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    Does a Story Need "Meaning" With a Capital "M"?

    JANUARY 20, 2011 11:39AM

    By Eric Stoveken


    Topics: self-publishing, the devil yearns for the perfect denver omelet, writing

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    The eReaders Cometh

    JANUARY 3, 2011 3:42PM

    By Eric Stoveken


    Topics: writing, publishing, ebooks

    • 35 Ratings
    • 4934 Views
    • 185 Comments
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    Fifteen Reasons I Don't Read Most Blogs

    JANUARY 22, 2011 8:18AM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: open+call, feminism, writers, writing, bloggers, blogs

    • 60 Ratings
    • 5012 Views
    • 185 Comments
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    The Dangers of Writing on the Internet

    MARCH 20, 2010 1:02AM

    By Julie Tarp


    Topics: thestraighdope.com, the straight dope, intellectual property, theft, copyright, writing, stealing, who's the bitch now bitch?, if you can't come up with something on your own why do you think it's okay to steal someone else's words?, romeo and juliet, wikipedia, answers.com

    • 39 Ratings
    • 2534 Views
    • 180 Comments
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    OS Junior High

    APRIL 17, 2010 12:39AM

    By rainee174


    Topics: behaving badly, attackes, censorship, reading, writing

    • 86 Ratings
    • 4742 Views
    • 168 Comments
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    5 Things You Need to Know About Open Salon

    DECEMBER 18, 2009 9:07AM

    By Dennis Knight


    Topics: borderline personalities, pirate wimmen, outstanding talent, suggestions, hope, leaving, artwork, quitting, photography, flouncing, writing, design, writers, os, os user manual

    • Editor's Pick
    • 59 Ratings
    • 2872 Views
    • 146 Comments
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    "THE CRAYON OF COLOR"--Drunk on Political Correctness

    JULY 21, 2010 4:26AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: political correctness, education, art, writing, crayons, language

    • 128 Ratings
    • 2730 Views
    • 144 Comments
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    My Response To Open Salon

    JUNE 22, 2009 2:52PM

    By Chuck A. Stetson


    Topics: all my friends, religion, karma, writing, family, open call

    • 78 Ratings
    • 2018 Views
    • 129 Comments
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    To the Semicolons of the World - I am What I Write

    AUGUST 26, 2010 8:07AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: semi colons, mean girls, hurting people, being honest, writing, open salon, politics

    • 42 Ratings
    • 2670 Views
    • 119 Comments
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    Is OS the new American Idol?

    FEBRUARY 13, 2009 1:28PM

    By Julie Tarp


    Topics: open call, music, television, train wrecks, what gives?, responsible reinforcement, writing

    • 42 Ratings
    • 6377 Views
    • 114 Comments
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    Bad sign: First impressions

    OCTOBER 16, 2009 5:57PM

    By Kerry Lauerman


    Topics: writing, lobby, bad signs

    • 75 Ratings
    • 21580 Views
    • 112 Comments
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    Using Real Names has Real Consequences

    FEBRUARY 13, 2011 11:56AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: safety, pseudonymous, anonymous, anonymity, pseudonymity, psuedonyms, authorship, writing, accountability, privacy, politics

    • 50 Ratings
    • 24418 Views
    • 108 Comments
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    I Hereby Resolve to Write to You, Especially When I Die

    AUGUST 6, 2009 9:01PM

    By Love Grandma


    Topics: grandma, letters, sense of humor, laughter, wodehousian wit, perfectionist/procrastinator, death, writing, guilt, grief, grandmothers counsel the world, jeeves and wooster, p.g. wodehouse, stephen fry is literally jeeves incarnate, audiobooks, exhibition, stroke, coma, eighty-two, documentary, thank god, premonition, diving for pearls, digital recorder, equipment failure, the last interview, no song, the unsent birthday gift, the unrecorded interview, the unmade phone call, the unwritten letter, guilty!, grace, thank you, letter-writing, compassion, open call, it’s nice to have humor still in this world such as it is, things always start out with a tarabang for me in the morning, when i first smile at myself in the mirror, no teeth, usually, hair all weird, eyes squinty, i start the day laughing, i like that

    • 55 Ratings
    • 2614 Views
    • 107 Comments
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    Critical Thinking and Good Writing

    JULY 8, 2011 4:25PM

    By FusunA


    Topics: talking writing, open call, open salon, reading between the lines, essay on criticism, writing, critical thinking

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 5681 Views
    • 103 Comments
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    Most Profanity Is Just a Sign of Laziness

    NOVEMBER 10, 2010 4:00PM

    By Nick Leshi


    Topics: writing, censorship, open call, television, tv, profanity, language

    • 94 Ratings
    • 3150 Views
    • 103 Comments
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    Further Opening Salon?

    DECEMBER 5, 2008 11:26AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: social costs, social consequences, social effects, technology, squandering, squander, sense of community, community, meta-rss feed, rss, rss feed, drek, writing, meta-blog, blog, meta, philosophy, open salon, features, beta

    • 32 Ratings
    • 3258 Views
    • 102 Comments
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    I Come Not To Praise Caesar.... But To Correct His Spelling

    JANUARY 2, 2012 9:40AM

    By skypixie0


    Topics: mutual critiquing, writing, writers

    • 53 Ratings
    • 1581 Views
    • 98 Comments
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    Just What The Fuck Is A Writer?

    FEBRUARY 16, 2009 12:10AM

    By odetteroulette


    Topics: writing, thoughts, os, who gives a flying fart in space, are you being paid, do you love to do it, do you sit up at nights and enjoy writing, do you like to read

    • 55 Ratings
    • 1480 Views
    • 94 Comments
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    I AM A WRITER. RIGHT?

    NOVEMBER 17, 2010 4:09PM

    By Susan Creamer Joy


    Topics: writing, not writing, living, not writing, writing, not living, dreaming, writing, not dreaming, dying, writing, thriving

    • 55 Ratings
    • 1598 Views
    • 92 Comments
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    What's So Good About Open Salon, Anyway?

    DECEMBER 6, 2010 12:43PM

    By Conrad Capto


    Topics: salon, open salon, writing, writing craft, pirate wimmin, laughing, crying

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