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Arts & Humanities > Business of Writing (Other) Which is better for writers: Finding a print or online publisher?: 6 of 15
The sad fact remains that the print industry is dying. Newspaper circulations and sales subscriptions to the public are steadily declining, as are magazine subscriptions and journal publications (journal meaning scholarly journals as opposed to the typical periodical genre). And in order to evaluate whether it is better to ha... More..
Education > College Courses & Majors Deciding your college major: 2 of 5
One of the most important decisions you can make in college is what to major in. This will determine whether you earn a B.S. (a Bachelors in Sciences) or a B.A. (a Bachelors in Arts). Interesting fact: the undergraduate degree is called a Bachelors' Degree because in the olden days, when young men would go off to the first un... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Trash & Recycling Composting: A brief guide for the beginning composter: 29 of 71
Composting is a great way to dispose of refuse, live green, and fertilize your garden without paying for expensive treatments or products. Compost is the final product of a complex and intricate feeding pattern involving hundreds of different living organisms including bacteria, fungi, bugs, and worms. What remains after thes... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Gift Advice Great gift ideas for a house-warming party: 21 of 51
One of the best parts of buying a new home is walking in for the first time after the contract has been signed and just taking in the fresh, new, empty space that is entirely open to any individual's sense of style, flair, and fun. The boxes and the movers and the kids and the pets will all arrive soon enough, but the memory ... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Valentine's Day Who should pay for the Valentine's Day dinner?: 8 of 18
Instead of simply answering definitively the question of who should pay for dinner on Valentine's Day, perhaps it is more helpful to pose a few concerns to be pondered in determining the answer to this on a case-by-case relationship.Who earns more?This really shouldn't matter between a man and woman that love each other, but ... More..
Style & Beauty > Face Care How to keep a good skin: 4 of 9
If you watch television during the daytime, you've noticed the patterns in terms of advertisement. Most ads feature either feminine sanitary products, contraceptive methods, or skin care. You've seen all the Revita Lift and Micro Derm Abrasion ads, all boasting that their product is much more effective (cost-effective and oth... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: A night out: 10 of 21
Gone Away Is The BluebirdA fat snowflake landed on the tip of her tongue as Mary Anne Scorpio walked alone through the brightly lit streets of Roman Falls. It was Christmas Eve and the entire city was tucked away cozily in warm, cheerily decorated houses all except her, of course. There was no way she was going to pass up a n... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Murder: 93 of 194
It Happened One NightThat was the last time she let Dr. Cameron Holmes convince her to go golfing with him and the chief of surgery.Lucia Marianni huffed to herself as she adjusted her case of clubs over her shoulder and trotted across the street toward the Elm Street parking lot. Her best friend had good intentions he'd just... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Romance: 30 of 62
When her best friend and former sorority sister Emma Bridgerton told her that her new boyfriend was a prince, an absolute prince, Elizabeth Webster never would have dreamed she meant that literally. After all, real princes only existed in the time of fairy tales except those two over in England, one with the tendencies for su... More..
Education > College Courses & Majors How important is your choice of professor: 1 of 2
You might think that the classes you take are important than the professors themselves that teach those classes, and you'd be mostly right. But in some cases, the difference between a good grade that you deserved and a bad grade that might have been unfair is the professor. When there are multiple sections of a certain course... More..