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    Are We Ever Too Old to Be Called “Promising?”

    MAY 7, 2012 3:57PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: publishing, harpercollins, ecco, billy lynn's long halftime walk, brief encounters with che guevara, steven tyler, american idol, fiction, innovations, novels, inventors, technology review, poets and writers, success, writing, ben fountain

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 953 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    A DRIVING ISSUE

    MARCH 8, 2012 6:18PM

    By Shawn O'Shea


    Topics: disabilities, dating, love, sex, writing, recovery, relapse, booze, health, gay/lesbian, food/drink, aids, hiv, choices, drinks, nightlife, bars, crystal, meth, crystal meth, drunk, 12-steps, recovery, crystal meth, crystal methamphetamine, meth, drugs, alcohol, booze, addiction, fear, panhandlers, homeless, hate, kindness, chocolate, project open hand, hiv, aids, health, gay/lesbian, food/drink, family, belief/religion, military, navy, discharge, don't ask don't tell, school, college, gi bill, crimes, belief/religion, family, food/drink, gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, project open hand, chocolate, kindness, hate, homeless, panhandlers, fear, addiction, booze, alcohol, drugs, meth, crystal methamphetamine, crystal meth, recovery, 12-steps, gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, recovery, drugs, alcohol, booze, life, new start, begining, san francisco, arvs, philadelphia, mom, mother, loss, family, death, support, recovery, relapse, self-will, procrastination, 911, help, anger, driving

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 846 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Mine is clouds: Brautigan and writing

    MARCH 6, 2012 8:52PM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: writing, awp 2012, inspiration, poetry, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 4526 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    When Genres Collide: J.K. Rowling to Write Adult Fiction

    FEBRUARY 28, 2012 10:18AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: writing, fiction, literary criticism, literature, horror, dark fantasy, young adult fiction, ya fiction, genre fiction, stephen roxburgh, r.l. stine, j.k. rowling

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    • 32 Ratings
    • 2864 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Confronting the killer inside me; a romance recounted

    FEBRUARY 16, 2012 11:09PM

    By Jeremiah Horrigan


    Topics: buffalo, niagara falls, re-writing, news, newspapers, reporting, writing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1204 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Why Writers Need Readers: Not for the Obvious Reason

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 9:16AM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: book clubs, book bloggers, readers, writing, novels, breast cancer, gerbil farmer's daughter, book reviews, bookstores, publishing, self publishing, facebook, sleeping tigers, social media, novel publicity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 3143 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    "Old Literacy" v. "New Literacy:" A Five Paragraph Essay

    JANUARY 25, 2012 9:29AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: higher education, cathy n. davidson, pedagogy, writing, teaching, blogging, mla stylesheet, five paragraph essays, research papers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 1454 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    The Walls Have Eyes. And Ears. And Hearts.

    DECEMBER 14, 2011 11:19PM

    By Lydieth A


    Topics: old houses, women, writing, cumulative disappointment

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1991 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Funeral for a Friend: The Last Days of Books, Inc.

    DECEMBER 7, 2011 5:27PM

    By Felicia Lee


    Topics: writing, vegetarian recipes, food/wine, open call, declaration of independents

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 2559 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Fed: Unemployment Numbers Don't Reflect Discouraged Writers

    NOVEMBER 18, 2011 8:45AM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: writing, satire, comedy, spoof, humor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 38 Ratings
    • 4971 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Erotica and Me: A Second Career

    NOVEMBER 3, 2011 5:14AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: my brilliant second career, erotica, sex, writing, making a living, courtesans, renaissance, books, economy, feminism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1062 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Food for Thought on My Delicious and Brilliant Second Career

    OCTOBER 29, 2011 6:28PM

    By Carolyn Jung


    Topics: my brilliant second career, open call, food/drink, family, newspapers, writing, food, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 1579 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    The Mistresses of Mayhem

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 9:57AM

    By Susie Lindau


    Topics: horror, gothic horror, ann radcliffe, edgar allen poe, mary shelley, life, lifestyle, writers, writing, movies, television, history, pop culture

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 3085 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    The greatest children's book you'll never read

    SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 9:09AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: intellectual property, swifties, tom swift, berlin, writing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1120 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Can a CEO Talk About Sex?

    SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 9:50PM

    By Lisa Hickey


    Topics: sex, ceo, the good men project, honesty, writing, discussion, media

    • Editor's Pick
    • 61 Ratings
    • 1548 Views
    • 85 Comments
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    Life's Work

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 7:18PM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: the answer is and always will be 42, what is it all anyway, does it matter what it all means, what does it all add up to, living, writing, calling, work/life balance, work, lifes work, pets, gay/lesbian, family

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1340 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    The Science of Spoilers: Knowing the End Won't Ruin a Story

    AUGUST 23, 2011 3:22PM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: spoiler alerts, spoiler alert, plot twist, plot twists, writing, psychology, sociology, spoilers, books, television, science, fiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3371 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    My "Monster in a Box"

    AUGUST 18, 2011 2:09AM

    By AJCalhoun


    Topics: memoirs as novels, unfinished business, spaulding gray, writer's block, writing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 1534 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    I Am A Lost Penny

    AUGUST 10, 2011 10:54AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: writing

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1395 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Three Heroes

    JULY 29, 2011 8:03AM

    By Ken Honeywell


    Topics: writers, writing, shawn cassidy

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