Tag: writing
member name: Jana M.
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September 26, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
So my sweet teenager kindly informed me yesterday that I have "rustic hair." Huh? Rustic? Like log-cabin-in-the-wilderness rustic? She continued with "Mom, really, . . .
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August 30, 2007 04:36 PM EDT --
You just never know what's going to happen at the Department of Motor Vehicles...
Her ring was so interesting; I had never seen anything like it. The stone was, to put it politely, an ugly piece . . .
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November 19, 2007 01:16 PM EST --
"Can you get me the first-aid peas?"
You know about first-aid peas, right? It's that big bag of frozen legumes used to soothe strains, sprains, bumps, and bruises. Usually, . . .
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December 04, 2009 07:18 PM EST --
Having descended from a long and noble line of literary nerds, it shouldn’t be surprising that I’m fascinated with books. I love the stories they impart, the images they . . .
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November 08, 2009 02:50 AM EST --
This week I had the chance to attend a reading by one of my favorite authors. Of course it was great and so was the Q & A afterwards. But I had a question and didn’t ask it – . . .
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August 20, 2007 03:15 PM EDT --
Recently, my husband and I were having dinner with a group of friends. One posed the immortal question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I knew my answer right away and . . .
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August 18, 2008 03:14 PM EDT --
Are you a shopper? I'm not. I hate shopping -- especially for Christmas gifts and groceries because no one ever likes what I buy. I grit my teeth every time the mall is mentioned. . . .
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September 15, 2008 01:28 PM EDT --
I recently read an interview given by Stephenie Meyer, author of the very successful Twilight series, and she said the whole story started with a dream of a sparkly vampire arguing with a dark-haired . . .
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July 16, 2007 02:32 PM EDT --
To remove both cobwebs and rustiness, I enrolled in a local writer's workshop. My first assignment was to pen a children's book. So how hard could that be? I have a new-found . . .
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August 23, 2007 05:39 PM EDT --
Mom had been in the hospital for two weeks when the package arrived in the mail. It wasn't a big box, but it was heavy. My uncle, her only brother, had sent it to her. Mom was fighting . . .
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