Kathleen Parker, a Washington Post columnist, and recent Pulitzer Prize winner — way to go, Kathleen — attributed some of her success to a special teacher she had in high school. In her column on April 15h, she told the story of Mr. Gasque, her high school English teacher. Kathleen had been called on in […]
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I belong to a promotional site along with a lot of other terrific writers, and lest that sound too boastful, I was trying to find a way to leave myself out of the terrific category, but there was no other way to write that sentence. Anyway, Books We Love has a great contest every summer
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I am a contributing member of The Blood Red Pencil blog, and I noticed today that we reached 800 followers. Good for us!! The blog is written by a group of editors and writers who share editing and publishing tips. But it isn’t always all about business. Sometimes we like to have a little fun,
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A ten-year-old girl at an elementary school in Texas was given detention for a week for having a piece of Jolly Rancher candy. Apparently a friend gave her the candy and a teacher took it away, then the girl, Leighann Adair, and her friend were both given detention. Over a piece of candy. The girls
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Random VictimBy Michael A. BlackISBN: 978-0-8439-5986-4Pub: Leisure Books, pb, 323 pages,April, 2008 How did I miss this one when it first came out? I know the author, been following the man’s writing career. He gave me a copy of this book. Still, I only recently got around to reading it. And discovered to my chagrin
I’d like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to my mother, and send her some virtual roses. Ours was not a storybook relationship for many years, and it’s only been in the maturity of my own adulthood that I’ve learned to appreciate all she did for me. The product of an unsettled and emotionally
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Time out from the work I am supposed to be doing. I just found this news item as I was looking around for things to post on WinnsboroToday.com. It is so absurd I had to add it to my list of Some of the Stupidest Things I’ve Heard Of. A federal appeals court has ruled
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According to a recent national poll conducted by Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, people are tired of the way politicians conduct their political campaigns, as well as how they conduct themselves once in office. They are tired of the name-calling, personal attacks and denigrating comments. Public discourse has reached such a shrill level it is sometimes
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I’m excited to be here at “It’s Not all Gravy,” the fifth stop on my mini blog tour for “The Hungarian.” My thanks to Maryann for having me today. Today my character, Count Matthias Duma has graciously agreed to be interviewed by intrepid (fictional) reporter Harry Douglas, who works for the London Sun. I hope
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I hope you will all come back tomorrow and welcome Stephanie Burkhart to the blog. She is doing a virtual book tour to promote her historical romance The Hungarian, and will have an interesting post to share with us. Come and meet Stephanie and her central character. Author Bio Stephanie Burkhart was born in Manchester,
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