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The Gendered Nature of Being Unencumbered
Originally posted on Sally Ember, Ed.D.:
Great post and insights. Totally different story, though, when you’re a “plus-size” female or wearing those clothes. Plenty of pockets, because no one is concerned with the “male gaze,” or the “sight line” for any reason whatso ever. Hilarious, right? Gain enough weight and you can be unencumbered,…
Free Horror Short Story from Dark Chapter Press
Originally posted on David Basnett:
Dark Chapter Press From the blog at Dark Chapter Press The return of our monthly flash fiction competition attracted much interest and a great response from writers, both familiar to us here at Dark Chapter Press, and new. Such a response is great news for us here in the DCP…
Writer’s Quote Wednesday – David McCullough
Originally posted on The PBS Blog:
Welcome back to another Segment of Writer’s Quote Wednesday, hosted by Colleen of Silver Threading. This week, I draw inspiration from David McCullough. I wish I could like this in a post over and over again! ? So true! Which is why I research as I’m writing :). About…
10 Obscure Literary Facts for Book Lovers
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Ten Things You Don’t Know About Your Favorite Books and Authors via Thought Catalog 1. Vladimir Nabokov’s classic novel Lolita was turned down by 5 publishers. So controversial was the subject matter (in which an adult man falls obsessively in love with a tween girl) that Nabokov himself planned…
…an Author’s version of ‘IF’… with acknowledgements to Rudyard Kipling…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
‘IF’ FOR WRITERS If you can use your Mac when all about you Is Starbucks’ noise and din; If you can get it on the page, Then you’re on your way to win; A first draft, then a second, And edit as you go, With no adverbs, ‘ands’ or ‘buts’,…
“Fall into #Reading” #Sale at Clean Indie Reads: 9/23 – 9/27/15!
Originally posted on Sally Ember, Ed.D.:
the “Fall into #Reading” #Sale at Clean Indie Reads: 9/23 – 9/27/15! This Changes My Family and My Life Forever, Volume II, The Spanners Series, by Sally Ember, Ed.D., usually $3.99, is now $1.99 if you use this coupon code MT97Q on Smashwords only: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/424969 This Changes My…
Kids and Reading
Originally posted on Bibliophibian Inc.:
The twitter conversation that caught my eye this weekend was started by Joanne Harris, talking about ways to get kids to read, and one of the important things she said is that you mustn’t denigrate a kid’s choices — even if they’re too young or too old for them, even…
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