Tag: books
group name: criticscorner
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August 08, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
Hello friends
I am writing a story that involves some history. It is recent history, the 1930's and 1940's and before.
In some of the details of this history I find only one referrance. . . . more
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July 26, 2006 01:57 PM EDT --
Our cars and our stars all look the same
What happened to originality who can explain?
Our art is defined by the greed of the market
Cash flow charts and the big box office
A new show comes out that's . . . more
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March 19, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
Here is my first attempt of putting my stuff out there for the world wide web to do with what they will. I used to have a really good writing community--flesh and blood and all that--but life has gotten . . . more
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July 12, 2007 07:00 PM EDT --
Today's Writing Essential explores darkness, fear, things that go bump in the night. Gather's writers have posted some incredible stories and poems of their dances with the devilish. I'm enjoying . . . more
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September 11, 2007 07:50 PM EDT --
I know many Gatherites (is that a word?) love to read, but have any of you ever checked out the myriad of book trading websites that are out there?
I have & there are some that I love, and some that . . . more
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May 30, 2006 08:28 AM EDT --
A bedside book. One of those moments when I am looking for a little insight. I open the book, close my eyes and let the pages flip.
But there is that moment of hesitation as I open my eyes. A hesitation . . . more
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April 07, 2007 10:12 PM EDT --
This is the scifi novel I did NOT submit into the First Chapters contest. Perhaps that was a mistake. Before I send this to professionals, please let me know what you think. Good or bad, I can take it. . . . more
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November 01, 2006 06:52 AM EST --
You would look good in China,
buying silk from backstreet vendors,
talking with your fingers in a language
you can't speak.
You would look good in silk.
You would look good with coffee
in . . . more
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November 06, 2006 03:44 PM EST --
Dear reader, ask yourself when is the last time you bought a book of poems? It has even been a long time since I have purchased a book of poems. I think it is safe to say that poetry died somewhere in . . . more
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April 11, 2007 11:58 PM EDT --
After the great comments from more than 90 people as a First Chapters submission, the Leviathan has been revised to meet YOUR suggestions. Most of them, anyway. The entire story is now in the past tense . . . more
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March 26, 2007 09:22 PM EDT --
I picked up the Cornford edition of this book, which was laying moldering on my basement bookshelf and reread the thing. What an inspiration! Plato, through dialogue, including Socrates and . . . more
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January 09, 2007 03:28 PM EST --
I remember when I was a kid, a teacher asked all the students in the class, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I had never been asked that before, but it didn't . . . more
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August 06, 2007 11:07 AM EDT --
I'd really like to get input on this so please join in, even if you don't want to reveal whether you've sought therapy or not. After revisiting an intriguing . . . more
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October 09, 2006 04:17 AM EDT --
A few nights ago I was reading my daily news online. It was a featured piece on Yahoo. I was quite surprised to find a very naughty typo. Of course, the journalist's spell checker . . . more
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March 28, 2007 10:06 PM EDT --
This nice collection of tales of King Arthur and his knights of the table round is a wonderful reading for anyone concerned with the history of western civilization and the thought that helped shape it. . . . more
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November 23, 2007 05:31 PM EST --
Dear reader, as you know I am a firm believer in the theory that the book finds the reader and not the other way around; just as the subject chooses the artist. When I wanted to be a poet at 18, Robert . . . more
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May 14, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
I rediscovered reading and writing in my mid thirties. I had done nill to none with either for quite sometime. But slowly, I came to the realization, my education wasn't complete and that . . . more
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May 21, 2007 08:11 PM EDT --
I will be working a full-time job, will be supporting myself and my graduate education all on my own, so I am in desperate need of money. Any little revenue that I make on the side helps a great . . . more
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September 26, 2006 07:39 PM EDT --
Dear reader, have you ever been reading a book where you were so involved in it that when it came close to the end, you felt sad because you knew it was ending. Probably not, but I have. Whenever I'm . . . more
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May 09, 2006 12:30 AM EDT --
The young woman turned to face the open road with the faintest hint of a wry smile on her face. The dirt road stretched on as far as the eye could see accompanied by spidly trees rooted on the curb . . . more
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