Tag: writing
group name: gatherwrimo
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February 13, 2008 11:13 AM EST --
Yes, she looked pretty .
Angelic, so to say, walking down the aisle in her ivory organza strapless gown cinched at the waist and the chapel length train cascading behind her.
Looking at . . . more
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July 27, 2008 12:43 PM EDT --
Here's a quick piece on what to do once you've finished your book, if you want to have it published (not self-publish). I emailed this to a Gather friend who asked and thought there might be others . . . more
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February 28, 2008 02:12 PM EST --
My mother passed away unexpectedly in an accidental fall the first of this year. In the whirlwind of things-that-have-to-be-taken-care-of afterward, I ended up with a small stash of her office supplies . . . more
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January 23, 2008 04:19 PM EST --
"Hey kid!" she chirped at Shane from the door.
Shane yelped, "Ashlei?"
"Hee! 'Ashlei!' It's been a little while since anyone called me that. I go by Ash lately. . . . more
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January 01, 2008 10:35 PM EST --
You know the ones I mean. They can be friends or family--even partners, children, parents, anyone you might trust with your heart. They are those who come in under our radar, . . . more
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January 09, 2008 08:35 PM EST --
My father went to war when I was 18 months old and never returned. My mother and I lived with her mother and brother . . . more
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February 19, 2008 03:48 PM EST --
Old connections are like ghosts - looms without purpose , I log off. Usernames on my msn messenger, years since we talked. Some carry good memories, others . . . more
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August 06, 2008 10:26 PM EDT --
Fireflies
Glowing, flitting
Here, there, in front, in back
Delighting the eye and the soul.
Twinkling points in the fading light of day
Disappear as the sky darkens
To be replaced by stars . . . more
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August 12, 2008 04:03 PM EDT --
‘Miserly Murgatroyd mated madly. He planned it that way.' She scratched through the second sentence and wrote instead, ‘ It happened accidentally.' She stared at the . . . more
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August 03, 2008 08:21 PM EDT --
I have to admit that I never thought I would die. Even as Death came for me this morning, just before sunrise. It wasn't much, my death. I simply fell over walking through this endless . . . more
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January 12, 2008 12:55 PM EST --
In a Teaching Composition class, Dr. Deborah Dean, asked us to write our feelings about writing. Simple enough, and I produced a simple, unimaginative, explanation. Then she asked us to make a collage . . . more
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January 22, 2008 03:38 PM EST --
Two of my favorite movies are "Back to the Future" and "It's a Wonderful Life". Both are heartwarming tales of how different the world and the lives of others would be if not for . . . more
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February 06, 2008 09:39 PM EST --
A thought for the day from: Peter Britt
"Today, I lie in a pool of my own blood. Reaching up through the thick redness, the light begins to fade and my eyes go dark again as my hand reaches for . . . more
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February 21, 2008 06:29 PM EST --
I am totally smitten by eclipses, fascinated by all celestial events. I have been pondering how to express it since last night's eclipse of the moon. We were so lucky to have clear skies during most . . . more
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March 01, 2008 10:35 AM EST --
I have been going home now for over two years. It all started when my mother had a stroke that put her in a nursing home. I decided I needed to move back to Michigan to be near her and to support my sister, . . . more
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March 16, 2008 11:55 AM EDT --
The very first memoir piece I wrote was for an assignment in the very first memoir-writing class I took. We were told to write about our childhood home. And thus began my career as an amateur memoir writer. . . . more
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February 06, 2008 12:17 PM EST --
When we decided that we had outgrown the house on Riley Street, my husband and I started looking for a house in the suburbs. Tim was still very picky (snobbish?) about where we lived. It had to be an . . . more
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July 14, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
This has now happened to me enough times that it's worthy of a write-up. Someone will ask me the innocent question, "What's your book about?" and, though I could wax poetic about it . . . more
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January 18, 2008 09:19 PM EST --
No, I'm not Obsessive-Compulsive, but I do live with someone who is. We've been together a total of almost four years now. That time is split into the first . . . more
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March 26, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
It's true. We're all related.
By now the news has spread. The New England Historic Genealogical Society announced some interesting findings this week.
Hilary Clinton and Angelina . . . more
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