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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Family ties

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My daddy's doll lay hidden away Toes and fingers missing, Face worn down with kissing, Arms and legs all out of whack, Hardly a spot without a crack, Tiny scuffed knees, holes in its head, Dressed in a dirty suit of red, Not worth a penny to anyone... Nobody wanted to play With my daddy's doll. My daddy walks, limping and sl... More..

Arts & Humanities > Marketing & Selling Writing Why writers should support independent booksellers

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Independent booksellers are, to my mind, among the best allies any book writer could have! Independent booksellers keep old books alive and help newly-birthed books grow more luxuriously. Independent booksellers handsell books that aren't on bestseller lists, host book signings and launch parties, create relationships with t... More..

Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Book reviews: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis

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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: GROWING UP A GIRL IN NARNIA: Mysogyny, "hatred of women." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/misogyny, is a concept that I did not find in the Chronicles of Narnia as a young girl nor can I now as a woman, but I suppose there will always those who can see anything in anything. And, inevitably, s... More..

Arts & Humanities > Writing for Success Writers: How to handle rejection

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Dear Editor: I submit book manuscripts to your publishing houses. My manuscripts are always perfectly typed, completely free of grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors, and they are always sent with a short, courteous cover letters. Editors' names and titles and company names and addresses are consistently pristine and up-... More..

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Cat behavior

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THE BOO-BOOTSIE GIRL DRAMA: A few families in a small town: That's what Jane Austen liked to write about. Unfortunately, where I live, I have a lot of families in a large town with lot of petsall together rather too large a subject area for my poor composition skills. So I confine myself to writing about dramas in our back y... More..

Arts & Humanities > Internet Writing & Blogging Tips for successful on-line writing

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Trying to decide whether or not to enter a writing contest? If you are going to invest time and, more importantly, money into a writing contest, maybe you should ask a few smart questions first Does the contest support/originate from a reputable writers' nonprofit organization, a reputable charity, or a reputable community o... More..

Pets & Animals > Cat Care & Health How to force feed a cat

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HOW TO FORCE FEED A CAT: When Emily, our polydactyl female cat, a tabby with a cream collar, got very ill with liver failure, our veterinarian loaded us up with four different medications and syringes and instructions to force feed her food and water, as much as we could, around the clock, in small, frequent meals. He gave o... More..

Arts & Humanities > Children's Literature Book reviews: The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss

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"The Annotated Cat: Under the Hat Of Seuss and His Cats: Introduction and Annotations by Philip Nel, published by Random House. I was surprised at how big this book managed to be. After all, it is only all about those two, tiny, easy-to-read books: "The Cat In the Hat" and "The Cat In The Hat Came Back," created by the now-l... More..

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