Tag: writing
group name: harassyourass
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May 10, 2007 11:53 PM EDT --
After watching a number of writing sites (yes, I will stick to that original mission statement until someone in authority publicly announces that this site has totally abandoned it) jump into . . . more
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May 03, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
As my daughters and I drove to their babysitter's house my 7 year old set forth on a writing lesson for me.
"Mom, that author lady came to our school and told us that when she was a little . . . more
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May 11, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
In my article, The Apostrophe Showcase on Gather, I promised a series of articles, beginning with Creating Apostrophes in Bold Font. I originally planned to space these articles at least . . . more
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March 13, 2007 06:08 PM EDT --
In the spirit of the FEATURED open thredator (a gather identity that publishes *articles* that consist of nothing more than:
This is an open thread on talking. Take it away!
I present this . . . more
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October 04, 2007 10:36 AM EDT --
I receive email notifications of what is going to be appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Because I work I don't ever get to watch it but every now and then a guest or topic is going to be covered . . . more
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April 10, 2007 08:33 AM EDT --
Sitting in a life, surrounded by friends
Feeling such a struggle as problems never end
People ask the question, but don’t hear the reply
Easier to smile, and let the day go by
Strange . . . more
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March 09, 2007 10:09 AM EST --
I heard the spring sounds
The song of the birds
Filled the air with music
I saw the spring sights
A small bud on a dogwood tree
Promise of beauty to come
. . . more
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May 08, 2007 10:26 PM EDT --
In an April 17 posting on his blog PRINT IS DEAD, Jeff Gomez reflected on a comment Margaret Atwood made at the 2007 London Book Fair that summed up what the famous author believed to be the major pitfall . . . more
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July 02, 2008 06:05 PM EDT --
She was Jewish like all my good friends in grammar school and lived in East Gloucester right across from the beach. Two minutes to have your bare feet on the wooden bridge and another minute to reach . . . more
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September 14, 2007 05:14 PM EDT --
September 14, 2007
By Digger Burrows, GNN Marketing Correspondent
Our fearless front line investigative team has obtained these pictures from an anonymous source who met them outside a building . . . more
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December 20, 2007 01:15 PM EST --
In response to the writing prompt: Describe a defining moment in your life which made you question or solidify your belief in God or a higher power or something more than what we see . . . more
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May 06, 2008 07:54 PM EDT --
This in response to the writing challenge in the group Snippets to use only thirty (30) words:
"Close your mouth, George."
. . . more
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May 23, 2008 12:27 AM EDT --
Anyone from the east coast will raise their eyebrows slightly when I mention where I was born, so if asked I generally say, "New England". If they continue to press, I answer, "Connecticut", . . . more
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April 13, 2007 08:12 AM EDT --
When the balmy spring days that feel like summer
Take a sudden u-turn and snow begins to fall
There is an unwanted guest left behind
The slight scratching in the throat
A tiredness behind the eyes . . . more
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February 02, 2008 04:39 PM EST --
We had our first book started, "I'll Tuck You in, Deer". In fact the writing was going pretty fast. Everyone was committed and the edits were flying between me and the girls. I realized . . . more
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June 11, 2008 03:22 AM EDT --
Feast upon those pages, child
As if they hold all secrets and lies
Experiment, weep, search and find
Paint with wonder, bathe in wine
Feel within what the spirits sigh
Decorate, embellish, . . . more
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November 17, 2007 06:53 AM EST --
I lifted your photo from the desk
to look into the deep pools of your eyes.
My soul dove out of me and went straight on through.
Now, my heart reaches out for you in every way.
Pulsing . . . more
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September 14, 2006 11:38 AM EDT --
I love little baby ducks, old pick-up trucks, slow-moving trains, and rain . . . Just kidding. None of those things are on my list of favorites. For those who don't know, that list came from an old . . . more
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March 10, 2007 09:52 AM EST --
What has happened to create
A generation of greed
An expectation of having it all
And paying no dues
Did we, the generation of used cars
And 50-cent beer
Create these monsters
We, . . . more
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November 06, 2007 07:38 AM EST --
DAY 1 ... AND WHEN THE DUST SETTLED
On the eve of the start of NaNoWriMo, I was unable to sleep. Not even a wink. The mind raced with the content I want to attempt to purge from my gray-matter, through . . . more
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