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Sep.16.2011
I am not eighteen.............
by Mary Wilkinson
On moving my college bound son into his new apartment..................... ...Carpet is a little threadbare but I'm not eighteen.  Windows need...
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May.24.2013
SWEAT 101s, #48: On walking
by Bill Hayes
For years, I've been carrying around in my head thoughts, observations, and personal tips on exercise. I've started to keep a list: "Sweat 101s," I...
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Jun.12.2013
Dido
by Sherrie Theriault
June 12   Dido   Either I can have a bad relationship that I never wanted or no relationship and the painful isolation of having been lied...
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Jun.12.2013
Moments of a Writer's Life, #90
by Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted
  The Moment I Got Blurbed By A Cowboy: Most writers of comedic romance or romantic comedy or Chick Lit – or whatever you’d like to label my...
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Jun.19.2013
Writing as Archeology
by Mylene Dressler
So this week my first novel, The Medusa Tree, was re-released as an e-book by a wonderful paperless publisher, Untreed Reads: When my agent sold the...
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Jun.17.2013
The Problem with Red Room
by Michael Seidel
Once again, I'm experiencing a problem with Red Room.  It becomes such a time suck. It's a delightful time suck, like discovering secret tunnels...
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Jun.12.2013
White Asparagus Part 2
by Jennifer McLagan
As I said in white asparagus part 1 .....read more
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Jun.19.2013
Viaticum
by Harrison Solow
From Viaticum (working title): "I'm not sure there is a classical progression  from the moral to the ascetical to the mystical if we are to...
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Jun.12.2013
ONE NIGHT, TWO TEAMS
by Steven Robert Travers
FADE IN   EXT. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CAMP - DAY   A summer-time high school football camp bustles with activity in a rural setting in...
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Jun.15.2013
Talking to the Dead
by Michael L Schmicker
  I’m going to talk to the dead. Or at least try.  But I won’t be using some random psychic picked from a phone book – I’ll be using a “...
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Oct.23.2008
When I Was A Kid, They Told Me I'd Have One By Now... -...
by David Niall Wilson
She pulled back the curtains and glanced into the backyard. He was out there again. All she could see was his dirty jeans and one arm, the rest of...
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Aug.23.2008
The Grind, or "Douce Campagna"
by DeLana R.A. Dameron
I spent this summer between two residencies and traveling. I spent this summer writing and writing. At what I thought was the end of my stint with...
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Sep.12.2008
Mindful Movements Made Easy
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author, and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has developed exercises called Mindful Movements. These simple, deep motions, based in...
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Aug.25.2008
I am woman, see me write
by Vicki Larson
As the book editor (among my many other titles) at the Marin Independent Journal, I've had a lot of anthologies that come across my desk that look at...
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Jan.29.2009
'Have Drank' or 'Have Drunk'? The Answer Is...
by June Casagrande
From my January 27 column on tips for using the dictionary: Is it “I have drunk my coffee” or “I have drank my coffee”? Do you dissociate from...
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Jul.01.2008
Writing a Sex Scene
by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
In August, I am teaching a class on writing sex scenes for UCLA Extension. Yes, this seems like a very bold thing to try to teach, as a sex scene is...
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Sep.13.2008
This is Your Nation on White Privilege (Updated)
by Tim Wise
By Tim Wise For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps...
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May.17.2009
How to start and end an email
by Amy Tan
I've been puzzling over the social form known as email.  More often than not, people send me emails addressed with a salutation of the kind used with...
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Oct.11.2008
This is How Fascism Comes: Reflections on the Cost of Silence
by Tim Wise
For those who have seen the ugliness and heard the vitriol emanating from the mouths of persons attending McCain/Palin rallies this past week--what...
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Oct.21.2008
Dashboard Confessional
by Red Room Parlor Tricks
(Updated August 13, 2011.) What is the Dashboard? The Dashboard serves a sort of “toolbox” for your page that enhances your experience on Red Room....
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