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Writers May Suffer From Duck’s Disease

Toni Morrison wrote: “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”  Do you agree with me that we are writers because at some point in our lives we … Continue reading

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How To Say Something

“And what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversation?” A major problem with writing anything is how to express yourself. How to communicate what’s on your mind in the simplest and most effective way so … Continue reading

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What We Don’t Do

I feel that I am a reserved person by nature. Ninety-nine percent of the time I refrain from saying what I wish to say to people. I have always been shy and still am. Even though the impression I leave … Continue reading

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Planning The Dishes

Do you like washing the dishes? Well I don’t, but I do it anyway. Since I don’t have the patience to load the dishwasher and wait, I am constantly washing the dishes when I am at home. I guess by … Continue reading

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The Search For Truth

I have always been passionate about books, stories and beautiful writing. Specially good books, books that tell the truth, the painful truths about humanity. Books that make me cry of sadness, and books that make me laugh with joy and … Continue reading

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Even Women Writers Are Not Spared

Continuing The Stinging Appetite of Writers and Did You Know … Bertrand Russell on Katherine Mansfield: “Her talk was marvelous, much better than her writing, especially when she was telling of things that she was going to write.” Alexander Woollcott … Continue reading

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Did You Know

Did you know that Ralph Waldo Emerson spoke of Tennyson as “a beautiful half of a poet.” Percy Bysshe Shelley of Wordsworth: “What a beastly and pitiful wretch that Wordsworth… I can compare him with no one but Simonides, that … Continue reading

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The Stinging Appetite Of Writers

Honest criticism is hard to take, especially from a relative, a spouse, a friend, or even a stranger. What if the criticism comes from another writer? Writers like the rest of us are fascinated by other writers. They know how … Continue reading

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Culture Today

The world we live in today whether we like it or not is very much controlled by the internet. Children are growing up in a media-saturated world. Before even mastering their language skills they learn to master the art of … Continue reading

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They Are The Last Thing

From the day we are born and we start to live we pass through different stages. From childhood to youth to adolescence, to old age, we live the different phases of life. And as we transition from one phase to … Continue reading

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