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I've been writing for as long as I can remember. I wrote my first "novel" in second grade, a knock off of THE SECRET LANGUAGE. In 5th grade I started a newspaper and created various aliases for each of the columns I wrote. My newspaper lasted only a couple

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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Characteristics of the magical realism genre of literature: 1 of 2
Magical realism was formally regarded as a regional trend in Latin American literature, but it has become more popular in contemporary literature all over the world. Magical Realism is a narrative technique that blurs the distinction of fantasy and reality. It is characterized by either of these two ways: 1) an unexpected or... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Authors Author profiles: Ray Bradbury: 1 of 1
The legendary author Ray Bradbury has been writing non-stop since the 1940s. His latest release was the novel, Farewell Summer, a sequel to his Dandelion Wine which was published in 1951. Bradbury has won numerous awards including The Nebula, Prometheus, and the O. Henry Memorial. He is the SFWA Grand Master. November 2000, ... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Authors Biography: L. Frank Baum: 1 of 1
From a very young age, Lyman Frank Baum was determined to write a different type of fairy tale. He wrote, "I demanded fairy stories when I was a youngster and I was a critical reader, too. One thing I never liked then, and that was the introduction of witches and goblins into the story. I didn't like the little dwarfs in the... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Fiction writing: Knowing when to end your story: 1 of 1
A husband and wife have a big blow-up. She chases him around the house, grabbing his coat sleeve, shouting, "Oh please, please don't leave me. I love you. I've always loved you, but didn't realize until now. Please don't go. We can make this work." The husband carries his bags through the door, the door slams shut. Is it rea... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Authors Biography: Margaret Mitchell: 1 of 1
Before she was able to write, Margaret Mitchell was creating stories. As a child she would not know of the blockbuster status of the epic she would eventually write. Begun as a source of amusement, Gone With The Wind was not intentionally written for publication. When it was published, it became an overnight success, selling... More..
Health & Fitness > Heart Disease & Heart Attack Stroke risks to women: 1 of 1
In a recent Harris poll conducted on 1,000 women, more women were concerned about dying from breast cancer than they were about cardiovascular disease and strokes. Only thirteen percent of women participants believed heart disease and stroke are the biggest health threat of women. One in every 2.6 women die from heart diseas... More..
Health & Fitness > Nutrition Basics Nutritional benefits of cranberries: 19 of 33
Long before Ocean Spray commercially produced the gelatinous cylinder familiar to many Thanksgiving tables, the cranberry already had a rich history. Legend has it that cranberries were served at the first Thanksgiving in Massachusetts. Before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, Native Americans were already using the berr... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing (Other) Tips for developing your writing skills: 14 of 21
Why exercise? A ballet dancer doesn't start pirouetting cold. She spends the first part of her session doing barre exercises, warming her muscles before starting to dance. Think of writing exercises as the barre work of writing. When you warm up with a writing exercise, your creative muscles will wake up, become warm and pli... More..
Health & Fitness > Hypertension & High Cholest High blood pressure (hypertension) symptoms: 4 of 6
Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure and occurs when blood pressure readings are consistently high. In adults this occurs when the systolic number (top number) of a blood pressure reading is at or above 140 mmHg and the diastolic number (bottom) is 90 mmHg or above. What this means is that the small arterioles t... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Authors Joyce Carol Oates: A biography: 3 of 4
For more than thirty years Joyce Carol Oates has been a prolific writer and a significant contributor to American fiction. While her work is familiar, not much is known about the personal background of the woman named "the dark lady of American letters." Miss Oates has written about her desire to be invisible, yet her work i... More..