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member name: Meredith G.
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September 22, 2008 04:41 PM EDT --
While pausing temporarily between novels, my husband and I found that time lay upon our upturned palms like a slug, staring at us blankly in the face. The Editor of course works, as do I in taking care . . .
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February 26, 2009 09:39 PM EST --
(A poem I wrote while working for the state; it's a reflection of my co-workers emotions... things they said, how they acted. I wrote it all in one go during a lunch break about two months in to employment.) . . .
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August 31, 2008 08:22 PM EDT --
Once-loved relic of dancing feet,
New styles invade your elegant halls.
Though all around is blasting noise
One classic room devotes itself inward.
Little ladies in black and pink . . .
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September 04, 2008 04:39 PM EDT --
This last weekend we had a fantastically windy day; I was driving the car, delivering lunch to my husband in the minivan, the younger kids riding in the back. The traffic lights along one, particular . . .
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November 08, 2008 12:01 AM EST --
Does food add flavor to your writing? Before you snort indignantly and wave away the idea, consider writers in coffee houses, sucking down caffeinated beverages and chai latte as fast as humanly possible, . . .
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October 03, 2008 07:08 PM EDT --
I was writing while making soup the other day. Perhaps those reading this will wonder at the method one would use to do such a thing but I cannot answer; it merely happened and was not premeditated. As . . .
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November 12, 2008 12:57 PM EST --
Hats off to Google once again.
To all budding writers/artists out there... head to Google presentations online; a free service, you can upload, organize and present images and descriptions your work . . .
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November 03, 2008 05:01 PM EST --
A reader pointed out this 'new writers' program from MacMillan publishing in the replies to one of my blogs. Since there are so many budding writers here, I thought I'd share a unique opportunity. . . .
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November 13, 2008 04:56 PM EST --
Completing our latest book is proving somewhat difficult. It seems I have been stuck on Chapter Seven for several weeks. It is not so much a block of ideas merely a lack of time. When . . .
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October 24, 2008 03:01 PM EDT --
Our house is quiet this evening; though it is often so, it has been unusually still at night this whole week. My oldest daughter, having found that Pride and Prejudice was a far better story in book form . . .
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May 18, 2009 01:05 PM EDT --
Ten days ago the escrow on our new home closed. Well, it’s not new, per say… but to us it seems so. We’ve spent a frantic yet satisfying week moving in and organizing everything to optimum efficiency, . . .
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September 07, 2009 02:38 PM EDT --
I’ve often heard it said that humans are creatures of habit. Whether habit or no, many are the daily tasks that one must perform in order to ensure Order be kept, maintained and, occasionally, . . .
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November 14, 2008 01:45 PM EST --
What a fantastic tool for new authors.
PDF is fast becoming last year's news. Our customers have hinted heavily that they want a better formatted system for their PDAs as PDF is just too wide . . .
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November 16, 2008 06:14 PM EST --
What music do you play to enhance your creativity while writing? Some don’t like playing music while they write… indeed, there are times when I find quiet is essential (during Editing, mainly).
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November 20, 2008 09:06 PM EST --
If you're on writerscafe.org, you'll already know about their free, nifty-looking widgets download-able and post-able, cataloging all your poems and chapters in a merry-go-round of sharp graphics. . . .
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February 01, 2009 10:54 PM EST --
(a Cornish sonnet I did for a contest on writerscafe.org... one can really learn something new each day...)
Gracious have been my years of late;
The windy drifts blown soft. . . .
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February 27, 2009 05:21 PM EST --
(lines penned on a color)
O’ Kermes-kissed fabric,
In ancient halls draped;
Wrapping bodies noble
And crusaders caped .
O’ color blinding in the day,
Nightly . . .
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June 05, 2009 02:30 PM EDT --
I am a poet. Since the age of fourteen I have bent my pen and thought towards pouring out the lyrical corners of my soul onto paper. Often received was the ‘why’ from peers, family and . . .
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September 29, 2008 06:06 PM EDT --
In drawing closer to the goalpost of finalizing our manuscript for paper publishing, we ran into a snag: the book cover.
An ardent fan of Macromedia’s Fireworks, I spent a deliriously fun . . .
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January 16, 2009 01:34 PM EST --
While browsing around a well-known commercial book-selling establishment, I could not help but notice that many of the newer book covers are alarmingly similar. Not only are plain block capitals . . .
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