Tag: writing
group name: mnreaders
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June 15, 2006 01:47 PM EDT --
I wrote this article specifically for a new group called Minnesota Readers but am posting it to everyone at Gather as I'm currently engaged in a publicity tour for my new book, The Scent of God. . . . more
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August 08, 2006 03:16 PM EDT --
I've struggled with the notion of "writerhood" for years. I remember as a child, it was the only thing I wanted to be when I grew up. I was totally absorbed by books, spent entire summers . . . more
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August 25, 2006 12:18 PM EDT --
I"m right now reading a book titled "What Good are the Arts?" by John Carey, the chief book reviewer of The Sunday Times in London. In it, Carey takes a pretty bold stance that can be summed . . . more
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November 02, 2006 12:47 AM EST --
Election Day is soon upon us putting into even sharper view the small avalanche of political or world events books that are invariably released at this time. I can't quite manage a single one though . . . more
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September 14, 2007 09:25 AM EDT --
Chat transcript follows.
Although you may have missed the chat, Robert Goolrick notes you can email him directly. "At inquiry@algonquin.com - they'll forward it to me."
MPR's Midmorning . . . more
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February 08, 2008 02:23 AM EST --
(this poem is in response to John Beck's article .)
Finding Joy
One of these mornings,
she won't wake up.
Sometime at night
when stars are shining, . . . more
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July 07, 2008 11:50 AM EDT --
Hello all,
So my book Practically Posh was just released and is already sweeping the nation, or at least my office, literally.
Yesterday, Marissa, a co-producer on the station, was . . . more
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March 13, 2008 07:50 PM EDT --
In The Art of Subtext , Minneapolis novelist Charles Baxter has gone well beyond other books on the writing of prose fiction. Baxter believes that fictional techniques work when they are rooted in basic . . . more
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February 13, 2007 01:33 PM EST --
Sunday night in a small coffee house in what the Twin Cities people call “Greater Minnesota,” a group of approximately 100 people crowded around a small stage to listen to poet Robert . . . more
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December 20, 2007 10:39 PM EST --
Years ago, I was deer hunting in the northern Minnesota pine forests. It was a quiet, sunny day with good snow cover. I was in my stand at daylight, and after several hours of not seeing anything, and . . . more
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December 20, 2006 03:13 PM EST --
I favor mysteries for light reading – Brother Cadfael (Ellis Peters), Adam Dalgleish (PD James), Lord Peter Wimsey (Dorothy Sayers) and, of course, Agatha Christie and Dick Francis. But . . . more
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January 10, 2007 04:05 PM EST --
Who doesn't wonder if their writing could make the leap from the Internet to print? I read so many articles on Gather and around the Web that nearly vibrate with vitality, and I wonder how these authors . . . more
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February 14, 2007 10:46 AM EST --
Reported by Stephanie Hemphill, Minnesota Public Radio
February 14, 2007
Listen to feature audio
It's safe to say not many of us have ever heard of writer Joseph Kalar. He was a contemporary of . . . more
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October 27, 2006 01:54 PM EDT --
I've run into a lot of books lately from out there in public-radio-land that hit home with what it is that any one of us believes. Big thoughtful notions looming - so if you're at all in a ruminating . . . more
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January 09, 2008 11:16 AM EST --
Here are the writing resolutions I had for 2007:
(copied from old journal)
1. I resolve to earn more money per hour, thereby increasing my take-home pay and eventually becoming financially self-sufficient. . . . more
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April 17, 2006 03:28 AM EDT --
(I'm re-publishing this to my new Cajun groups.)
Minutes before I left for my sister's wake, the mailman delivered a copy of my first published story, carried in The Long Islander . . . more
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May 03, 2007 07:22 AM EDT --
The jury seems conflicted on this. I put my heart and soul into my novel, carried my characters in the pockets of my brain for years. As my manuscript sits in a file, I miss them. I wrote the novel online-- . . . more
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June 19, 2006 07:57 PM EDT --
I returned from the Minneapolis jubilant but tired. My mind had spun into overtime during this portion of the publication tour for my book The Scent of God. Overwhelmed by publicity efforts, my calendar . . . more
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August 04, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
If you've been reading my posts for a while, you'll know that I've been awaiting a "writer's dream." No. It's not making the NY Times best seller list. This dream concerns . . . more
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February 04, 2008 02:09 PM EST --
Good Counsel Home, 1963
The first time I saw Tula,
she was cracking an egg over
a yellow bowl the housemother and I
had found at Goodwill that morning.
The trick is to beat . . . more
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