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Archive for February 2010
Sunday Secrets
Post from Post Secret
Sunday, February 28, 2010, 2:39 am
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PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where peoplemail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard.—–Email Message—–Hi FrankI have been following your blog for years now and have been collecting and saving my favorite post sec…
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John Grisham to Write Children’s Series
Post from Writers Write
Friday, February 26, 2010, 9:00 pm
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Bestselling author John Grisham is going to write a series of books for kids. The first book, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, will be published by Penguin Young Readers Group in May. Grisham’s agent David Gernert explained to Publishers Weekly why Grisham went with a different publisher for the children’s series.
“Since children’s books is a completely different area of publishing than adult, and since John had never experienced any publishing in the children’s area, we went out and spoke to a very, very small number of people we felt were particularly good at children’s books,” said Gernert, adding that Random House, Grisham’s adult publisher, was in the mix. “We tried to figure out who had the vision for launching Theo that most matched John’s, and it ended up being Penguin and Don Weisberg.”
The New York Times says Doubleday will still publish Grisham’s new legal thriller for adults, which will be out in October.
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A Cat at Play — Fortune003’s response
Post from Writers Anonymous
Friday, February 26, 2010, 4:35 pm
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Fortune003 is one of our established members, and has submitted the following response to this week’s writing prompt.
A little mouse intrudes carelessly into her home. She senses his presence and glides after him stealthily. He continues on, ignorant of danger as she closes in, low to the ground. She pounces, but the mouse was leading [...]
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A Cat at Play — C_Hillman’s response
Post from Writers Anonymous
Friday, February 26, 2010, 2:00 pm
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This fun story was written by one of our founding members in response to this week’s writing prompt. Enjoy!
“Don’t you want to play?” the dog barked sinisterly.
“No!” the cat yowled as he ran away, fast as his legs could carry him, “I don’t like your idea of “play”!”
“Why not? I think its quite fun!” the [...]
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Tiger Lily tattoos-Beauty of Pride of Prosperity
Post from Mike hussey
Friday, February 26, 2010, 6:25 am
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Tiger Lily tattoo is generally denoting the serene beauty. It says a lot about your culture – it denotes different meanings in different cultures. It was a symbol of fertility in ancient Egypt and innocence in medieval times, while sometimes it relat…
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Koi Carp Tattoos-Love for Being the Strongest
Post from Mike hussey
Friday, February 26, 2010, 6:07 am
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Swimming upstream despite adversity, the Koi Carp Tattoos show a kind of courageous triumph over a struggle. Koi carp tattoos represent the masculinity and extremely energetic speed to succeed.It even shows ever-increasing love for your lover in every …
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Tribal Sleeve Tattoos-Symbol of Mature Tribal Art
Post from Mike hussey
Thursday, February 25, 2010, 6:26 am
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Tribal sleeve tattoo in the present image is raw, clear, matured, bold, visible, and stunning in look. The black spiraling tribal lines surround the whole right arm with its long and unending protrusions.It is great to look at the tribal sleeve tattoos…
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Cat Tattoo-Reminisce Special One
Post from Mike hussey
Thursday, February 25, 2010, 6:18 am
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Cat tattoo, an emblem of Motherhood and fertility in the ancient Egypt, is loved by people, irrespective of men and women throughout the world. Cat tattoo is a great way to celebrate the love in sweet and sexy manner.The cat tattoo in image is an acti…
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Grammatical Mistakes in Writing Part 1 of 5: Homonyms
Post from Writers Anonymous
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 11:45 am
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So you are writing the next great novel. You are sure your work will rival the works of Tolkien, Stephen King or JK Rowling. This work resembles a baby and you have worked hard to create this baby. You put in the sweat, tears and long hours of perfecting your work. You are [...]
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J.K. Rowling Adamantly Denies Plagiarism Charges
Post from Writers Write
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 3:00 am
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J.K. Rowling is furious over what she says is a totally absurd plagiarism lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that she stole the idea of Harry Potter from a deceased author named Adrian Jacobs. The estate found out that the statute of limitations had not run, so it filed suit. The lawsuit claims that in 1987 Jacobs submitted to Bloomsbury a number of stories about Willy the Wizard. Bloomsbury rejected the stories.
Jacobs’ family members filed a lawsuit last June, claiming Rowling’s 2000 book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire steals segments of the writer’s novel The Adventures of Willy the Wizard – No 1 Livid Land.
Rowling was named as a defendant in the lawsuit on Wednesday after the trustee of Jacobs’ estate, Paul Allen, realised the time limit to sue the writer had not run out.
But Rowling has moved quickly to slam the accusation, insisting she has never even read Jacobs’ book and will be applying to have the claim dismissed immediately.
In a statement, she says: “The fact is I had never heard of the author or the book before the first accusation by those connected to the author’s estate in 2004; I have certainly never read the book.
“The claims that are made are not only unfounded but absurd and I am disappointed that I, and my U.K. publisher Bloomsbury, are put in a position to have to defend ourselves. We will be applying to the court immediately for a ruling that the claim is without merit and should therefore be dismissed without delay.”
Ah, the price of fame. Once an author hits the big time, lots of people come out of the woodwork claiming plagiarism. Just ask Dan Brown. This case will most likely be dismissed, but in the meantime, Jo Rowling has to pay her attorneys to defend the case and make statements to clear her name.
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RWA Sells Out Writers
Post from Lee Goldberg
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 1:23 am
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When Harlequin announced it was creating a vanity press, the Romance Writers of America took the extraordinarily courageous act of immediately delisting the publisher from their Approved Publishers list. The Mystery Writers of America, Science Fiction…
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Write on
Post from Alex Wire
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 2:13 pm
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As I started this blog to chronicle my writing endeavours, I sometimes feel I should be updating it when I’m actually writing. But when I have the chance, I prefer to focus my energies on whatever project I’m working on. Updating the blog just seems li…
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A Few Good Books
Post from routepublishing
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 2:04 pm
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Following a brief interruption, we’re pleased to reopen our submission guidelines. As part of our ongoing publishing programme we have a genuine opportunity for a few good books. Our new guidelines reflect this and we’re hoping for a few standout book proposals.
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Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists
Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 12:59 am
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The LA Times announced the 2009 book prize finalists today. The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony on April 23.2009 LA Times Book Prize FinalistsBiography ”The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of La…
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