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Tag Archives: tv
It’s All Right To Have A Little Bit Of Regret
I was watching CTV news the other evening and there was some kind of survey conducted comparing people’s happiness. The people considered belonged to two different groups. Optimists and pessimists. And the conclusion was something along the line that a … Continue reading
You Never Get Used To It
I was watching Oprah on George Stroumboulopoulos the other night when she said something about death that made me think. She said she believes that when someone dies he/she dies for a reason. There is a reason, a purpose in … Continue reading
In Search Of Completeness
Things are not looking good again in Lebanon, not with the revolt in neighboring Syria and the political turmoil that is sweeping the Arab world in the name of uprising. For almost a year now I have stopped reading newspaper … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, articles, blogging, books, Canada, childhood, citizen, CTV, doubt, emotion, existence, Facebook, family, fear, feelings, fiction, friends, happy, home, interview, job, joy, life, memories, Middle East, news, pain, peace, politics, publishing, religion, tv, video, work, worry, writer, writing, youth
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Desperate For THE VOICE
“The publisher must view every author- and I mean every- as a potential star.” Russell Galen Wouldn’t it be brilliant if we writers had a TV program like NBC’s The Voice? Where we each write a piece, a short piece, … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, blog, book, books, contest, creative writing, dreams, emotion, faith, fiction, heart, hope, ideas, language, lessons, library, life, literature, live, love, music, nature, novel, people, picture, poetry, reading, story, success, thoughts, truth, tv, voice, words, work, write, writer, writing
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It’s A Farce
Do you think writing schools can teach you how to write? Barbara Bradford Taylor said: “Writing cannot be taught, it can be learned.” “Now that’s a bad comment,” wrote Craig Thomas. “I think the passion for language cannot be born, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, art, author, blog, book, books, character, creative writing, desire, dreams, e-book, emotions, faith, feelings, fiction, happy, heart, hope, ideas, kindle, life, literature, love, music, notebook, novel, people, post, read, reader, soul, story, thoughts, truth, tv, words, work, write, writing
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All That Is Left
How I love it when the Giller longlist is out! The air buzzes with excitement as enthusiastic readers and authors impatiently wait for the final night, November 8, to arrive, when the winner will be announced during a gala ceremony … Continue reading
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Tagged advocate, author, award, book, books, campaign, Canada, community, creative writing, e-book, Facebook, family, favorites, fiction, friends, Giller Prize, happy, history, internet, Jury, library, literature, neighbors, news, online, opinion, people, prize, professionals, ramblings, reader, reading, story, Toronto, tv, vote, winner, writer, writing
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Between Saturday and Monday
My son came to my room this morning and said, “I can’t believe school starts so soon!” “When exactly does it start?” I asked. “The day after tomorrow. You know, there’s not much time left,” he said. “Well, there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Amazon, Amazon UK, Canada, Canadians, day, death, e-book, East Coast, Ernest Hemingway, evacuate, famine, flooded, hurricane, Irene, Jack Layton, japan, Libya, Middle East, Monday, news, newspaper, power, radio, rain, residents, roads, Saturday, school, Somalia, son, States, surf, tomorrow, tv, United States, waves, weekend, wind
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The Voice Of Change
As you may all know by now, I like to start my day waking up early to read and have my coffee. I stopped reading the newspaper lately. I realized that on days I do not read the paper, I … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, beauty, book, books, change, children, compassion, culture, e-book, Ernest Hemingway, ethics, film, future, good, Jersey Shore, John Grisham, Leo Tolstoy, life, movie, news, newspaper, noise, novel, people, read, reading, reality tv, script, speak, story, teenagers, tv, University, values, voice, words, writer, writing, young
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Can’t You Read English?
In October 1988 Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian writer, won the Nobel Prize for literature. When I first heard the news I was ecstatic. “Finally. I told my husband. Now the rest of the world will know him and read his … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, aim, Arab world, book, books, British, civil war, curriculum, Dubai, e-book, English, high school, home, horror, husband, Ivan Turgenev, journalist, literature, married, Mathematics, memories, Middle East, Naguib Mahfouz, name, news, newspaper, October, people, recognition, road, school, spelling, teacher, translation, tv, twin towers, ugly, welcome, world
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