Tag: writers
member name: Nancy L.
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November 07, 2008 11:19 PM EST --
Gone With the Wind , published in 1936, remains one of the best-selling books of all time. Very impressive for a first time novelist, who also won the Pulitzer prize for the book in 1937. The movie . . .
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June 08, 2007 03:59 PM EDT --
I recently signed up for a free, six-week online fiction writing class. After a year of stalling-- or was it two?-- I needed yet another kick-in-the-pants to motivate myself to sit down and write.
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August 07, 2009 08:30 AM EDT --
I have heard of people keeping dream journals and sometimes using their dreams to inspire writing, but have you ever had a dream in which you play a part, but your . . .
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October 31, 2008 12:11 AM EDT --
A couple of years ago, I took a fiction writing class taught by Thomas B. Sawyer (a former head writer on Murder She Wrote , novelist, screenwriter, and playwright). He recommended that anyone who . . .
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October 10, 2008 07:11 AM EDT --
This is a repost of my first article written as a Gather member editor of the Writing Essential group, one year ago. I can't believe it's been a year already; where did the time go?
I realize . . .
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October 24, 2008 01:46 AM EDT --
You’re staring at a blank screen. You want to write a piece for your blog, for your writing class, or your writing project, but your fingers remain motionless on the keyboard. You know you must . . .
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October 17, 2008 02:59 AM EDT --
In every writing class I've taken, the group was not only expected to complete writing assignments on time, class participation (even in online classes) was expected. That expectation centered around . . .
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March 30, 2008 12:37 PM EDT --
As someone who has joined various local writers' groups only to be disappointed time and time again, online groups may be an attractive alternative. That is not to say that all local groups are . . .
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February 26, 2009 05:49 PM EST --
I saw this piece on CBS Sunday Morning (a show I highly recommend) a few weeks ago about the book markets in Paris. Apparently if you like rare or vintage books, Paris is the mother lode, as there are . . .
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November 07, 2008 06:09 AM EST --
If you like to write (or read) short fiction, I recommend checking out Glimmer Train Press, an independent quarterly literary journal started in 1990 by two sisters in Portland, Oregon who personally . . .
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September 25, 2009 12:23 PM EDT --
I don’t know how many members read Writer’s Digest magazine, but the October issue contained some great information I’d like to share here today.
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October 17, 2008 01:58 AM EDT --
Hello Everyone!
For members who were here last Friday on my first day as the Friday member editor, I hope you got a chance to read my post " It's Friday Here at the Gather . . .
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November 07, 2008 06:08 AM EST --
TGIF!!
I hope everyone has recovered from the election hoopla earlier this week. I read some very passionate posts here on Gather and it's great that people were invested in something . . .
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February 13, 2009 09:53 AM EST --
Happy Friday the 13th!
Today I’d like to try something that I saw on a website from SMITH magazine. It’s called six-word memoirs. Supposedly, Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in . . .
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February 20, 2009 10:40 AM EST --
It seems many members have had a lot to deal with lately, so I thought we’d try something fun to lighten the mood.
Today’s prompt is an easy one . . .
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May 01, 2009 12:53 PM EDT --
The secret (or not so secret) desire of many writers is to write a best-selling book. We've all seen the various best sellers lists and sometimes we may even wonder how a particular . . .
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May 22, 2009 11:46 AM EDT --
It's the beginning of a long holiday weekend here: the weather is warm, the flowers are in bloom, and my patio furniture is calling my name. I plan on doing a lot of reading this . . .
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July 10, 2009 01:07 PM EDT --
As writers, we all want to put forth our best efforts whenever we commit our words to print. Creativity in developing interesting and exciting characters, dialogue, and storylines is . . .
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July 24, 2009 05:54 PM EDT --
I was never a big fan of “clubbing”, although in my younger days, my boyfriend (now husband) repeatedly tried to get me to go out and party.
This particular day, twenty-two . . .
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July 31, 2009 01:40 PM EDT --
G rowing up in a family of four girls, I always felt lucky to have my own bedroom. It was my own space to read, to write, to listen to music, and I cherished the privacy . . .
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