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Poetry Break: Dr. Archan Mehta

By: Dr. Archan Mehta ______ Cosmic Reality?    I am an insignificant Speck of dust Whirling in this Vast cosmos, Dancing like a dervish In glorious uncertainty. I do not know, I am not aware How, second to second, Our world will slowly unfold Like a blanket; But I look forward, Moment to moment, For […]

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Your Headline: Will It Grab My Attention?

By: Marilyn L. Davis _____ Without A Great Headline, People Don’t Read the Content    “If you use a poor headline, it does not matter how hard you labor over your copy because your copy will not be read.” – John Caples   Too often, people spend considerable time on their content, writing that killer […]

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Writing is Sometimes Just Starts, Stumbles, and Stutters

By: Marilyn L. Davis   “This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It’s that easy, and that hard.” ― Neil Gaiman   Seemingly Effortless Writing   I have written about the terrors, horrors, mistakes, and redemption of addiction and recovery for […]

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Poetry Break: Anwer Ghani

By: Anwer Ghani My Father   I heard the whispers of our river in a precious moment. It was as colorful and magical as our souls are like my father’s tales, where you can see all the smiles that hide behind the veil and hear all the news that fills your heart with the breeze. […]

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Poetry Break: 4 Poems by L. R. Laverde-Hansen

By: L. R. Laverde-Hansen   _____ ____ Sonnet ____ I sing as nature’s truest hypocrite For much in love am I with what I touch; But never can I take this love as such Since I know things that make me life’s ingrate. So often have the hopes of good been slain By that which […]

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Truth in Fiction: Reality-Based Novels

By: Ben Rose   “The best stories come from deep within us and are of us. Either our inner child comes out to play and makes all things possible, or we mold our characters and events from our own experiences, or our dreams of wanting to experience.”― Judith Kohnen, One Chance, One Moment ____ Raw Material   […]

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Poetry’s Comeback & Evolution Today

Amanda Winstead traces poetry over the decades and introduces us to new forms and ways to express feelings in today's poetry.

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Poetry Break: Mark Almand

  By: Mark Almand __ There Is a Place   I have seen death come And then go As my loved one floated Between two places.   First bound by earth, Then another world, A foot in each, Leaning here and then there And back again.   Wishing for this place And our loving touch […]

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When Do You Get to Use the Term Writer or Author?

By: Steve Slavin   When Am I a Writer?   “This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It’s that easy, and that hard.”― Neil Gaiman     How many published writers are there, and what does it take to become one? […]

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Breadth or Depth? How Will You Frame Your Post?

"To grow in the craft is to increase the breadth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone". Pat Schneider

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