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Writing Articles vs. Writing a Book - - Dianne Lehmann
Let's face it, readers of on-line articles don't really want to read articles that are more than about 1000 words. I find that, from time to time, I'm one of them. I find myself becoming impatient when I feel that the article drags on too long or I have to keep scrolling down further and further.... Submitted 3 years 232 days ago.

Who Was the First Poet Laureate? - - Tex Norman
America's first Poet Laureate Joseph Auslander served from 1937-1941 Mr. Auslander was born in 1897 and died in 1965. Auslander, was born in Philadelphia and graduated Harvard College. There may have been better Poets Laureate, but Mr. Auslander was the first one, appointed in 1937. Actually our... Submitted 3 years 234 days ago.

Fear, Poetry, and More Fear - - Tex Norman
Lucy Van Pelt : Are you afraid of responsibility? If you are, then you have hypengyophobia. Charlie Brown : I don't think that's quite it. Lucy Van Pelt : How about cats? If you're afraid of cats, you have ailurophasia. Charlie Brown : Well, sort of, but I'm not sure. Lucy Van Pelt : Are you... Submitted 3 years 238 days ago.

Welcome, New Searchwarpers - Sandra E. Graham
Lately I have noticed numerous new names in the comment's section of my articles and I couldn't help but feel it is time to say, "Hello, and Welcome to searchwarp.com." Writing is the most glorious way to share our feelings with others-people from all over the world and from all walks of life.... Submitted 3 years 265 days ago.

The Writer - Sandra E. Graham
Finally, after seven years, he has added the last three words to his dream-END. Over forty years and tons of trash and his one dream in life was still to be a writer. He had worked on this, his masterpiece, for over seven years and now he held it in his hands, gently caressing the cool smooth... Submitted 3 years 292 days ago.

Is The Dodo Bird Extinct? Maybe Not - Mark Parsec
The Dodo Bird Although I have never shot an elephant, I have shot at birds and cats with pellet guns when I was a young boy. However, I believe I ended those activities when I retrieved a lifeless robin that had fallen dead to the ground one day, after my pellet had found its mark. I... Submitted 3 years 295 days ago.

To Blog or Not To Blog - It's Not A Question - Roschelle Nelson
The obsession with blogging has become an absolute craze. People blog about any and everything. The list of blog categories grows with each passing day. And the beautiful thing about it is people are writing again - putting their thoughts in written form. I think Norbet Platt put it best when he... Submitted 3 years 301 days ago.

Embedded with General G.A. Custer's Command, Big Horn Punitive Expedition - - Ted Gragg
DATELINE JUNE 19, 1876—DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA Eleven years after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America; in an unusual spirit of cooperation between the two American nations, a joint task force comprised... Submitted 3 years 336 days ago.

Cruise of the CS Stonewall / Part I - - Ted Gragg
As warships go, she was small, only one hundred and seventy-one feet long and of shallow draft. But her armament exuded force with a rotating turret mounting two 70 pound Armstrong rifles aft and a 300 pound Armstrong gun amidships. Her English Oak frame was overlaid with six inches of... Submitted 3 years 349 days ago.

Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Mark Twain - - Philip Yaffe
I am a collector of quotations. I have been ever since I learned how to write, I mean professionally, not in primary school. I am particularly fond of what I like to call "pithy prose". These short quotations can cover an unlimited variety of subjects: love, religion, politics, human nature, etc.... Submitted 4 years 6 days ago.

Your First Book Signing?--How to Make it Work - Sandra E. Graham
Having your first book published can be a writer's dream-it can also be a nightmare. Some writers think that once their book is out in print, that their work is done. Sadly this is just the beginning of the really hard work. If you had thought you were through the toughest part by getting your... Submitted 4 years 23 days ago.

Happiness is a Redhead, and Other Poetries - - Jennifer Cuddy
Happiness is a Redhead The beginning of a new romance Awakens in me, A fire struck with indelicate ease As if existing only to blaze Within Potential to warm- Preserve life or destroy Others take refuge Submitted 4 years 37 days ago.

A Bad Goodbye --- Against the Black Tire, His Stream of Tears Was Milky White - Marty RicKard
Hood cinched tight, head turtled back between hunched shoulders, I pressed against the razor of a dark north wind, toward the morning milking a rock-hard mile away. Each dawn and dusk that winter, I greeted the bent old man in his bent old bone-gray barn and helped coerce the frothy offering... Submitted 4 years 41 days ago.

Notes on Writing from Writers of Note - - Philip Yaffe
When I am introduced at social gatherings, the host or hostess usually says: "Hi, I want you to meet Philip Yaffe. He is a professional writer." I almost always get the same response: "Oh, really. What type of novels do you write?" In other words, people automatically associate the term "writer"... Submitted 4 years 61 days ago.

Motivational Quotes: Be Happy! - - Jeff Brown
As a writer, reader, child-at-heart, I have always loved quotes, since I was a child. I love concise statements that can say more in a few words or lines than I can in an entire essay. I like the fact that they are memorable, insightful, and packed with information, like a motivational zip file.... Submitted 4 years 83 days ago.

How to Promote Your Book on Amazon and Beyond!!! - - Jeff Brown
For all you wanna be authors, one suggestion. Stop with the five star ratings. It doesn't sell. But why cut back on the stellar ratings? Let me explain by showing. Do me a favor, go to Amazon.com and look at the ratings of the top two books: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything... Submitted 4 years 148 days ago.

How to create a professional Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) - Ben Jones
There are a number of differences between a curriculum vitae (C.V.) and a resume. Length is one of the more obvious. While a C.V. is often six pages or more, resumes need to be succint, rarely more than one to two pages in length. C.V.’s are a detailed history of projects and outcomes. A resume... Submitted 5 years 52 days ago.

The Meaning of a Customer, Patron, Client, Friend (Book to Be) - Suzi Gravenstuk
Background : I literally grew up in the restaurant business. The location: Borger, a small town in the Texas Panhandle. The main characters: Mother (Lorene Richardson), me, many, many other people who were employees and Patrons of the Village Restaurant, now, Lorene's Kitchen. My Motivation... Submitted 5 years 101 days ago.

What Are Memoirs and How Do I Write My Own Memoirs? - Ben Jones
So What are Memoirs? Memoirs are, quite simply, memories. They focus on particular events, times, people in your life: your first day at school; your father marching to war; how the first supermarket changed your town. Memoirs could be about someone you saved from drowning, the time you won a... Submitted 5 years 117 days ago.

Commonly Misused Words in Writing: They're / Their / There - Accept / Except - Its / It's - Michelle L Devon
Yesterday, I was looking for a video to post on my blog of a particular song, and I found one on YouTube I really liked, until I watched the video, and it had the lyrics to the song typed out for the viewer to read, and this line said, " More then anything, more then anything... " and I... Submitted 5 years 125 days ago.

Ten Tips for Overcoming Writer's Block - Michelle L Devon
Are you a writer? Maybe you're not a writer, but part of your job requires you to write... something, anything, web copy, correspondence, emails, newsletters... maybe you are not a writer but use article writing as a marketing and promotional tool... any way it goes, if you write anything as... Submitted 5 years 125 days ago.

The Passing of a Non Existent Person. - - straight talk
There I was lying in bed without breath and unable to move. I was fighting with all I had for a grasp of air but this time it did not come. Something unexpected had arrived. Perhaps it was the years of rejection, lost jobs, unemployment, financial, social and personal destruction? Perhaps it was... Submitted 6 years 41 days ago.

Ten-Tips to Writing a Successful Press Release - Anne Laszlo-Howard
Anne Laszlo-Howard RushPRnews, Press Release Services Anne@rushprnews.com 10 tips to writing a successful press release Submitted 6 years 227 days ago.

Screenwriters & Filmmakers - Pitching the Cold Heart of the Banker - John Gaskin
Screenwriters & Filmmakers - Pitching The Cold Heart of a Banker Copyright 2005 Can a creative pitch alone get your script produced? Pitching the script is an art that is much talked about, put into college curriculums and lauded by the Pop Culture. But, there's a big factor missing from... Submitted 6 years 251 days ago.

Handling Revisions for a Locked Shooting Script - - Sid Kali
A big part of screenwriting is handling script revisions for a locked shooting script that’s already filming. Locked shooting scripts are basically the road map of what’s to be filmed with page numbers, scene numbers etc. There will always be script revisions for a locked shooting... Submitted 84 days 12 hours ago.