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by Rosey Dow - 2008-11-06
We all love tender stories. Some love to sigh and sink deeper into their soft armchairs, others love a good cry. Think of best-selling authors who have that ability: Nicholas Sparks, Francine Rivers,...
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by Kevin P Smith - 2008-11-03
Even in these days of high technology, umpteen channels on your TV, and a barrage of other activities to keep us occupied, for many people there is still nothing like immersing yourself in a good boo...
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by Joel Owens - 2008-10-20
Halloween is one of the oldest holidays celebrated by people from different countries all over the world. In most western countries like US and Canada, carved pumpkins and corn stalks sprawled all ov...
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by Gianni Truvianni - 2008-10-14
During my life, I have made many travels to many different places where I have a met many a lady; who at the time captivated my interest and though sometimes this lead to romance on several others, ...
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by Zacharias Allred - 2008-10-04
Teaching creative writing to children is fun and rewarding. Kids naturally love to here stories read to them. As parents many times our children fall to sleep while being read to. Teachers can bui...
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by Will Kalif - 2008-09-25
If you write fantasy or are thinking about writing fantasy you probably are going to have medieval weapons in your created world. Today's reader of fantasy is very savvy when it comes to weapons and ...
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by Peter Menkin - 2008-09-20
"The Opossum That Came To Visit" (A title)..children's story... This children's story is about an Opossum that lived under the porch of a friend's home for a while. It is different from my usual poe...
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by Kalyan P Ghosh - 2008-08-17
This was his first trip overseas and Ashok was very excited about it for quite sometime. On arrival at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Kano where Dr Ashok Mitra was to take up his position as a senior...
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by Ashutosh Ghildiyal - 2008-08-03
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. ~Oscar WildeIn the city of Mumbai, there was once a rare bird, called Bug...
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by Genevieve Fosa - 2008-07-27
Writing assignment: to make the story of a famous person into something new and different, bringing out points from various first hand sources and that have apparently been repressed over the years, ...
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by Edward Chupack - 2008-07-16
So there I was, riding my usual train one day, in my starched white shirt, reading the newspaper and looking out the window, exceedingly happy, when I saw a book that another passenger was reading. ...
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by Philip Spires - 2008-07-15
In The Mission Song John le Carré re-visits the world of espionage that we associate with his writing. He is a master of the clandestine, the deniable, the re-definable. Bruno Salvador is a freela...
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by Philip Spires - 2008-07-15
My Life As A Fake by Peter Carey is a strange, multi-layered journey through a man's past, his artistic inspiration and his products, both illusory and real. Christopher Chubb is Australian and a bud...
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by Philip Spires - 2008-07-15
A Fool's Knot is Philip Spires's second African novel set in Kenya and is published by Libros International. A Fool's Knot is set in mid-1970s Kenya and deals with different events in the lives of t...
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by Alden Jerry - 2008-07-14
The umbrella term "Science fiction" covers fictional books from a wide spectrum of genres. One major factor behind the unprecedented popularity of science fiction books is the springing up of these...
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by Casey Quinn - 2008-07-08
One of the most challenging parts of writing is coming up with believable and meaningful dialogue. Dialect, choice of words, tone, all of these things play a role in determining if your dialogue is b...
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by Philip Spires - 2008-07-02
I rarely read novels more than once. There are some I have read several times, but the list might just run to double figures. I have read The Way To Paradise by Mario Vargas Llosa twice, but not for ...
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by Alden Jerry - 2008-06-24
Fiction books include a wide range of books belonging to various sub - genres that may include novels about romance, mystery, science and adventure. Fiction books are written with the objective of ...
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by Alden Jerry - 2008-06-04
Books are the quietest and the most constant friends of the people. They are the most accessible and the wisest counsellors, and the most patient teachers. One should always try to read something th...
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by Will Kalif - 2008-05-12
The first thing I want to impart on you is about the very nature of "fantasy". It implies an act of creative imagination. That is great for you as a writer. You are writing a story and building a worl...
