Behind the Bookcase

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Amelia Carolyn

Amelia Carolyn
Location
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Birthday
December 31
Bio
Amelia is a writer and book addict from Saint Louis, Missouri. Her past work has appeared in The Madison County Record, LegalNewsline, The Northwest Herald, The Kane County Chronicle, The Galesburg Register-Mail, The DeKalb Daily Chronicle, the St. Louis Beacon, and other publications. She lives with a bunny-obsessed Basset Hound and overflowing book shelves.

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MARCH 6, 2009 3:51PM

When to say "Enough"

This won't be a long post. I have been lax about posting due to my search for paying employment.

Long story short: I left a paying job after surviving a layoff cut by a hair's breath (young and expendable). I returned to my home city to be closed to family and… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009 1:21PM

Jobs I Could Be Doing

 Eating and freelancing don't go together.

 This has been good for my waistline.

  Not so good for bill paying.

  Although I don't regret leaving my last paying newspaper job for the great unknown, I have to say fumbling blindly as a young freelancer has its downsides.… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009 1:28PM

The Pajama Game

My usual day ends with a challenge: What pajamas to wear because tomorrow, I will wear them to work. I'm sure many of you have experienced the same quandry.

Do I wear my Stewie Christmas pajamas, where the maniacal Griffin glares at the shins of passers by, calculating their destruction… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009 2:35PM

A long absence ... failed resolutions

It's been too long since I posted.

Far, far too long. I've been very, very bad about my resolutions for 2009.

Resolution 1: Write and post regularly to the Front.

(bad TV game show buzzer noise) So far, I have fallen horrifically down on the job. The writing… Read full post »

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JANUARY 5, 2009 6:13PM

You will praise "the Lard."

I'm not much for quizzes unless I'm extremely bored or a source just will not call me back.

I particularly dislike Facebook quizzes and it seems like - well-intentionedly of course - my friends are always sending them to me thanks to that creepy mechanism attached to all those electronic tests… Read full post »

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JANUARY 4, 2009 12:09AM

Connection and Kindle

I recently read an article about Kindle. It seems to have the potential to be for books what the I-Pod has been for music.

I suppose, in a country where one in four Americans hasn't read a book in the last year, that this could be a good thing. As a… Read full post »

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DECEMBER 19, 2008 12:03PM

The Pagan Puts up a Christmas Tree

When I begin taking the colored balls, stuffed bagpipers and smiling martini glasses out of their boxes, the ritual has begun. They join crayon-decorated christmas trees, felt mittens and a Snowman whose belly declares "It's chilly outside, how about a bowl?" that my mother stole from a restaurant ta… Read full post »

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