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Family Honor, Cannibalism and Other Heartwarming Delights: A Review of Jeff...
Taboos and other social mores receive such a bad rap in today's culture. Thanks to Jeff Lindsay, author of the Dexter series, the distasteful and twisted becomes palatable and entertaining. Word of...
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Metaphysically Waxing
There's a stretch of road off the beaten path that I drive, and on it I've unfolded and written on my mental sheaves entire scenes. Yet once back within the confines of mortar and brick the words...
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Calliope's Collapse
"It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all," a diluted quote made in an attempt to justify loneliness, perhaps. I hear it in my head in an analogous form justifying my...
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Phoenix Rises In New York
It's been nearly a month since my last post, one filled with crazy anxiety, depression and sick relatives (in every way possible). Through it all I stepped away from the usual blog haunts and social...
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Calliope's Comeback: The Importance of Quitting
Many view walking away from something as a form of throwing in the towel. "She's a quitter!" some might say behind her back. In fact, I might be one to hurl the first stone in that regard. And over a...
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Arrivederci Pia
American Idol fans saw a favorite bite the dust this week, losing Pia Toscano whose talent might be more suited for voice-overs and soundtracks, places that need a strong sound only. Harsh criticism, I...
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Parallel Universe
American Idol's newest season is the best group of talent yet with new judges and new mentors. Every time I watch I can't stop comparing this season to my writing world.Case in point: The new panel of...
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Don't Let Your Rain Come Down On Me, Debbie.
Lately I've noticed a failing in myself. Throughout my life I've allowed the naysayers to control my destiny. This isn't a new revelation, just something I'm more aware of with age.Examples:1. Last...
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One Life To Lose
Of all the despicable acts of betrayal, ABC network has cancelled my favorite soap, One Life To Live. The only soap I've watched for the last two years, it offered everything to keep me entertained. It...
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Traditional or Self Publish: Game Changer
Inertia: A tendency to remain in a fixed condition without change; disinclination to move or act.I've always valued open-mindedness. Critical thinking and viewing all sides before coming to a...
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No Paine, No Gain: A July Fourth Tribute to Thomas Paine, America's First...
The following is an abridged version of an essay I wrote for college credits. Any and all cites have been removed. Do your own damn research, suckers. And without further adieu, I give you...No Paine,...
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Oft' I Wonder
College degrees. Are they worth the hype? In 2007 I enrolled in college with a focus on obtaining a degree. My major remained unclaimed simply because college was new territory for me. Really, who...
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Diving Into the Bottomless Pool
Today I committed to writing every day for the month. I've joined NaNoWriMo. My fingers are rusty; I'm sure the muse spits corroded iron. If only it'll forgive me for my absence; it couldn't be...
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Pages of Tears
Rust did not pour from my fingertips, at least not today. After nearly two months away from my work-in-progress I shuddered to return for I realize the difficulty of jumping back in after such a...
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A Word About A Word That Chills Me
Call me a cave dweller; tell me I'm living in the past and need to "get with it." However,when I get text messages typed in complete abbreviation, I feel the urge to respond, "WTF?"I completely...
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Shop 'Till I Scream (Or Pee My Pants)
In search of a perfect black sweater, I ventured to the mall braving the post-holiday flux of bargain shoppers. A deal is a deal, even if it means death by stampedes of heartless hunters out for "The...
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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad No? One of the smallest words in the English...
A few days ago I attended a sales training/mini-boot camp for a company I recently joined, Stella and Dot. The facilitator of the meeting, V.P. of Training, Danielle Redner, opened with this question:...
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The Color of Hate
Usually I dedicate this blog to the writing beast, but today another beast crept from its place in the muck forcing me to waver in more ways than sticking to my usual. The incriminating ugliness called...
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Truth of Hearts
I don't want to be alone.I want to share reflective love.Feel his heartbeatbeneath my palm.Knowing it's for me.Feelhis happiness, stress,distraction.All the smoothness andopposites.The personhe...
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Proclamation-Declaration
I am a writer.It's not something I do for a living. I do it to live. No dollars or cents earned, but when I set pen to paper I achieve the same high as if my bank account filled with millions. It is my...
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Picture This
Disclaimer: What you're about to read is by no means a slam against e-readers, e-books, or the letter "e."Yesterday's newspaper printed an article about yet another small business closing its doors...
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There's a book of poems by one of my favorite poets, Charles Bukowski, entitled "What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire." Lately, and when I say "lately" it encompasses the past three...
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"Crow Break" by yours trulyI watch a flock of crows practice maneuvers,A black mass of squawking.A swerving cloud of dark magic. Spooky to many;enlightening me.Mesmerizing graceHow do they...
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They say youth is wasted on the young. Currently, nothing could be truer. Forty-seven years ago, nothing could be further from that thought.Today I read about a young man who spent his youth at the...
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Alone. Such a singular word that shouts volumes. Yet, it is by choice that this word becomes my favorite these days. Try as I might to forge a semblance of what could be construed as a relationship,...
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