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19
Dec
2009
The Heat of Critique

3 hours ago by amartino

“Oh, Alyssa. Good try, but take another stab at it.” Oh, Alyssa? OH, ALYSSA?? Oh, shit. When my non-fiction Professor ( Jennifer Brice) wrote this on my first assignment, I felt pretty close to giving up. I remember the assignment vividly: “On Practice.” We were to write a short memoir on something ...

The Pen and Paper Chronicles - thepenandpaper.wordpress.com

18
Dec
2009
Obama Administration: Time Running out on Healthcare Reform

8 hours ago by dgus4867

KILL THE BILL – STOP SOCIALIST HEALTH CARE, NOW! From: NEWSMAX Tuesday, 15 Dec 2009 01:24 PM LIBERAL HEALTHCARE is a down payment on Socialism. By: David A. Patten The Obama administration is warning Democrats and the media that healthcare reform has reached a do-or-die stage and is in danger of imp ...

Common Sense Conservative - commonsense2004.wordpress.com

The September Issue

9 hours ago by Franz Patrick

September Issue, The (2008) ★★★ / ★★★★ Anna Wintour, the extremely influential editor of Vogue magazine, stated it perfectly in the very first few minutes of this documentary: Most people are scared of fashion and that’s probably why they make fun of it. Personally, I don’t think fashion is a ridicu ...

Franz Patrick's Film Archive - franzpatrick.com · Rank: 31,062 · 5 references

Losing Faith

9 hours ago by Street Saint

So I send "Samira" a message asking her to meet up. I had an entire plan made up in my mind with exactly what I would say when she responded. I wanted to talk to her in person, but I rarely see her now. I was pretty confident that everything would work out. We might not end up together, but we'd at ...

Street Saint - stsaint.com/blog · 2 references

PDF Viewer on iPod Touch

14 hours ago by pdfadmin

PDF files, otherwise known as Portable Document Format files, are popularly used nowadays. With industries piquing everywhere, you would find all sorts of PDF files for brochures, forms, magazines, reports, and other materials that contain designs that would be too complicated when other kinds of fi ...

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Two Rejection Letters (illustrated through a meme)

15 hours ago by Sean

When I subbed my first story to this market, the editor was like But for my second story, the editor was like: Now that’s progress you can see. Improvement!

Sean Markey - mrmarkey.com · 8 references

Victory or Defeat?

16 hours ago by essenceofnone

Strength; how much of it do we have? When faced with your biggest challenge, how do you overcome the feeling of defeat? If you can only hold on to a moment of victory, who’s to say you can’t try and try again? My spirit may have left me but my hope is still there. Someone said to me last night you j ...

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Landing Women at the Gym

16 hours ago by Fitness Funnies

A not-so-fit friend, whom we will call Jack, told me a story last week. He was at the gym, working on his daily routine, when he had a moment of lightheadedness. Jack is a little thick around the midsection, but to his credit, he’s really trying to do something about it. Unfortunately, his [...]

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Got me a generic rejection letter.

19 hours ago by Myth

Bit of a bummer really. However, I did find an agency I really would like to have on my side, if I can pull it off. But before then I want to have this novel polished to a shine, as well as, the cover letter and synposis, which generally I am weaker in. I am over half way complete the second in the ...

The Hermit - myth-thehermit.blogspot.com · 3 references

SpecFicWorld: Editors and Rejection

19 hours ago by g d townshende

I've been spending time over at specficworld.com, where I've got a subscription, and I've been reading interviews that were conducted with several editors, asking each of them questions related to why they reject stories.Although I know the following is true, I am constantly amazed at the number of ...

G D Townshende - townshende.blogspot.com · 9 references

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