Gail Carson Levine 0060519606
Whether you are a published writer, or
are still struggling to make it into
print, Gail Carson Levine's book is a
must read. Even though it is primarily
written for young people, I find the
exercises and advice on the writing
process extremely useful. In
addition,it is just a delight...
$5.99 : writing
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2009-01-25 The good, the bad and the bookish
Subtitled How to write a chicklit novel,
this comprehensive text begins with a
history and definition of the genre: a
subgenre of the larger classification of
women's fiction, generally
acoming-of-age or
"coming-of-consciousness" story where a
woman's life is transformed by the
event...
, very , borrowed , advice/self-help , Alex , reference , non-fiction , chick , writing
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2009-01-24 UniversityTutor.com
Tutor ProfileSenior at Florida State
University with a 3.72 GPAMajoring in
EnglishGender:MalePreferred
SubjectsEnglish (Writing)Experience:I've
always been there for my friends to help
polish their papers and steer them down
the right road to writing at their
absolute best. I took both...
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2009-01-24 INSIGHT on Freedom
Infrastructure: Let’s Spend Money on
It!By Alan
Caruba***************************
There is one aspect of President
Obama’s proposed agenda that I like
very much and it has to do with
investing in the nation’s
infrastructure of highways, bridges,
ports and airfields. As a ...
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2009-01-24 the final word.
YES! I just registered for the 2009
conference of the New England Society of
Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
2009, and it looks like it's going to be
amazing....especially since this year, I
actually KNOW people! It's so strange
how much has changed in a single year.
I had ...
, writers , scbwi , conference , writing , nescbwi , society , childrens
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2009-01-24 the light shines the brightest
Well Apar has given me this award(
) . The rules of this tag
are(Copied from her blog):-
Display the
Award in your page - √
Award them to
your favourite commentators - √
Ask
them to [...]
, Uncategorized , all , Andy , awards , Barack , blog , bloggers , blogging , blogs , commentator , Jay , meme , Obama , random , tagged , thinking , thoughts , world , world , writing
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2009-01-24 Business Blog
by: Donna Monday
Creating a strong
resume is a very important part of
applying for a job, either online or off
line. There are many resume writing
services that will help you build an
impressive resume for job
interviews.
You can also learn how to
write a resume for free by surfing the...
, Accounting , accounting , accounting , accounting , business , cost , financial , management , p , payroll , small , small , tax
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2009-01-24 Career and Kids
We talk a lot about telecommuting jobs
here, but how do you GET them? If
you’ve ever applied for
telecommute jobs, you know that the
competition is TOUGH. It’s
tougher than non-telecommuting jobs.
Why? Because a lot more people will
apply to a telecommuting than they ...
, Telecommuting , apply , blogging , Career , career , change , changing , changing , devalue , employer , extra , finding , freelance , gig , how , job , letting , missed , new , opening , part , resume , telecommute , writing
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2009-01-24 Bookwitch
It might as well have been Friday 13th
yesterday, considering how useless I was
with whatever I tried to do. Perhaps I
can coin a new phrase, Friday 23rd?
I
wrote a blog post and forgot to publish
it. I wrote another post and published
it accidentally while trying to preview.
(Readers ...
, Authors , Blogs , Books , Reading , Writing , Alan
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2009-01-24 Business Blog
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two officials at
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the auditors of
fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services
accounts, have been arrested by the
Andhra Pradesh state police, a senior
police official said on Saturday.
Go here to see the original: Two PWC
staff arrested over S...
, business , -document-write , arabic , argentina , barack-obama , brazil , canada , copyright , france , germany , home , john-mccain , mexico , mobile , privacy , reuters-deals , russia , slideshow , thomson-reuters , video
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2009-01-24 Enriched by Words
Happy Weekend! There’s so much
good stuff on the net from this past
week. Here’s just a few.
If
you are still unaware, GenReality
launched on January 19th and I already
have three favorite posts: Talking
About Writing, The Last Word, and
R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
Greyscalegori...
, Write , Saturday
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LeapFrog B00009IM5V
My son got the Leappad plus writing for
Christmas, and we really liked it till,
I changed the batteries on day and the
pen no longer recognized book. I tried
calling customer service several times,
left messages, sent e-mails, no one
answered. I even called the customer
service supervi...
$48.89 : writing
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2009-01-24 Blogger News Network
Autism Sunday 2009 will be held on
Sunday 8th February 2009.Autism
advocates are now preparing to speak out
on autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
to mark this international day. Autism
Sunday is also the International Day of
Prayer for Autism and Asperger’s
Syndrome remembering...
, All , Blogosphere , Breaking , Government , Presidential , Religious , UK , US , , 60 , 8th , autism , autism , campaign , charin , faith , faithleader , films , gresha , heads , International , itunes , ivan , Lobby , local , local , minister , nimal , open , pastor , song , world , Write , youtube
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2009-01-24 The Bent Page
The story told in An Island Away, takes
place in Aruba, Dutch Caribbean. I have
the good fortune to live on the island
six months of the year, and thus, meet
many people interested in the book. Here
are some photos from a book signing
event at the Tamarijn Resort.
It’s
a true ple...
, An , Books , Writing , Aruba , author , authors , book , caribbean , photo , photos , reading , travel , vacation
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2009-01-24 Asylum
Richard Price is one of those writers
people had been recommending to me for
years, but I never got around to taking
a chance on him until last year when he
published a new novel, Lush Life - which
quickly ended up in my Best of Year
list. He now occupies that rare
pedestal, a new favo...
, Interviews , Price
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2009-01-24 Weekend Coding Jobs
New Freelance Project - Earn Money For
Programming!Write a utility application
in VB2008 that continuously inspects
records and fields in specified
MS-Access tables and if the records are
new or have changed, adds/updates ....
[Read More]Array skills are always in
high demand, and buye...
, Database , Visual , Visual
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2009-01-24 Google App Engine Google Group
Hmm...I'm not sure how to use your
suggestion. Maybe if I make my question
more specific it will help. My html
looks something like this: form
method="POST" action="."
enctype="multipart/form-data" Title:
input type="text" name="title"/ Text:
input type="text" name="txt"/ Image: ...
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2009-01-23 N*ked On the Roof...
It was really a fun evening around
here.
I made it home a little late, but
we all had a quick dinner and everyone
already had their bath and my wife was
entertaining my one year old son and
four year old daughter for a
while.
Instead of opening my laptop and
doing some work or checking...
, MTAE , comedy , dad , wife
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2009-01-23 mediabistro.com: GalleyCat
Novelist Graham Joyce announced that he
will be writing for the upcoming Doom 4
video game, lending his award-winning
style to the space battle game that has
captivated players for 15 years.
Joyce has won the Best Novel award
from the British Fantasy Society four
times, and is a lo...
, Authors
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2009-01-23 Jil McIntosh
What's wrong with the domestic
manufacturers? Well, if you ask the
people who write letters to the editor,
it's that they're not building
the cars people want to buy. The
letter-writers pick apart the Detroit
Three because they're not producing
the small, fuel-ef...
, Writing
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2009-01-23 Spitball Army
Suffield, Conn.
Sat. 8:30 A.M.
Hello
Pudding Head.
You’re certainly
slipping. It’s 2 days since I
heard from you. I suppose you’re
getting ready to become a school boy.
My
mother & father have gone to Htfd to get
their eyes examined. Ro, Larry & Patty
are sleepi...
, Ida , letter-writing , war , World
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2009-01-23 How to Live Online
Lists are great, if you have used to
have a simple, to-do-list, you know the
effectiveness of lists. Lists help you
to increase your productivity and it is
a great feeling when you put a tick
against a thing you scheduled to
finish.Here are few reasons why you
should have a list to get...
, useful , lists
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Winsome B001E95QZU
Winsome 92743 Liso Writing Desk, Dark
Espresso - Solid Wood Writing Desk with
one drawer from the Liso collection of
home office furniture. Matches
dimensionally with the printer stand,
corner desk, fille cabinet and desk with
keyboard drawer also from the Liso line.
Rich Espresso fini...
$225.00 : Writing
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2009-01-23 This Bread Always
Our prayers and hearts are with Phil
Johnson this morning for the passing of
his mother after her battle with
cancer.This morning, Donna Johnson won
the battle: the cancer is dead and Donna
Johnson is alive forever, in the
presence of the Lord whom she loved,
proclaimed and served. She...
, Write , Imitate , The
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Classes start again on Monday. My goal
for the semester is to incorporate
metaphors and similes into my writing.
I noticed that the writing that we
studied in my lit class last semester
tended to make liberal use of these
literary tools, so I think I should make
a strong effort to ad...
, hilarity , epiphanies , writing
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2009-01-23 Twitter / CreativeSage
CreativeSage: @healingsinger Not sure
yet—considering 2 concerts. Composing
music, writing blog posts. Would love to
walk, if not raining. How about you?
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2009-01-23 The Perfect Bite
We’re writers. Our lives are a
cycle of input and output. Some of our
chosen specialties, however, have us
taking in far more than information.
She
is immersed in food writing. So, of
course, people keep feeding Her —
in restaurants, in test kitchens, at
special events. [Sh...
, Writing , coffee , food , art , coffeeshops , fringe
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2009-01-23 The Info Club House
I’ve been in the communications
business a long time…over 25
years. During that period I’ve
gathered writing suggestions from all
over, and put much of it in my new book
“Words That Stick.”
In the
next few paragraphs, I’ll give you
some of the best a...
, Publishing
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2009-01-23 Random Thoughts- Do They Have Meaning?
The audio above is about a new pet peeve
of mine, the negative influence of
texting upon my writing. I am going to
come back later and expand the written
portion of this post.For now I'll leave
this up and open to your comments and
thoughts. I take this seriously.
Repeated actions beco...
, Audio , Writing
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2009-01-23 Fully Caffeinated
THE RABBIT HOLEA few months ago I joined
Facebook, knowing I needed another
on-line addiction like a hole in the
head.And at first I showed restraint -
more than restraint, I sort of forgot
about it.Then I dipped a toe in. Just a
toe - checked in now and then, wrote on
a wall or two, a...
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2009-01-23 Kate Harding's Shapely Prose
Regular readers: my essay from Feed Me!
Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight
and Body Image, edited by Harriet Brown,
is on the front page (eeee!) of Salon
today. Check it out!
Visitors from
Salon: Welcome! Well, most of you,
anyway. Please note that the comments
policy here is a wh...
, Announcements , Commentariat , Fat , Health , Trolls , Writing
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2009-01-23 Mike Brotherton: SF Writer
I’m not exactly talking about
ebooks or transitions of technology.
I’m talking about Larry
McMurtry’s contention that we may
be living in the twilight of the
novel. (Note that he happens to be
giving his talk on this topic,
ironically perhaps, at Rice University
...
, Uncategorized , books , fiction , future , Harry , Larry , reading , writing
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OH NO. NOT ANOTHER DESPERATE
BOOK…
National Enquirer reports
that Brad Pitt and Angelina
Jolie’s former bodyguard Mickey
Brett, is writing a ‘tell
all’ book that will detail his
experience working with Brad and Angie
in great length and reveal the intimate
an...
, Angelina , Brad , Hollywood , Lisa , 2 , Angie , back , bodyguard , book , Brangelina , details , Divorce , Hollywood. , Jennifer , living , mickey , National , protect , secrets , shiloh , tell , The , Twins , writing
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Stephen King 0743455967
First, I am not a fan of Stephen King. I
dislike his vulgarity. Like rampant
mistletoe, it chokes out the story with
dead wood. Second, I recognize his
talent as an author, which I why I
bought the book. He has something to
teach me, and I want to learn.
This
book begins with a quick ...
$7.99 : Writing
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2009-01-23 Grierson Huffman
In n+1’s new book review
supplement, Darryl Lorenzo Wellington
describes judging Amazon’s
Breakthrough Novel contest.
, Writing , amazon , darryl , n+1 , prize
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2009-01-23 Your Info Guide
In order to sell your article must do
three things:
1. Give value
2. Inform
3.
Create a warm feeling in your
readers.
If your article doesn’t
achieve these three things you are in
for a long haul.
1. Give Value.
Giving
value is the first priority any piece
should serve. In other...
, Writing
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2009-01-23 Mindfully Mothering
Do you ever have days with your kids
that the word “NO” feels
like your mantra? Let’s face it,
mothering is hard work and it is easy to
get stressed! My post on the Tranquil
Parent this week is all about the
powerful word YES and what it can do for
you and your kids!
...
, Connected , writing , mindfulness , being , perspective , connection , awareness , mothering , Parenting
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2009-01-23 Meryl's Notes at meryl.net
Simply Scripts: Read screenplays,
movie scripts, and more.
Twitter
Tips: Twitter tips in 140 characters or
more.
Daily Routines: It sounds
boring, but having a daily routine helps
successful people get things done.
I’ve made it a habit to read
emails first thing and ...
, Blogging , Life , Links , Meryl's , Writing , photography , twitter
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2009-01-23 Awareness Dates
During National Handwriting Day, a
Writing Instrument Manufacturers
Association sponsored holiday, you can
re-discover the essence of handwritten
communication. We are all used to
sending out emails or text messages
because these methods are quicker and at
most times more convenient. ...
, january , National , promotional , Writing , pen
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2009-01-23 Dealbreaker
$$$ Dick Fuld: Protecting the Assets
That Remain! [Cityfile]
$$$ Thain to
walk away with 'modest' $1.5M
[Investment News]
$$$ Auto Lease
Trade-In Site Magnanimously Offers To
Help Bernie Madoff Out Of Leases
[Jalopnik]
,
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2009-01-23 Independent Political Report
Ballot Access News:
Florida State
Senator Fredericka Wilson (D-Miami) has
introduced SB 230, to impose filing fees
on declared write-in candidates. The
Florida legislature does not convene
until March, but bills are being
introduced now. According to an
assistant to Senator Wilson, the...
, Independents , Third , Florida , write-in
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2009-01-23 Athensboy's Blog
Imbalanced, immature, insane.
After
having taken its propaganda cues
directly from ‘the Bush
team’ for the last 8 years, it
seems that during the transition period
(Nov. 4 - Jan. 20) Fox News was busy,
not only hiring new fiction writers for
its horse-pucky cablecasts, but ...
, TV , brain , humor , news , politics , television , video , wackiness , world , writing , disaster , distortion , Fox , imbalance , Rush
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2009-01-22 Articlr
by Paul Hagen
In the United States,
there are millions of Americans who are
classified as disabled. While many of
those Americans are able to go about
their normal activities, such as
working, there are others who cannot. A
disability does not mean that you
shouldn’t be able to g...
, Making , article , copywriting , make , Money , Private , resell , writing
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2009-01-22 Revising Leah
As I said I would, late last night I
logged into Lulu, uploaded the corrected
manuscript and the new book cover
design, and ordered a copy for
myself.
That is to say: the book is
done.
Now I wait a few days for the new
copy to be manufactured and for the
postman to deliver it to me. If...
, Uncategorized , publishing , self-publishing , writing
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Ruth Culham 0439821339
From the author of 6+1 Traits of
Writing: The Complete Guide for the
Primary Grades comes this collection of
essential forms for assessing students,
planning instruction, communicating with
parents, and teaching the writing
process. From handy rubrics to weekly
planning sheets to lette...
$13.99 : Writing
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2009-01-22 The Swivet
There are a lot of very good books about
how to write fiction that sells, among
them Don Maass's outstsanding Writing
the Breakout Novel, Scott Meredith's
classic Writing to Sell (out of print
but well worth searching out a used
copy) and The First Five Pages by Noah
Lukeman.There are ...
, agents , writing
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2009-01-22 & that's the way life goes
I know you guys who tagged me probably
thought I forgot about you but no
worries I didn’t Better late
than never, right? (right!)
Melissa
tagged me with a picture meme (I still
can’t say this word). Here are
the rules:
1. Go to the 4th picture
folder on your comput...
, random
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2009-01-22 Mary Robinette Kowal
My new computer arrived yesterday.
Well, technically it arrived on
Monday, but I was out of town, so our
UPS guy left it with our next door
neighbor. I didn’t actually get
to fondle the thing until noon
yesterday.
As a reminder, I got the
Lenovo X61 and so far it is everythi...
, Journal , computer , Writing
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2009-01-22 Feral Jundi
This is pretty cool, and
it’s cool to see the industry
answer the call for this kind of
technology. Although the price tag is
beyond belief–$3350? Wow, that
is an expensive phone and I certainly
hope it works as advertised. Thanks to
Doug for sending me this o...
, Cool , Technology , intelligence , Sectera
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2009-01-22 honeydunce
It isn’t that I forget, but moreso
I can never be reminded enough. Creating
means the world to me. Writing
especially. I had one of those moments
tonight when I sit down and expect a
drought but then oh–the stars and
luna align and I’m dead to the
world for however lo...
, inspire , writing
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2009-01-21 Bold. Blue. Adventure.
I've been tagged for like... forever for
a couple of memes, but I was deep into
nanowrimoing at the time. So now, only
two months behind, here I am! Ta
da.Stephanie tagged me for the Seven
Random Bookish Things About Me meme.The
rules are:Link to the person who tagged
you and post th...
, meme
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2009-01-21 Lotus - Surviving a Dark Time
Updated After this, I have to leave this
issue aside for a while. I need to
regain my ethical balance. By that I
don't mean that I've been unfair or
"unbalanced" - more precisely, any more
"unbalanced" than the facts dictated -
but that I need to step away from the
anger and worse, the...
, human , Palestinians , international , foreign , Israel , Middle
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2009-01-21 My Written xPressions
Okay, I can't helped it. I shall post
some photos of the place that I haven't
been to but I dreamed of going someday.
Thailand, that is! Have you been there?
Just like my native Philippines, there
are a lot of beautiful spots that the
country Thailand offers. My best friend
Eveb is cur...
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