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Content Editor Monika Spykerman – a.k.a. Spykergyrl – is back from an extended sojourn in bloomin’ England (truly – I’ve never seen so many flowers in bloom in my whole life, mostly on the patio garden of the local pub as I imbibed moderately tipsifying quantities of beer). What – you [...]
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OK, team, here is what we’re up against.
“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents–except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the [...]
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So I confess.
I am terrible at spelling.
I know. You would think I was great at everything I do, which is generally the case, but the arrangement of letters in the correct order within a word seems to escape me. And anything I suffer, [...]
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Good writing is about truth.
Doesn’t matter what setting, what genre or even if it’s all from the realms of imagination. As long as there’s a core of authenticity, the writing touches us. For those glorious moments, we see the world differently, shift perspective and life becomes that little bit [...]
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Here is an article I found in The Washington Post. Hope it inspires more of you to self-publish. What are your thoughts and questions on the subject? How about self-publishing your comments below and get the discussion started. We are , after all, a writer’s workshop!
cheers!
thorn
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Spotlight on [...]
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Hi Folks! Julie here, your MC for Open Mic Night at our still-under-renovation-clubhouse at 802 So. Tremont Street, Oceanside, California. We got our feet wet with our first open mic last Saturday, and WET FEET HAVE INSPIRED ME!!!
For our next open mic, get our your water based stories and poems [...]
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*To own Michael’s work, please send your inquiry to: kristy@awordwithyoupress.com and I will forward you the purchasing and shipping details. I will see to it that your treasured purchase will be promptly delivered to you with great care.
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“If I have one piece of advice to aspiring artists, it is to strip away the preconceived notions of what an artist is supposed to be and instead focus on what the art is supposed to be. When this is reached, you don’t have to define yourself as an artist. [...]
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1. You can’t stop thinking about it.
2. You’re considering putting a tattoo of Thornton Sully’s gravatar on your right shoulder.
3. You can name the top five commenters . . . without looking at the home page.
4. You know who Thomas Sully is, and exactly what became of his [...]
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Stefanie Allison lays it on thick in her final entry into our Defying Moments contest. Not sure what I mean? You will when you get to the end of this story, which gets good mileage out of the seemingly unrelated subjects of physics and petroleum-based lubricants. You may laugh, or you [...]
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Jamie Gilliam offers us a twist on one of our Defying Moments topics, and proves the point of her story: Interpretation is everything. Can an open window be significant? Can a butterfly have meaning? Can looking at things from a slightly new perspective utterly alter your perception of yourself and the [...]
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What I wanted was simply “a word with you.” But what’s happened since this site’s inception has been a veritable avalanche of words – coming in the form of stories, essays, comments, encouragement and unmitigated enthusiasm for A Word with You Press, skyrocketing to 30,000 hits in the last four months. [...]
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Here is a poem clearly written to be read while under the influence of that jittery jumping bean that has entertained us all these last two months: coffee! Though the contest deadline has passed, we will be publishing the entries while we sort out the winners. Thanks to Dianna Diehl for [...]
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This is really what this contest is all about-a reflective moment pulled from a memory like the sword pulled from a stone, attesting to our own nobility. Thanks to Rachel Lyn Jensen for getting her entry in on time for The Coffee Shop Chronicles. And to boozer and his pink belly.
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…to get this far into the contest with a story about truckers and coffee? Mason Shoen big-rigs us into one of the most intimate coffee shops in the world, the cabin of truck, where you can get any kind of coffee in the world as long as it’s black and pours [...]
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I am really hoping that this will continue to visit us regularly. His comments on other’s work is always insightful/ his social commentary always incite-full. ( i.e., a McSweeney’s writer.) His entry along with his explanation:
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1 May 2010
Good Morning Thornton,
After seeing several poetry entries, I had to [...]
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was good enough to send us this Haiku, as her third entry in The Coffee Shop Chronicles. Let me not intrude with commentary.
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I ne’re felt poorer
than when I couldn’t
afford
a cup
of coffee
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…for a soothe-sayer who reads coffee grounds instead of tea leaves. Iwonder if the debate–coffee grounds vs tea leaves–is a Mac vs PC kind of a thing? I dunno. It’s all Greek to me. Thanks to George Verongos for finding a use other than the compost pile for the dregs in [...]
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…can relate to this one! I love things understated. I could elaborate, but oh wait! Understated! Even we single dad’s(have you know I raised my three kids on my own before being a single Dad came into vogue!) can understand the need for a moment’s pleasure before your kids feel inspired [...]
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Apparently not. This was written by Manda Oliver. I thought Cro-Magnon was a specialty drink, like a hammerhead. Or maybe a size? “Will that be a venti or a Cro-Magnon?” But what does a Neanderthal like me know!…Thanks for sending this in Manda, and although I know your doing your [...]
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