 kilometers east
and 600...
The Wreck: Rabindranath Tagore
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*Image credit: vedicbooks*
Bengali writers fascinate me, as I have mentioned before, and Rabindranath
Tagore, is nothing less. Based on a friend’s rec...
Panax Ginseng: The Other Wonders At Hawai’i
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Panax Ginseng is a bi-monthly column by Henry W. Leung exploring linguistic
and geographic borders in Asian American literature, especially those with
hybr...
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I am not doing any haiku writing these days, but when I stepped out of my
office during the lunch time today, I noticed one of the trees was getting
prun...
Religion, Spirituality and ‘Common Sense’
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At about this time in the year, Buddhists throughout the world are, will
be, or have been celebrating Visakha Puja or ‘Wesak’. With a wonderful
sense of ...
Leap and the Net May or May Not Appear
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I’m a leaper. For better or worse (often for worse), I trust my instincts
completely, and when my gut say leap, there I am–groundless, in love with
whateve...
Flow: One Painting, Eight Times
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Since we moved to Alameda last fall, a bike ride out to Alameda Point (and
the decommissioned Naval Base) is part of my regular routine. Roughly a
7-mile r...
commonplace
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"As those presents are always the most fashionable, and sometimes the most
valued, which cannot be used, I give you this book, which you will not be
able t...
• candy •
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Penn is rummaging around for piece of candy. "Mommy, look: a dumpling! I want to save it." He made off with a chocolate umbrella and a dum-dum pop. The peep ...
On Reading The Great Gatsby Now
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No one was more surprised than me, probably, when I began reading The Great
Gatsby as an adult, first out of curiosity–what was that book I read as a
child...
"All bad writers are in love with the epic."
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“All bad writers are in love with the epic.”
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Ernest Hemingway, On Writing, Knowledge and the Dangers of Ego (via zealotry
)
Simplify, y’all.
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[Recap] Red War
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On Sunday April 14th, Red War came alive at the Bethesda Fountain in
Central Park. Before you joined the ranks, you took a quiz that determined
if you were...
Tancredo Pavone's Six Sixty-Six
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Musician John Harmer writes: "I read in Gabriel Josipovici's wonderful
novel Infinity: The Story of a Moment about a piece composed by the
fictional hero...
Writing from the Chakras 2013
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announcing… Writing from the Chakras An Online Writing Workshop June 1 –
July 31, 2013 with Minal Hajratwala Are you ready to jumpstart your writing
and ...
Wishing You a Happy National Poetry Month!
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All who will be posting a poem a day, doing readings, or celebrating
National Poetry Month in any way — please let me know! I’ll be celebrating
with a bi-...
Today in History... on your Site {2013}: March 20th
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What happened in MARCH in the history of your site?
This is a blog hop to feature some of the past entries that you loved and
you still want to share wit...
Margaret Mahy tribute
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Readings from Margaret Mahy – top authors pay tribute at Storylines/NZ Book
Month event Top authors Kate De Goldi, Tessa Duder and Leonie Agnew are
combini...
Time
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The last post on this blog was in September 2012. It's now 2013. I can't believe that it's been already three months into this year. It's a year that has beg...
Quick Review: The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
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Genre: Literary fiction, historical fiction Publisher: HarperCollins UK
(HarperFiction/Blue Door) Pub date: Jan 14 2013 Source: Publisher via
NetGalley Syn...
Follow the Yellow is on the move!
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After almost five years of blogging here, it's time to move on to pastures
new!
Follow the Yellow has now moved on to *www.followtheyellow.co.uk*
I won...
Snow Breast
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Shoveling the driveways sucks (and I just can’t bring myself to buy a snow
blower; maybe when I’m old and can’t shovel anymore). To make show
shoveling l...
Pub Rants Has Moved!!
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STATUS: You'll have to check out the new location to see how I'm feeling.
*grin*
What’s playing on the XM or iPod right now? At the time I wrote that blog...
Tools of Change 2013: What Excites Me Right Now
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In about two weeks, I, along with a couple thousand or so of my closest
friends, will be attending the 2013 Tools of Change for Publishing
conference in ...
A glimpse of Oahu
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It’s nearly impossible not to feel homesickness for this place; for the way
the ocean made everything right, tousling hair, salt-slicking shoulders,
lull...
Man Asian Awards
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Man Asian Official Site
2012 Winner to be announced March 14, 2013
2012 Shortlist announced Jan.9, 2013:
Between Clay and Dust by Musharraf Ali Farooq...
NO LONGER ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS
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A Baker’s Dozen: THIRTEEN EXTRAORDINARY THINGS is no longer accepting
submissions for publication. You will find past issues in the Archives. You
can find ...
Happy New Year!
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Here’s wishing the entire Folded family a sweet and happy New Year! And
here are few hints to make it even better . . . For the last poem of […]
Top Ten Tuesday (3)
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So for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and Bookish, we
have kick ass heroines that we love! Such a fun topic. 1. Kami Glass from
Unspoken ...
Joe Biden's Smile
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Reblogged from Joshua Ryan Ziefle: Last night America had the chance to
watch Vice-President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan engage in a
wide-ranging d...
New Blog
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Hello Everyone! This is a friendly reminder that I have moved my blog to
www.adventuresinneverneverland.com. The feed is
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Advent...
100/100 For dragon eggs?
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Shall we open the door? What story, the old or the new?
We have lived so long and so well
In our green fable
Shall we open the doors?
[from ‘Uranium 2’...
Letter from the Editor - Hiatus
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*Letter from The Editor*
The June 2012 issue will be the last Short Review issue for a little while,
the journal will be on hiatus for at least a few month...
Blog Migration
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You may have noticed that I haven't been posting much lately. That's partly
because I've been swamped and partly because I've been developing a new
integr...
And So We Say Good-Bye
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In 2006 I had the idea to start a blog. Not a lot of thought went into this
idea other than the fact that blogs were the hot new medium for marketing
and i...
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Oh, it's been a while.
A new year, and many changes, a few of which I'm not quite ready to say out
loud yet. Suffice it to say that we've been back on the i...
The YB Blurber
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AKA Karla Linn Merrifield. The Dark Touch of Genius In Rebellion, Chris
Crittenden writes of “storms in heartbeats.” It’s a suitable metaphor for
the poems...
Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley
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Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley In the southern Kalahari area of
Botswana – an arid landscape of legends that speak of lost cities, hidden
wealth, a...
A new home for our small stone posts
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To keep things simple, we will be blogging about *small stones* at our main
site, Writing Our Way Home, from this day forth.
Do hop over there to find out...
62: lecia phinney
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lecia phinney photographer Lecia Phinney lives by the ocean with her
husband and two boys in beautiful Seattle. She take pictures, writes,
cooks, explores ...
An interview with Susannah Conway, photographer
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This week we're pleased to bring you an interview with Susannah Conway.
This is part of our 'An interview with...' series.
Susannah is a photographer, wri...
NYT Goes B
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I'm beginning to feel like the FBI, what with all the anonymous tip-offs
coming in. So do check out Maureen Freely on translating Orhan Parmuk (not
strictl...