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In April 2012, two Australian writers — Jodi Cleghorn and Adam Byatt — began an ambitious collaborative project traversing an odd path between old and new forms of communication, differing modalities of storytelling and mixed media, all played out in real and suspended time. The project has at its heart a love of letter writing…
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A good friend of mine, whom I have not seen in many years, mentioned to me yesterday that my return to Baltimore was like coming back to reality. I understand her sentiment perfectly, as I have felt the resistance so many times to “return to reality” after a wonderful vacation. After all, the reasons why…
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If I Ran The Holiday By Rus VanWestervelt Adapted from Dr. Seuss’ “If I Ran The Zoo” It’s a pretty good day, Said Billy Big Box Store. And the reason it’s around, Is loaded with good ‘lore. But if I ran the holiday, Said Billy Big Box Dee, I’d make a few changes, All…
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Today’s Smash365 creativity prompt, SPRINT, provides a quick tip to writers who are working on their November novels for NaNoWriMo. More importantly, it also includes a special offer that helps the families and animals who have been affected directly by Hurricane Sandy. My creativity partner over at Smash365, Cara, has created 50,000 Words Or Bust,…
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I had been on the fence about participating in NaNoWriMo again this year. I have written 4 novels in the last 8 years. Cold Rock was one of them, and it was published last November. “Doing Nano” this year was not an issue of desire or how full the creative well might be (that’s never…
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The following draft — and that’s all it is, a “shitty first draft” as Anne Lamott likes to call them — is the first segment of my NaNoWriMo novel, Sail Away. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is held each November, where writers are offered the challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. In…
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I could sense it all afternoon. The chatter on the radio and television stations was strong from our local officials and civil leaders: We are in control; it wasn’t as bad as we thought; we were prepared; we are returning to normal. And “returning to normal” included school systems returning to a regular schedule on…
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It’s just before 6 p.m., and the lights just won’t stop flickering. About 30 minutes ago, one of the generators in my neighborhood exploded, and our lights went with it — for just a second. They came back on, but I don’t have any confidence that they will stay on for too much longer. In…
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“THIS WILL BE A DEADLY STORM. IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG 24-36 HOURS.” Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley The magnitude of this storm continues to overwhelm me. The images are staggering, but my heart breaks when I see what is happening to our Ocean City. The two pictures below, one released by the OC Tourism…
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“HISTORIC, DESTRUCTIVE, LIFE-THREATENING.” Bernie Rayno, Meteorologist, AccuWeather.com (photo: Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun) 6:22 a.m. – We still have power, as does nearly every other family in Central Maryland. BGE is reporting less than 500 outages, but we all know that we are still in the “calm before the storm” phase of this monster weather event.…
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