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"So you want to be a writer? Then you had better start reading. "
-J.D. Salinger, N.Y. 1981
(response to young stalker who just wanted to know what the fat women represented.)
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Et Al
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| The Beyond
The-Hold.com SiteRing This site owned by Ideo Locator.com |
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The Robber Barons 1869-1906 |
1872 Leland Stanford calls
upon photographer Eadweard Muybridge to demonstrate by photos that a
trotting horse sometimes has all four feet off the ground. Muybridge
rigs a series of cameras and proves Stanford to be right. The work,
which continues for six years, becomes the foundation for motion pictures. 1877 "Black Bart" begins holding up Wells Fargo stagecoaches. He is noted for his chivalry and the bad poetry he leaves at the scene of his crimes. |
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HISTORY: CA fish and game |
Find an excuse as to why a
bulk of the cigarette tax goes to F/G. Are the fish smoking? [muse/research] |
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karumbah katahdin odyssey
by t.k. splake |
Check out the fine tempo here.
(prose) |
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Fight Club Quotes
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Chuck Palahniuk can't be
found easily at his yahoo writer's group (it's a trap for groupies).
So grab his musings here. Catch what you may have missed in the movie.
[includes book excerpts] |
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Mice Sex and Smell
"Male mice are genetically programmed to follow a simple rule when a strange mouse enters their territory. If it's male, attack it; if female, seduce it. " |
Suppose you wake up... blind.
YOU have a tiger size erection on the body of a rodent... your libido
is topping fruit flies... you put your whiskered snout in the air
to smell your neighbor.... ::: undefined :::: what do you do? |
| Ideo Muse
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updated regularly @ ideo locator.com |
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First stop:
writers.net |
::::refresh on basics. Or see what lies ahead. “ Storyboarding” usually means arranging a sequence of images for a film or commercial. But you can storyboard a novel also, and it can be a helpful way to organize the plot. |
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Graaaaaaaaa mar
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Maybe you misuse the term: styleStyle: Checklist for Fiction Writers |
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How to Web Author
(shown as diferent from print) |
Write for
scanning . Most Web readers scan pages for relevant
materials rather than reading through a document word by word. |
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Massey Law
Bowker ISBN/SAN |
"Format/means of delivery
are irrelevant in deciding whether a product requires an ISBN (if
the content itself meets the requirement, it gets an ISBN, no matter
what the format of the delivery system)." http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/digitalworld.asp |
Behind the name {coming soon/ looking for anagram engine} |
The name of a mutt What is the history of your name? What name should you choose for your character? A mix on the naming of characters is anagrams and phoneme changes. "Darth Vader" might be "Dark Hatter." |
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Poetry/writing contest(s)
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Laura Alleman's collection
of money makers for the author. Beware, some cost money (usually $5-15).
Many of the contest(s) are state sponsored, else sponsored by viable
organization. Be discerning. Please send feedback
here.
As always, send money to "editors" at your own risk |
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Dorance subsidy publishing
(traditional print) |
Become a whore! YES, you
too can be seen in print cause your ego merits that you will force family
and friends to read what complete strangers will not! OH YES, oh
yes. <chuckles> Might be an option for those that have found a niche'. Perhaps compare pricing better than we have. More HERE. |
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Web. Dictionary
ARTFL Thesaurus |
Webster's features etymology and quick notations.
The word base is yet imperfect. The ARTFL might spit out more than you wanted. It's quite useful. |
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East of the Web
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Classics, contemporary,
semi-pro, and hatchlings all here for short stories. Read the exploits
of S. American
Fernando Sorentio
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Saki
, Find unique shorts by Twain. An excellent layout
with ongoing contests, feedback forms, active biographies. The
U.K. had done well with this exhibition. |
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The-Hold
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Bukowski, Women in arts,
monthly updates, and professional layouts that offer humor, tech insight,
"FIND THE PEACHES', respond directly to the author or post on the
graffiti board. Submissions accepted by invitation :::: get em in and introduce yourself::::: |
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Salamendren
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The JD Salinger stalker. |
| Exquisite Corpse
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I see some violence. Ok, in the March, 2002 issue
there is more jaw breaks, pipe slaps, and knife taps than the whole
of the movie: Switchblade Sister. Nice layout. There might be some
over-emphasis in the march issue on a Romanian that writes vignette.
It was .. decently crafted... I just see it as the first billed read
of the most pronounced section with all these references, 'NEW TRANSLATOR
FOUND! (at last) and I am getting so excited.... thinking of the Sorentino
find .. now maybe some Eastern Europa perspective.... ~~~fizz k. it may have been over staged. [just a thought :-) . Check out Small Fry by Helen Kitson |
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The Barcelona Review
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"..the Web's first electronic review of international,
contemporary cutting edge fiction in English/Spanish/Catalan multilingual
format." 5 years on the press. The review is high grade word pressing. "We like good, powerful, potent stuff that immediately commands attention, shows stylistic and imaginative distinction, and is literally sound." (Though the common denominator is suppose to be "Barcelona" there is enough play in the Zine's theme to give it a go.) |
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ZEROcity
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Editor Dave Basinski has
a Castro art bug-- he just wont quit. Contemporary craft marks the clever
poetry and biting style. Often narrative, the zine is refreshed
every 3-4 months. |
| random stories |
Killing Time
(Bowman) Meet Tom the Tank. Notice how he gets right
into it... this one takes forever: Combustion . Water Taxi by Lawrence Schimel (winner of Lambda award) |
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The Salt River Review
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A firm collection of prose
and poetry. Published three times a year, it is best to get the
submissions in early. |
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Impetus
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Haze McElhenny, Cheryl Townsend,
and Cait Collins do it again. Part of the Women in Arts progression.
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Thunder Sandwich
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Longtime press-man Jim Chandler
and his belle' Haze offer a collection. Among the other notables
here, be sure to check out the extensive review section. "There are no limitations on theme, albeit poetry with a hard edge that speaks to reality has much more of a chance making it than does pretty word pictures and fluff." submission info: |
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Chastity Hat
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When a Software engineer
and a musician get together-- the chastity belt comes off. You can keep
your hat. . Enjoy the cartoons and the bluegrass. |
| Bulkhead
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A favorable mix with a down-home attitude. I don't
think Bulkhead is going for art nouveau, I think they are doing a fine
job of preserving what is sound. -Nco |
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Gothic
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$15 a year. What does it
get you? nice layout for one thing. Maintaining your authorship for
another. The probability of continuance by the zine (remember Themestream?)
hahah Ok. the staff hasn't spent the fifteen yet; that 's mostly cause the genre is gothic/spooky horror. Stay tuned. |
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NEW LITERATURE
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hmm... check out David McKelvie's
Two Writers
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between two old men |
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Literature Classics .com
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Unique angle: they want
you to write an essay about other writers..hahaah. They also take originals
to be put alongside the classics. Ohhh the preasure. <smiles> The submissions have .txt formatting. See if you can upload via html. |
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Stories.com
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arhg.. This needs to be
on the links, yet the 3 billion ad pop ups make it hard to edit this just
now. This looks like another writer swap; more pen jocks than eyeballs..
hacking it hacking it. Oh ya, you can get some free schtuff and maybe
they wont steal copyright on your work like the vines does.
dunno.. good luck. |
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New Chat by TBH. IdeoLocator skins here . Save to "skin" folder of voodoo. (use the START>>>FIND if you don't remember where it is) Unzip in place. http://voodoochat.com for TBH info. |
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John McCormick (Gallery)
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John reminds the artist
how important it is to keep [their] name in check. See what sells
here.
The 2001 exhibition contrast greatly with much of his older work. Are we buying colors just to match our wall paper? |
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"Advice"
desktop backround |
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Bill Cameron
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The Thunderhead and the Beast
(short story) Portland man. |
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WORDup
has some good info. Be worried of publishers that don't heed their own advice. |
"People go to author web sites to find out about their favourite author. They are not looking to be entertained with unpleasant graphics, flashing pointers and links to irrelevant eCommerce sites. " |
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HOWZABOUT IF I GO FOR A WALK WITH IN MY SHOES
? By Bradley M Fralick |
"This was a story that was part of a series
of stories that I wrote for another THEME STREAM contributor, because
he, KON ROUGE asked me what it would be like to be in my shoes. I wrote
about three or four stories explaining what it would be like to be in
my shoes! " |
