Tag: writers
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September 04, 2008 02:31 PM EDT --
For those paying close attention to Google's Chrome roll-out (see: nerds like me), you may have noticed something fishy in the Terms and Conditions : a clause that afforded Google ownership of . . . more
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August 29, 2006 05:02 PM EDT --
Ten years ago I met two people that exemplified my ideal of true love. Their minds unfettered by prejudice and malice in an age of the stuff, they sacrificed everything for one another and very nearly . . . more
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September 15, 2006 09:16 AM EDT --
In the six months I've been on Gather I've often felt foggy regarding the copyright arrangements in using the service.
Finally, getting off my lazy keister, I pulled up the Terms of Service Agreement . . . more
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July 10, 2007 11:06 AM EDT --
BlogHer , the premier womens' blogging network, has asked me to start a weekly How to Write series. My introduction - including the series schedule through July - is now online:
Words in a Row: . . . more
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December 31, 2006 08:10 AM EST --
As a kid, the author that really inspired me to become an author was L.M. Montgomery. Most of you will know her as the author of Anne of Green Gables. But she wrote loooots more books, series, and . . . more
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January 05, 2007 06:47 PM EST --
Lake Superior State University has released its annual list of 16 banished words, which includes worn-out, misused and generally worthless words and expressions drawn from more than 4,500 nominations. . . . more
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June 21, 2006 08:30 AM EDT --
Bruce Henricksen's "The Zero Club" made me think about how literary writers are received in my own region. Duluth MN has some authors to be proud of. Connie Wanek and Barton Sutter are poets . . . more
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December 23, 2006 03:10 PM EST --
This year's New Yorker Fictions Issue (Dec 25 2006, Jan 1 2007) dropped into my mailbox this week. I assume that many serious short fiction writers read this issue, as it showcases some of the most . . . more
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December 29, 2006 06:53 PM EST --
Matt Beam has taught in various capacities in Toronto, Vancouver, Guatemala, Fiji, Australia, and New Zealand and has written for newspapers that include the Toronto Star, the National Post, Toronto Life, . . . more
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March 02, 2007 03:15 PM EST --
Step One – sign up for email notices of coming events offered by the Canadian Writers’ Union. When you receive your invitation to attend the full day workshop in a city near you, sign up. You’ll . . . more
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August 06, 2007 11:07 AM EDT --
I'd really like to get input on this so please join in, even if you don't want to reveal whether you've sought therapy or not. After revisiting an intriguing . . . more
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February 07, 2007 02:29 PM EST --
Here are a few writing competitions I thought you might like to know about:
The Arts & Letters Prizes competition offers publication and a $1000 Prize for winners in: Fiction (Short Story), . . . more
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September 01, 2007 01:54 PM EDT --
I am not a poet--I've written rhyme now and then, I probably would consider myself a lyrisist more than anything. About 12 years ago I was in the midst of an agonizing writer's block and . . . more
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August 30, 2006 10:00 AM EDT --
Athough she officially joined in April, yesterday was my mom's first day poking around Gather and her first published article.
She is a brilliant author/writer, and her first article is . . . more
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August 04, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
This article is an extended comment on one aspect of Julie Ann Dawson's article, entitled "Publishing versus Credible Publishing," posted on July 31.
Introduction
In her article, . . . more
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August 17, 2008 12:42 PM EDT --
Maybe it was a mistake but I read the comments about this book. . I'm not leaving any spoilers or book details here because someone else may not have read it and there are plenty of reviews out there . . . more
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May 04, 2008 07:21 PM EDT --
There is a bill currently before both houses of the U.S. Congress which will essentially revoke the Copyright Act. I have links below to both the House and Senate versions of this bill, laughingly titles . . . more
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October 18, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
The OP is apparently marketing some sort of service to writers, where the writers pay for the right to submit work to participating publishers. Now as a small publisher, the potential of a service . . . more
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May 02, 2008 05:08 AM EDT --
Neither editor nor expert, the reader reviewer occupies an ambiguous position in the food chain of the creative process. Uncertain of their own qualifications and abilities, the temptation exists . . . more
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August 13, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
Last month, I wrote an article regarding why it is not in the best interest of readers or writers to always support bookstores. Now there is more fuel to put on that fire.
It seems a . . . more
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