Tag: writing
member name: Beryl Singleton Bissell
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June 18, 2008 11:50 AM EDT --
Dear Mom,
I know, I know. You warned me about this again and again . . . the image you hoped I'd never project. The "look" that would give others (namely "him's") . . .
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July 16, 2008 06:38 PM EDT --
Some people have a fear of public places, others fear public speaking, while yet others fear speaking on the phone. I fear none of those things. What I fear is getting the mail.
My fears . . .
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July 02, 2008 07:48 PM EDT --
Jacqueline loved her high place a top the dune. She was the only one who climbed up here, who had the whole expanse of the sea and the beach at which to gaze, the magnificent old home in the distance . . .
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June 04, 2008 11:13 PM EDT --
I wanted to paint it purple, with dark wine balustrades and teal around the windows and upper gable; but my husband reneged on his promise. "Go for it Babe. Do it up your way," he'd . . .
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July 23, 2008 10:55 PM EDT --
Roses. This is a true story told in 10 minutes in response to kathryn's wedneday writing essentials prompt.
In 1996, I was at a writing retreat in one of the most scenic spots along Lake Superior’s . . .
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June 15, 2006 01:47 PM EDT --
I wrote this article specifically for a new group called Minnesota Readers but am posting it to everyone at Gather as I'm currently engaged in a publicity tour for my new book, The Scent of God. . . .
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August 04, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
If you've been reading my posts for a while, you'll know that I've been awaiting a "writer's dream." No. It's not making the NY Times best seller list. This dream concerns . . .
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January 27, 2009 11:36 AM EST --
"What is it you REALLY believe?" asked a friend in her weekly email "On the Waterline."
She posted the question two days ago and I am still pondering the thought. What . . .
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June 25, 2008 02:53 PM EDT --
This is 10 minute fiction based on Wednesday Writing Essential's prompt photo taken by Kathryn Esplin-Oleski. I've never visited Montreal and never had this experience but I do like to travel . . .
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November 08, 2006 06:10 PM EST --
Can a week have transpired since we docked in Boston and disembarked from the Jewel of the Seas, since we bid farewell to Birdie and Matt, Chris and Ryan, and all the other Gatherites and authors aboard . . .
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July 12, 2006 05:15 PM EDT --
Seems like I barely get back from one event when off I go to another. I returned from San Francisco and a few days later Bill and I headed off for a Monastic Institute held at Saint John's Abbey. . . .
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December 12, 2007 01:18 PM EST --
For centuries stuffed toy animals have been hugged, kissed and played with. They’ve been fed pabulum and sticky candies, been dressed and undressed, tucked into bed and tossed into corners. They’ve . . .
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May 15, 2006 11:51 PM EDT --
In my last post, the cat returned safely home just prior to my departure for Boston. I mentioned that she was very, very cold, but I don't think I said that she was so traumatized by her . . .
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January 17, 2009 07:09 PM EST --
We left Rome for Naples on my birthday, October 10, 2008. This was not a wholly good idea, unless one thrives on travel tension. The day started off innocently enough when we took a taxi to the Termini . . .
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May 05, 2006 02:19 PM EDT --
In my last post, I mentioned how helpful it can be to do local readings and interviews first -- before you go on tour with your book.
While I've been doing these local readings and . . .
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November 19, 2008 04:05 PM EST --
When my hubby Bill surprised me with tickets to Italy to celebrate our 12 wedding anniversary and suggested that I plan the trip as I “knew Italy,” I thought “Oh my! Did I still “know” Italy 30 years . . .
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December 16, 2008 10:38 PM EST --
Normally, while trudging through the deep sand along Lake Worth’s beach, we encounter lots of man-made debris cast up on shore by Atlantic’s waves along with slimy seaweed, tortured driftwood, . . .
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May 17, 2006 03:24 PM EDT --
In my last post, I was in Boston, heading back from a great visit at the Gather.com headquarters to the Inn at Harvard to prepare for my reading that night at the Harvard Coop.
Almost 50 years ago, . . .
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June 06, 2006 06:50 PM EDT --
I have received a number of messages from Gatherers wondering how best to get published and find agents and have attempted to answer each request as thoroughly as possible.
Today I received my free monthly . . .
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June 08, 2006 11:00 AM EDT --
The other day, I wrote a very brief piece on helpful sites for writers that have proved invaluable resources for me. Today, I received a notice from Poynter , one of the sites I recommended, about another . . .
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