Tag: books
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August 25, 2007 09:53 PM EDT --
I’ve been a reader my whole life. Some people garden, others scrapbook, I read; it’s my thing. Given a choice between almost any activity and reading, holing up in my PJs with a book and a . . . more
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August 31, 2007 11:38 AM EDT --
I recently had a phone conversation with an old friend with whom I’d been out of touch. During the course of the conversation she asked me about writing, not really about mine specifically, more, . . . more
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April 12, 2007 08:57 AM EDT --
Back in ’91 during the war (before we knew there’d be a sequel) I was a young writer, fresh out of college, working in an indie bookstore. The war pissed me off, as all wars do, and shortly . . . more
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September 05, 2007 02:35 PM EDT --
As promised, here is the interview with designer Holly Ollivander. As I said earlier, cover design can be just as important as content when it comes to little-to-unknown authors trying to get someone to . . . more
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August 22, 2007 06:44 PM EDT --
God gives everyone gifts; they are just not equal in kind or measure. I met a fellow writer at a conference last year, nice woman, mostly sane, and we got to taking about our respective writer's groups. . . . more
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September 19, 2007 02:23 PM EDT --
I recently made a big decision. Huge. It was one of those decisions I will look back on in thirty years and say, “There, there is where everything changed.”
I dropped out of graduate school. . . . more
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April 18, 2007 02:51 AM EDT --
Hey spellers and misspellers!!
Glad you could join us!! Today's word is one of Ye Olde Spelling Shoppe's favorites! Intelligence!! Intelligence is a . . . more
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September 18, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Ted, it is amazing, as I read this piece, how much emotion this brings back to me. It reminded me of how everyone around me always thinking that everything is okay, fine and that all is well, including . . . more
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July 27, 2007 12:38 AM EDT --
I have these old Edgar Allen Poe books published in 1904 and I have no idea how to tell if they are valuable or not. I heard someone talking about old Edgar Allen Poe books selling for $7,500. I don't . . . more
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February 25, 2008 06:34 AM EST --
Last week, after thinking long and hard a pressed a button on my keyboard that withdrew me from the Bachelor's degree business program I was enrolled in. I had been behind in my class, and was really . . . more
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June 13, 2007 02:05 PM EDT --
My stomach is tied in knots and it's not just because I have to get up and read a bit of one of my stories tonight in front of friends, family and press; it's not because I am unveiling our first . . . more
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June 16, 2007 10:29 AM EDT --
Recent studies have found; there is an influx of 25 to 35 year olds that never want to get married or have children. They are predicting a decrease in the population over the next ten years.
I have . . . more
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July 11, 2007 05:01 PM EDT --
Richard Carmona, former surgeon general who served from 2002 to 2006, recently accused the Bush administration of strong-arming him and stiffling him in his job responsibilities during his tenure. . . . more
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September 05, 2007 02:47 PM EDT --
What I know about book design could fill a couple blog posts, that’s about it. But one thing I do know, book design is very important. Very, very important. Now what’s inside is equally important . . . more
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September 08, 2007 08:27 PM EDT --
I love working with Holly, so I'm sad to say here is the final installment of my three part interview with Ms. Holly Ollivander.
Now I'll have to think of some other inventive way to monopolize . . . more
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August 02, 2007 04:35 PM EDT --
The problem with the claim that the Constitution embodies Christian principles lies in Article VI, which stipulates that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office . . . more
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March 16, 2007 11:50 AM EDT --
I wrote this essay a about a month ago but it got lost in cyberspace. I wanted to post it again only for real this time. Enjoy!
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June 15, 2007 03:13 PM EDT --
I've just received my first piece of totally unsolicited SPAM.
The sender, or their alter ego just joined Gather today and has not published a darn thing. I wouldn't have noticed his details . . . more
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August 24, 2007 06:20 PM EDT --
Dear Friends,
I run an online reading group at my blog, rebeccaburgess.blogspot.com. New books are selected every two weeks, the 1st and 15th, and the comments section is open to discussions about the . . . more
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August 26, 2007 11:23 PM EDT --
First of all I don't mind getting emails to read entries but realize that I will give you my opinion...that is all I have to offer. If you want someone to blow sunshine up your butt and not give . . . more
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