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Acceptance of Ease and Grace

One of the most difficult things that anyone has to deal with is the acceptance of personal good delivered with ease and grace....

Balderdash!

by Diane Chamberlain

I drove down the long gravel driveway to the Weymouth mansion Thursday afternoon with a prayer of gratitude on my lips. Coming here...

Why do you write daddy?

by Tony Anders

“Why do you write Daddy?” asked my five year old son. My answer did not soon follow as a simple “I dunno”...

MS.MONTIER'S MAGIC MINTS

by kasmik zenter

Georgia is among 28 states considered to be a right to work state, which really means your employer has free rein to fire...

How to Publicize your Book: Getting Started

by Nina Amir

Many would-be nonfiction authors make the mistake of not beginning to think about publicity for their book until after they have written it....

John Lennon, Literary Quipster

by Barbara Alexandra Szerlip

Recently, I watched tapes of John Lennon & Yoko Ono's appearances on the Dick Cavett Show.The first one, on September 11,...

Saturday thoughts

by Heather B Koelle

I awoke to a beautiful sunny day today,after finally getting a decent night's sleep.Enjoyed a solo yoga class today,as nobody else showed up.My...

Metro

by beverley bie brahic

This morning early I went to the Cité Universitaire for Helene Cixous's seminar, cutting through the Luxembourg Garden on my way to the...

Reading the World

by J.P. Smith

As I get older I find that I read less and less contemporary fiction and either go to older works I’d overlooked or...

The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro...

by Gina Collia-Suzuki

My third book has just been released; all 612 pages of it. 'The Complete Woodblock Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro: A Descriptive Catalogue' is...

From the Mail Bag

by Michael Thomas Ford

For some reason Mondays bring the most reader mail. I don't know if it's because people have more time over the weekend and...

Stories Change Lives

by Eugenia Kim

The North Korean capture and Clinton-assisted release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee brought a compelling human element into a conflict that...

TWEAK by Nic Sheff

by Sheila F English

COS was was tapped to do the book video for Nic Sheff's highly acclaimed novel, Tweak. The book was an Oprah pick and...

[politics] Thoughts on Colin Powell's endorsement

by Deborah Grabien

So, Colin Powell endorsed Obama this morning. And damn, Powell can put a sentence together, and make me believe him. Not agree with...

Christmas Surprise! Book Three Chapter One is...

by MeiLin Miranda

Middlemont:“Your majesty!” exclaimed Elbig, bowing deeply as Twenna curtsied. “What an unexpected delight to see you! I do hope our Hallikson made you...

Writers Unite, or Why I'm Tired of...

by Sue Guiney

I woke up this morning, looked at my diary, and it clearly said "write blog." I knew exactly what I was going to...

Erika Mailman Influences: Someone once said all authors are reinventing the books they read when they were in fifth grade. For me, that's true to a large extent. I was a voracious bookworm...