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Behind The Scenes Part One
Do you think that personal preferences play a major role in choosing the recipients of great literary prizes? Do you think that foul play is involved to some extent in the voting process of the nominees and in deciding who … Continue reading
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Tagged art, article, articles, author, award, behind the scenes, book, books, creative writing, dreams, Europe, feelings, fiction, Germany, history, humor, ideas, Irving Wallace, Judge, literary prizes, literature, magazine, Nobel prize, novel, people, poetry, prize, publishing, reading, scandals, scene, science, story, Sweden, thoughts, words, write, writer, writing
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The Pillow And The Baseball Bat
I love the classics. I read most of them decades ago. But I don’t think I can read those same books again with the same enthusiasm and eagerness I had for them years ago. And the reason is not because … Continue reading
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Tagged art, attention, author, baseball, blog, book, books, creative writing, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, humor, ideas, imagination, joy, life, literature, love, music, novel, people, poetry, publishing, quotes, racing, Random, reading, scene, story, style, thoughts, time, tweet, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Less Is More
In my article yesterday, I spoke about sex scenes in fiction, and how what was once taboo is now being accepted with such grandiose openness, with books like ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, aka ‘mommy porn’ as referred to by the … Continue reading
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Tagged author, blog, book, books, creative writing, dreams, Ellen DeGeneres, emotion, family, feelings, fiction, Fifty Shades Of Grey, film, Gustave Flaubert, ideas, imagination, joy, kiss, life, literature, love, Nicholas Sparks, novel, Paris, people, publishing, racing, reading, romance, scene, sex, story, teenager, thoughts, tweet, words, write, writer, writing
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Whatever Happened To Less Is More
The other day my friend’s fifteen year old daughter asked me if I have read ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’. When I said no, she went on to wonder whether it is like the Harlequin books or erotica, or porn. I … Continue reading
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Tagged author, blog, book, books, creative writing, dreams, Ellen DeGeneres, emotion, family, feelings, fiction, Fifty Shades Of Grey, film, Gustave Flaubert, ideas, imagination, joy, kiss, life, literature, love, Nicholas Sparks, novel, Paris, people, publishing, racing, reading, romance, scene, sex, story, teenager, thoughts, tweet, words, write, writer, writing
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Are We To Believe and Agree with Voltaire?
“An elderly woman and a baby were reported among those killed by coalition strikes in Libya’s western mountains.” Does this ring a bell? How many innocent women, children, and bystanders have been killed in Baghdad, or Afghanistan as a result … Continue reading
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Tagged Air strikes, Amazon, Baghdad, Bahrain, Beirut, bombing, Canada, chichikir, children, citizens, civil war, civilians, country, Dubai, Egypt, Eman Al-Obeidy, Europe, friendly fire, gunmen, human, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, madness, Middle East, Nato, politicians, protestor, safety, scene, Syria, The Lost I, Tunisia, uprising, Voltaire, women, yemen
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“I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way”
In the comfort and quiet of my sitting room I watch the uprisings in the Middle East on different news channels. Although the coverage is different from one channel to the next, the scene they show is that of the … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, Amazon, Bahrain, Beirut, bombing, book, border, Canada, chichikir, citizens, civil war, civilians, comfort, country, Dubai, Egypt, Europe, human, Jordan, kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, madness, Middle East, Montreal, optimism, politicians, protestor, recycling, safe, safety, scene, Syria, Tunisia, uprising, Voltaire, yemen
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The Craze Behind Fifty Shades Of Grey
I read an interesting article the other day in The Atlantic Wire, ‘The Alleged Sexiness of 50 Shades of Grey’ by Jen Doll, reviewing and criticizing the book which as you all probably know is at the top of the … Continue reading →