Tag: writing
member name: Nancy L.
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November 06, 2009 10:38 AM EST --
Sitting on the couch, coffee mug in hand, I’m looking out the window at half-bare tree branches that still sport shocks of yellow, orange, and red leaves. While I hate to see the . . .
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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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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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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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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 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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April 09, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
When I started my blog at WordPress ( http://www.nancyluckhurst.wordpress.com) not quite three weeks ago, I knew I wanted it to be about writing and books. I didn't want to bore people with ramblings . . .
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October 30, 2009 12:13 PM EDT --
For everyone who has written me or wondered where I’ve been of late, I apologize for not being able to respond to notes or read and comment on your writing. I’ve been dealing . . .
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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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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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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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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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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 13, 2008 11:28 AM EST --
The last couple of years have presented me some personal challenges that came without warning and collectively became quite overwhelming. Some remain unresolved, but this is a good time to catch my breath . . .
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January 05, 2008 12:48 PM EST --
(My dad passed away February 5, 2008; I was at his side.)
Last year, 2007, was not a good year in my life. And then today, only four days into the New Year, I was assaulted by reality . . .
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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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November 27, 2008 07:00 AM EST --
In response to Kim Ripley's request for a character sketch for Thanksgiving guests, I'm going to write a short piece about our dog, Jada. No, she doesn't actually sit at the table with . . .
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February 27, 2009 05:30 PM EST --
Today, while serving as member editor, I received feedback that some members are correcting spelling errors and grammar when leaving comments. Unless a member requests copy editing, or has otherwise made . . .
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March 20, 2009 08:10 AM EDT --
Today’s writing prompt is a simple one—or is it?
What Do You Take?
You have ten minutes to evacuate your home forever! All family . . .
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April 03, 2009 09:37 AM EDT --
As I sit here in with my laptop on this warm but gray and rainy morning, a sinus infection in full rage, I am drinking a cup of cranberry apple tea, thinking that this is . . .
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