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SPRING!?

This morning I saw three V's of geese winging northward. One was a flock of pure white snow geese. My Newfy Freya stomped some of the remaining ice on the Kasota Prairie pond. To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, she played with her best buddy Irish Wolfhound. On a less delightful note, there are racist/hate incident reports from high school students in St. Cloud, MN. Why does this stuff never end? But Top 'o the mornin' to you! Happy St. Paddy's Day. Continue

Added by Rebecca Fjelland Davis on March 17, 2010 at 10:50am — No Comments

April 15 is Nerd Sex Night at In The Flesh Reading Series

And, of course, tomorrow is the not-to-be-missed free Peeps, candy, cupcakes and chips BDSM Night, complete with giveaways of bondage cuffs and a flogger by Eden Fantasys, Kink Academy memberships, sex toys and more! 8-10 pm, free, 21+ and we are opening up the downstairs since I expect a major crowd.

In The Flesh l… Continue

Added by Rachel Kramer Bussel on March 17, 2010 at 8:19am — No Comments

Three Steps to Stop Dating Violence

Allison Myrick, a Fitchburg State freshman, was majoring in media communications, with a specialization in graphic arts. "Allison was a very intelligent, creative, funny, compassionate, beautiful 19-year-old with her whole life ahead of her,’’ her family said. She was, however, a victim of tee… Continue

Added by Madeline Angela Wheeler on March 17, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Get Married and Take It Easy?

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Added by regina barreca on March 17, 2010 at 7:58am — No Comments

Galleys, Blurbs, & AWP

The final galleys for my second book Girl on a Bridge were sent off last week. I am so thrilled, once again, with the book design and super happy that it will be out for AWP Denver. Here's a sneak peak at the blurbs:… Continue

Added by Suzanne Frischkorn on March 17, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

Writing through rough waters

Where does the journey take you? Not long ago I was speaking with my spiritual director, Sister Rita, about some revision I was doing to the novel I'm working on. I talked about the beginning of the book, wherein a certain character -- a 7th century Irish boy -- has a vision and, regardless of opposit… Continue

Added by Lauren B. Davis on March 17, 2010 at 6:09am — No Comments

Saint Patrick, Snakes, and Interfaith Green Bagels

My second Saint Patrick's Day post of the week, and a plan to compile them into an Irish/Jewish cookbook someday...http://onbeingboth.wordpress.com/ Continue

Added by Susan Katz Miller on March 17, 2010 at 5:50am — No Comments

The Techie: a SXSWi Roundup

Though I couldn’t be at SXSWi in person this year, I’ve done my best to do a round-up of all the news and gossip that touches the world of publishing for our beloved SheWriters.

More productive than last year’s rather hostile sink-or-swim attitude towards traditional publishers, t… Continue

Added by The Techie on March 17, 2010 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

Spring Steps

The atmosphere differs somewhat to that of a day time ambience; darkness overwhelms the dancing shadows as a moon struggles to break through a cloud soaked sky. The house always feels at peace during the late hours, whispering its gestures to a waiting audience. I feel like a gatecrasher, standing on the outside of a restful gathering, waiting for a noise to disturb the silence. Images stand in my view, their gentle pupose reminding me how the black of night can often obscure the purity of day.… Continue

Added by Kathryn Brown on March 17, 2010 at 4:07am — No Comments

2012: Beam Me Up; I am Ready

A few weeks ago, I was a guest a dinner party that was supposed to be celebrating a “50th” birthday of a friend of mine. The dinner was wonderful, and for the most part, the company was animated and refreshing. Everyone was relaxed and having a good time, until one of the guests decided to take on the role of “party annihilator”. I don’t even know how it started, but I think someone made a joke about the economy. Well, this one joke caused this one guy to go into this freaky rant about the upco… Continue

Added by Donna Cavanagh on March 17, 2010 at 4:04am — No Comments

No Pasties for Me

Learning annexes always send me brochures and schedules on inexpensive classes I can take in my free time. I normally circle about five courses that interest me from automobile repair to past life regression. Yes, I go the gamut. Unfortunately, my work schedule rarely meshes with any of the courses, so the brochure usually winds up in the trash along with my dreams of being able to change my own oil and my desire to learn about my former life as a prostitute for the Confederacy during the Americ… Continue

Added by Donna Cavanagh on March 17, 2010 at 3:50am — No Comments

A Naughty Victorian Lady tells the tale of a naughty Irish maid on St. Patrick’s Day

by Lady Carlton née Katie O’Roarke, heroine of “The Blonde Samurai” Did you notice the gleam in his eye and the snicker on his lordship’s face when he kissed you goodbye on this grand… Continue

Added by Jina Bacarr on March 16, 2010 at 11:33pm — No Comments

THE ART & CRAFT OF FICTION Interview

I've been interviewed about my book on Bob Spear's Book Trends Blog! Bob Spear was a nonfiction self-publisher decades ago, way before it got hip. Now he's getting back into it with his recent mystery series. Ever wonder what an editor gets up to all day? Well, I told him all about it. Please drop by! Continue

Added by Victoria Mixon on March 16, 2010 at 9:26pm — No Comments

Series of Miracles, Part 5

A reader wrote to me with a series of questions on the writing life, the publishing universe, and everything. Here are some of the things I told her: Q: How did you find your agent? What are the lessons learned from getting the right agent? Does the agent represent solely your interests or that of the publisher and you? Flip to the Acknowledgments page of books that interest you. You will find, many times, that the author will thank their agent in those acknowledgments. I did th… Continue

Added by Alma Alexander on March 16, 2010 at 8:42pm — No Comments

Please check out my current writing project and become a backer!

A FIELD GUIDE FOR NOW: It's all about a stack of vintage postcards and this moment--right now. This is an illustrated collection of essays exploring the present tense. This project is currently up on the innovative arts funding website… Continue

Added by Christina Rosalie Sbarro on March 16, 2010 at 7:42pm — No Comments

I miss Domino!

I miss Domino magazine. Luckily there's a book! Continue

Added by Karen Burgess on March 16, 2010 at 6:47pm — No Comments

About JUST KIDS

I'm reading Patti Smith's JUST KIDS and I love it. Do you know about it? It's about her relationship with Robert Mapplethorp when they were very young in New York. Before she played guitar or sang. Before he owned a camera. It's about their mutual discovery of Art and individual art. A friend (an artist herself) loaned the book to me. She had a hard time reading it. Yes, there is hunger, homelessness, drugs, disease...and success beyond dreams. And we have a sense of where it has to be going; t… Continue

Added by Nora Gaskin Esthimer on March 16, 2010 at 6:07pm — No Comments

Contraband Marriage

In prison, a place where emotions based on affection are just about non-existent, love becomes the rarest of commodities; and as such is b… Continue

Added by Tichaona Chinyelu on March 16, 2010 at 5:53pm — No Comments

A Writer's Bed

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Added by Nora Gaskin Esthimer on March 16, 2010 at 5:12pm — 1 Comment

Blaming hormones

This morning, as I was eating breakfast and listening to music, I found myself inexplicably welling up with emotion, to the point of near-tears. Now, I wasn’t listening to the Free Haiti concert or Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day,” (stop judging me!) nothing that tends to elicit a negative emotional response. No, it was “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” More specifically when Johnny out-fiddles the devil. Misty-eyed, I said out loud to nobody, “You tell him, Johnny!” On the day-to-day scale of em… Continue

Added by Anna Pulley on March 16, 2010 at 3:07pm — No Comments

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