Tag: arts
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October 03, 2007 12:05 PM EDT --
Amtrak is looking for local writers to share advice about their hometown for the "Next Stop..." series, hosted at the All Aboard! group on Gather!
What are the best sights, activities, restaurants . . .
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April 17, 2007 11:05 AM EDT --
Seattle Welcomes Its Newest Urban Resident: A New Sculpture Park
With a breathtaking view of the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound, Seattle always has boasted some significant works of natural beauty. . . .
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July 16, 2007 12:12 AM EDT --
The Vette screeched to a stop in front of the massage parlor. I clutched the plastic wrapped manila envelope to my chest, anxious to expose the contents, and ease my mind about Lupe'. Breedlove . . .
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June 05, 2007 02:45 PM EDT --
In my personal pantheon of reality television, programs such as Survivor, The Real World, and even American Idol have nothing on makeover shows.
Whether it’s Extreme Makeover, What Not To Wear or . . .
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October 11, 2007 09:06 AM EDT --
I share a kind of kinship with celebrity chef Walter Staib, though I am no kitchen witch. Like most Americans of German descent, my knowledge of the German culinary arts is limited to sausages, sauerkraut, . . .
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June 16, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
When his father lost his job in 1931, Jim Mitchell saw his family slide to rock bottom in . . .
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April 25, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
On the lap of hope,
We all see dreams to find our queen of heart
Who may loving, caring, good at heart,
Beautiful and smart.Some of us begin to search,
Without tiring and caring of rest.We wait a lot and . . .
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July 03, 2007 07:27 PM EDT --
The spike sits on a shelf opposite my desk, four inches of mottled iron with a square shank and L-shaped head tapering to a wedge. I picked it up on the Devil's Railroad in the heart of the Amazon . . .
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June 13, 2007 10:58 AM EDT --
You will be forgiven if your first impression of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the springtime doesn't quite match the postcards. The sun does not blaze in March or April. The turquoise paint, so popular . . .
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March 05, 2007 03:28 PM EST --
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Hello to all,
Have you taken an urban hike yet? If not - why not? It isn't hard to do. It doesn't take much preparation. You don't need to . . .
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March 21, 2007 12:45 PM EDT --
Road trips can be an exhilarating experience for writers. When alone, the open road provides a time to ponder story ideas, explore plot turns and character developments. Or, a time . . .
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June 05, 2007 05:26 PM EDT --
The Maryland Writers Association recently announced the winners for their 2007 Short Works Contest.
In the fiction category, the winners, as published on the MWA website, are:
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March 12, 2007 06:00 PM EDT --
It’s official. TRACKS, my novel in stories, is now in operation. Chapter one is available for the Gather community to read and rate.
Tracks takes place on an Amtrak . . .
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March 22, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
TRACKS, my novel in stories, has picked up a lot of steam. Readers and fellow writers are on board and continue to drive it ahead. But it still needs a boost.
This book began . . .
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March 09, 2007 12:37 PM EST --
No, this isn’t a political announcement on the war on terror or the spreading of democracy. It’s about my story, “Freedom.”
"Freedom" is a story . . .
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March 02, 2007 06:14 PM EST --
Since coming to Gather about a month ago, I’ve enjoyed sharing stories about the writers I’ve met and the advice they have to share about writing -- writers like John Irving, Tom Wolfe, . . .
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March 16, 2007 10:55 AM EDT --
Some of you have asked me about “Freedom.” No, not in a political or philosophical way; Freedom is a story that is being published as a serial in Coloquio, an online newsletter with more . . .
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April 06, 2007 12:04 AM EDT --
TRACKS, a novel in stories, has moved ahead to round two of Gather's First Chapters Writing Competition. The winning entry will be published by Simon and Schuster.
Out of more than 2,600 entries, . . .
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May 15, 2007 12:11 PM EDT --
Last Friday, I read from TRACKS, my novel in stories, on National Public Radio. The reading, which aired on WYPR’s The Signal, was broadcast at noon and again at 7 p.m. on May 11.
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April 25, 2007 12:07 AM EDT --
Tomorrow is my birthday. For the second year in a row -- coincidently -- I am spending my birthday away from my family at a writing conference in Chicago.
“What do you want . . .
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