Tag: books
group name: firstwriteit
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June 03, 2007 11:46 PM EDT --
A first time novelist’s first time at the show (originally published on my website at www.duskbeforethedawn.net)
I went to BEA (and took my wife and son) for many reasons:
My first book (Dusk Before . . .
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August 05, 2007 11:35 AM EDT --
The day is declining.
Stars begin to twinkling.
The birds of variegated plums are singing sweet songs,
while my loneliness is rising.
The wind is making cloud dance.
While my heart's desire . . .
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April 23, 2008 08:40 PM EDT --
I've been thinking about inspiration a lot lately: what drives us to want to write, and more importantly, what drives us to write when the muse is balking and our brains are tired.
A little backstory . . .
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July 16, 2007 11:37 AM EDT --
O my guest of heart!
Let me entertain your intoxicating smiles.
O my peer!
Let me read your mystical face!
O my dream'smerchant!
Let me decorate the assembly of love.
O my soul’s . . .
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August 04, 2008 12:20 PM EDT --
A Question ...
Do you primarily buy books online, or do you prefer going to your local bookstore?
I used to prefer going to the bookstore, but over the past year, I primarily order books . . .
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January 09, 2007 12:39 PM EST --
I have a problem. It’s not a serious problem per se, but it is an obsession. Actually, the word “obsession” may not be strong enough to describe this addiction of mine. I . . .
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December 26, 2008 12:37 AM EST --
So my final total for trying to read 50 books in 2008 fell well short of the goal. I read about 20, and that is including some kids books and manga and other short works.
Time for a new plan. I went . . .
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August 10, 2008 10:12 AM EDT --
I have been saving home depot gift cards for a while to build some shelves. I have always dreamed of having wall to wall shelves and turning one room into a library. Well, I finally did it! . . .
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June 01, 2009 10:20 AM EDT --
I found out about this new website through an email they sent me. I had to share it with all you voracious readers on the site.
With summer . . .
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August 02, 2007 05:04 AM EDT --
Language fascinates me. I love words and how they evolve, a word that means something oneday, may have a completely different meaning on the next. New words are created and some old ones become . . .
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January 04, 2007 02:39 AM EST --
I have had a very cranky day today.... as anyone who has read my earlier rant would know... but even so... I am so aware of how very very lucky I am.
Hubby went to bed awhile ago .... came out for . . .
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August 08, 2009 02:42 PM EDT --
The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?
[x] Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen [x] The Lord of the Rings - . . .
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September 01, 2007 01:21 AM EDT --
It seems to be such a game. You pick up a book and you look it over. THen you turn to the back cover and see raves from famous writers but...they don't say anything except . . .
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August 28, 2007 08:51 PM EDT --
What was your favorite book as a child??
I remember all the Golden books, is that what they were called? Pokey Little Puppy.
My all time favorite was called "The Fire Cat"... supposedly, . . .
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June 29, 2008 05:21 PM EDT --
Contrary to popular belief, I don't read just vampire novels. In fact, I tend to read a wide range of styles and genres. I've been known to read everything from romance to science fiction to biographies . . .
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September 03, 2007 11:36 PM EDT --
Honestly?? Who will stand up (with ME) and say they read them? Read them all the time or have even read ONE in the last 5 years???
I love them. They promise emotion and . . .
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February 11, 2008 08:59 PM EST --
I made a book trailer for my novel, Darkness Descending . If you are interested, you can click on the link http://www.youtube.com/v/Fhr2VA435cA&rel=1 . I'd put in on . . .
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June 03, 2008 07:38 PM EDT --
The following is from my MySpace blog ( www.myspace.com/wryter01 ). I posted this on May 31, 2008.
About a week and a half ago, I read a post on one of my Yahoo writers . . .
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January 05, 2007 12:28 AM EST --
During The 1950’s, The United States began defining a new identity, one that would signify great optimism and possibility. . . .
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