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Originally posted on M.L. Swift, Writer: Photo by John P. Well, it’s finally happened. The staff at Writer Unboxed—normally an academic, professional, sane group of folks—have lost their collective minds and put the keyboard in my hands for the day. Either that, or Hell has frozen over. Regardless of the “why’s” and “what-the-for’s,” it’s a sure…
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photo: rus vanwestervelt, http://www.baltimorewriter.wordpress.com, copyright 2015. Please seek permission if you wish to use.
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The words preceding the story are just as powerful. Enjoy both, and let them resonate for these first few days of the new year… A Fullness in Brevity – Adam Byatt Today I am posting a piece of flash fiction I have been working on for a while. The second half of 2014 was turbulent…
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1. Writing provides discovery, clarity, cleansing, understanding, epiphany, courage, belief, hope, and love — all for yourself as well as for others. 2. Writing keeps you focused on what is most important for you; it’s a natural journey that keeps you moving, keeps you going, keeps you clarifying and refining that journey. When we write,…
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Grateful for the kind words about my latest short story. . . . A Fullness in Brevity – Adam Byatt A writer I admire, Rus VanWestevelt (@rusvw13) has released a Christmas story, The Christmas Rose. A rose is covered in snow in a garden in Bremen, northwestern Germany. (Carmen Jaspersen/Getty Images) It’s free to read,…
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There is a fierce wind blowing outside, howling and whistling through the paper-thin lines of space here and there, making music out of something I cannot see. Our lawn is coated with the remnants of autumn, a patchwork quilt of dying hues that shift in shape by that same, invisible wind. It is a scene…
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Dear Orioles Players: Congratulations on making it to the 2014 playoffs and beginning the series with two dramatic and convincing wins over the Tigers! There are a few things I want to share with you that you probably don’t know. How can you, though? More than half of you were not even born when the…
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There have been so many magical moments at Camden Yards in the last 24 hours, with the Orioles taking a 2-0 lead over the Detroit Tigers in the American League Divisional Series. This double play in today’s fifth inning, for instance, was just unbelievable (well, not for die-hard O’s fans). But it was this call…
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Day 3 of a 30-day initiative by Querencia: A Literary Advocacy Project, working hard to end the silence of domestic violence.
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Day 2 of a 30-day initiative by Querencia: A Literary Advocacy Project, working hard to end the silence of domestic violence.
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