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Happily Ever After and Other Cliche Endings
by Paul M.
views: 118 | rating: 10 | comments: 7
November 29, 2009 08:14 PM EST — (Warning:  contains spoilers) Probably the biggest cliche ending for books, movies, and such are variations on "They Lived Happily Ever After" starting with the old Mother Goose stories.  . . . more
November 28, 2009 06:41 PM EST — I know we have numerous independent or self published authors here on Gather, I wanted to set up a loctiion where people can browse and/or buy titles from our members, they can also advertise their book . . . more
November 27, 2009 01:08 PM EST — Part One: How Positive Thinking is Destroying Literature How refusing to acknowledge limitations and relying on "only positive thoughts" is detrimental to a writer's success.  Provides a . . . more
November 27, 2009 12:48 PM EST — While you are preparing your book for publication, you need to give some consideration to why people should trust you with their money.  As we've said previously, nobody OWES you anything.  . . . more
Toy economics
by Kushal Poddar
views: 279 | rating: 10 | comments: 80
November 27, 2009 07:49 AM EST — Zen economics Blankness. Blankness. A brief pause. Blankness once more.   They urge me to buy an one way ticket as a therapy. Actually if Mr. Magellan . . . more
November 26, 2009 10:56 AM EST — Part IV: How Not to Look Illiterate Finding an Editor What is an editor, and why is one so important? An editor is your most important ally against your worst enemy. And by the way, you . . . more
Movie Review: Alien Trespass
by Paul M.
views: 127 | rating: 9.4 | comments: 5
November 25, 2009 10:21 PM EST — Those who are old enough to remember nights at the drive-in would probably remember the type of B-movie "Alien Trespass" aspires to be.  For the younger generation, it's like something you'd see . . . more
November 25, 2009 09:56 PM EST — The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling . . . more
November 25, 2009 12:20 PM EST — Part Three: Author-Think versus Publisher-Think Being an author is, by default, an exercise in positive thinking. We put words to paper (or screen) under the misguided notion that people care what . . . more
November 25, 2009 12:04 PM EST — Part II: Liberating Your Inner Curmudgeon To channel Tyler Durden for a moment, you are not a unique little snowflake. You are one of over a million people who have decided to self-publish a book. . . . more
November 25, 2009 11:42 AM EST — Part One: How Positive Thinking is Destroying Literature A 2009 study performed by the University of South Wales and published in the Australian Science Journal found that people that were sad or . . . more
Book Review: Infinitebook 2: Notes from NowHere
by Julie Ann Dawson
views: 138 | rating: 10 | comments: 3
November 24, 2009 05:47 PM EST — David Lawrence’s Infinitebook 2: Notes from NowHere alternates between brilliant flashes of poetic energy, dull turns of uninspired phrasing, and the occasional ramblings of an entertaining . . . more
Don't Regift Another Fruitcake or Chia-Pet
by Paul M.
views: 128 | rating: 10 | comments: 8
November 24, 2009 03:59 PM EST — Looking for something to give your friends, family, coworkers, pets this holiday season but don't want to regift them another Chia-Pet or fruitcake or Snuggie?  Don't feel like standing in line three . . . more
returning
by libramoon C.
views: 91 | rating: 10 | comments: 5
November 22, 2009 04:44 PM EST — Returning   If I could turn again If I could turn If I could If I If I   Flying too high confused, losing oxygen's fire . . . more
Movie Review: GI JOE: The Rise of COBRA
by Paul M.
views: 214 | rating: 8.8 | comments: 10
November 22, 2009 01:05 PM EST — Growing up, GI JOE was always my #2 favorite action figure (sometimes lower than that) behind Transformers.  I'm not sure how to explain that, except that Transformers were cool giant robots and . . . more
November 22, 2009 03:39 PM EST — Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans... If you have ever ran a campaign, you know that no matter how much you plan, your players will throw something at you that you didn't think of.  . . . more
holiday seasonings
by libramoon C.
views: 89 | rating: 10 | comments: 5
November 22, 2009 01:54 AM EST — Hope has a season    Hope has a season  Love has a season  Good will and warm wishes have a season  A time of good cheer to celebrate  The greatest gifts of . . . more
New networking sites
by Mad Dog Wilson
views: 76 | rating: 10 | comments: 6
November 22, 2009 12:48 AM EST — I'd like to take a break from debunking the anti insurance reform bullshit to invite publish and unpublished authors to my two new networks:   Independent Writers: http://independent-writers.socialgo.com/ . . . more
Turkey's prime numbers
by Kushal Poddar
views: 276 | rating: 10 | comments: 66
November 21, 2009 08:48 PM EST —   Prime numbers It is always an early winter; I have math grades to show my father. Brown leaves fall on those sheets. I can say, it is not an effortless . . . more
something like a love poem
by libramoon C.
views: 94 | rating: 10 | comments: 14
November 21, 2009 03:39 PM EST — Something Like a Love Poem   That's what we do. We fail to come through. No voiceover narrator keeps score. I know I told you to count on my adoration. In . . . more
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