Tag: life
group name: howwewrite
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September 03, 2007 07:56 PM EDT --
I often fool myself into believing that I have had a good night's rest. Lately I wake at least 2-3 times during the night. First I lay semi-awake, open my eyes and gaze into the darkness. . . . more
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May 12, 2008 02:23 PM EDT --
The EARTH is SCREAMING, people are dying -- is anyone PAYING ATTENTION!!!?
SERIES
by René Allen
Sometimes the Earth is silent and STILL.
NOT TODAY.
Are you LISTENING?
Can . . . more
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September 03, 2007 10:57 PM EDT --
I've always wanted to be a novelist and thanks to everyone here at Gather, Simon & Schuster/Touchstone is releasing my first book Sep. 18.
"The Way Life Should Be" is . . . more
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September 12, 2007 01:46 AM EDT --
The long, slow journey of publishing my novel “The Way Life Should Be” went into warp speed when I learned I’d won the First Chapters contest on May 25. I spoke to so many people that . . . more
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September 29, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
When I asked if I had time to get a drink of water, AM Buffalo Host Linda Pellagrino said it was no problem. We had five minutes before airtime. But when I bolted out the studio door to the fountain, I . . . more
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September 11, 2007 12:45 PM EDT --
I had an interesting idea recently.
I grew up in bars. My Mom was a bartender in these little 3-2 bars on Broadway street, in Minneapolis. A 3-2 bar is a bar that only serves the lower alchohol content . . . more
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January 24, 2008 04:10 PM EST --
I wrote this poem...laying back~looking at the stars...
Brilliant wishes they were...swirling and twinkling
as, I laid thinking...
Illuminators~ pulsing...across . . . more
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October 22, 2007 05:16 AM EDT --
Here is an attempt at rediscovering the lost summers of my childhood: woods whispering secrets, susurrations of streams, pissing contests, slingshots: just about my only refuge from these endless unsettling . . . more
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November 19, 2007 12:23 AM EST --
A true story about a father and son on Thanksgiving 2005 .
Thanksgiving is almost here and there are decisions to make, but not the type my mother makes this time of year: . . . more
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February 04, 2008 12:10 AM EST --
If you want to write comedy, you have to learn to steal . I don't mean plagiarize; I mean steal, a long-standing, revered (or at least tolerated) technique among comedians.
Of course, you don't . . . more
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February 19, 2008 04:25 AM EST --
The other night I actually got to be rather early - or at least early for me. I fell asleep fairly fast which isn't typical for me and slept well.
Well, that is until I woke up four hours later . . . more
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March 16, 2008 11:51 PM EDT --
Today is St. Patrick's Day, which naturally leads a humorist to think: How can I write something funny about St. Patrick's Day? Or any calendar event for that matter?
We've talked . . . more
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October 09, 2007 09:50 PM EDT --
I’d like to blame it on my wife’s shoes, or even global warming, but when it comes to the Boston Meltdown, the fault -- as usual – lies with my own stupidity.
That’s too . . . more
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February 25, 2008 04:47 PM EST --
When someone tells you they keep a diary or they enjoy journaling, your first image is probably of that person jotting down their experiences and inner-most thoughts in a little book. I'm a writer, . . . more
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October 17, 2007 11:35 AM EDT --
No lights any time from any of the upper windows, day in, day out. Neighbors rarely see its occupants hobnobbing around. Except for a cranky caretaker, an Old Lady who thinks she can open the rusty . . . more
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October 14, 2007 03:44 AM EDT --
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?...
Now just indulge me in this major Mulan moment.
If you just see how my gazes turn away or downward . . . more
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October 09, 2007 02:11 PM EDT --
Yes, I KNOW when computers came along because I had to be convinced to get one. I actually said to my smart spouse, "A computer?! Why do we need a fancy typewriter and who wants . . . more
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June 15, 2008 10:04 AM EDT --
Til Death Do Us Part
Between the ages of six and fifteen, I had witnessed two murders, possibly three. I had seen at least ten dead bodies lying in the street, all while living on the streets, and . . . more
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August 29, 2007 09:19 AM EDT --
MSNBC reported this on Saturday:
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Two people who sprinkled flour in a parking lot to mark a trail for their offbeat running club inadvertently caused a bioterrorism scare and now . . . more
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October 03, 2007 02:02 AM EDT --
Staged my nth death last night while The Lover took to one of those periodic movie marathons.
Pulled out the journal rather surreptitiously after nibbling at bars of dark chocolate. Then scribbled down a . . . more
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