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I have been a writer since age 6, but only realized it at age 10, when I wrote my first short story. Later, after college, I went after a B.A and an M.F.A in Creative Writing and Communications. Honestly, both diplomas kick started my writing into over

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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to start writing a novel: 1 of 23
Just like starting out on a journey from your house to a friend's, with writing a novel, if you have no map, you will get lost along the way. The difference of course lies in the fact that while on your way to your friend's home, you know how to read the map. Novel writing has no "map", because every writer is different. How... More..
Home & Garden > Home & Garden (Other) Is a house always a home?: 10 of 202
A house is a house till love makes it a home; a place of warmth, family togetherness, and great memories. A home is a place with value and heart in every knot of an old wooden floor; every re-painted room, every scrape on a wall. All can be repaired or overhauled to fit the family's personal style. That house BECOMES a home ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Does marriage change everything: 1 of 20
Yes, it does. And with good reason: being man and wife is multifaceted in a way that being single is not. Being married has more structure to it; a structure that tells the world that you and your mate are there for each other first and foremost, before even family and friends. And when people marry for the right reasons, ma... More..
Personal Finance > Credit Cards Should teens have credit cards?: 4 of 77
Last year [2007], The American Bankruptcy Institute reported that 19% of those filing for bankruptcy were college students. That means 1 in 5 had been using credit cards from a very young age, without any REAL idea of what fiscal responsibility meant. Before their lives even reached adulthood, they were ruined. Teens who say... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Humorous: 27 of 478
ZERO BOOT LINE Aol has steel-tipped boots to kick the innocent offline; the businessman, student, and self-employed alike... I dream of a zero bootline, where frustrations cease to exist, A world of Web, a place so pure, and free from browser ways... Where Instant Messages are once again fun to use, and boot-up screens free ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should smoking be allowed in public places?: 21 of 363
In America, this topic is a huge debate; it arouses all sorts of emotions and opinions. But the fact is, smoking is very bad for one's health, not to mention addictive. And like any addiction, the pleasure involved is hard to give up. And so the debate rages on. Smokers are adamant that they should have the right to smoke wh... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Can you get to heaven by being good?: 3 of 48
Yes, one can get into Heaven by being a good person, which begs the question, what makes a "good" person? Is it giving time or money to charities? Is it being kind to kids and stray dogs? Whatever one thinks of as "good" is merely an outer shell. The true goodness God seeks is the seed within one's soul. The very core of a h... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Deep inside my heart: 2 of 32
More Than Just A Word Night carries on its wing a song barely heard, by a loney heart that's hoping love is not just a word... Life begins at morning the night's song felt, not heard, by a soul eternally longing, to feel that precious word. Whispers echo, floating... a lover's voice is heard; lips quiver, burning against tha... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Cancer: 6 of 95
All My Days Mirror, mirror , what do I see holocaust hair so brief... and all my days uneasy, counted by with the Big C in my chest [tick... tock...tick, tock] and so I look away Mirror, I also feel the unease from friends who don't know what to say. they try, I know - it's all right dear friends, no need to look away. More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing The benefits of journaling: 10 of 148
For many people the word "journaling" is mentally the same as keeping a diary - and diaries are for little kids. But journaling is more; it has structure, timelessness, and is unique to everyone who writes in one. They are not for little kids, as many journal writers can attest. Also, there are many different titles one coul... More..