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"There Is a Crack in Everything; That's How the Light Gets in"

Melanie Drane | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Mending, Re-Purpose, Re-Use, Critique, Restore, Workshop, Writing, Robert Johnson, Jane Hirshfield, Prompts, Repair, Poems, Breaking, Environment, Revision, Stories, Anu Tuominen, Revise, Jung, Books News
Melanie Drane

Mending is always accompanied by an element of risk. Something may function again, but differently, so that every successful re-use is accompanied by a sense of luck and relief.

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Many Doors into Travel Writing

Terry Gardner | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media

Read More: San Francisco, Travel Writing, Writing Conference, Corte Madera, Workshop, Book Passage, Writer's Workshop, Rolf Potts, Joel Grey, Pauline Frommer, Media News
Terry Gardner

If you really do have the ambition to write, a reputable writing conference can be a great place to get your feet wet or hone your skills.

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First Time Novelist Breaks All Rules with a Winner

Cynthia Kling | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

Read More: How Far Is the Ocean From Here, Virginia Woolf, Writer Interview, Workshop, Book Deal, Amy Shearn, Writing, Fiction, How to Write, Authors, Writing Class, Surrogate Mother, James Joyce, Random House, Writer Interviews, Literary Agent, Susannah Prue, Yuppies, Proust, Book, Contemporary Fiction, PJ Mark, Surrogate, Media News
Cynthia Kling

"How Far is the Ocean from Here," by Amy Shearn has to be the weirdest, funniest saddest road novel I've ever read. A single 20-something agrees to surrogate for a pair of cozy yuppies.

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Greening Hollywood: Green Books & Recycling Art for Kids and Tots

Paige Donner | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Truffula Trees, Green Books for Kids, Paintbox Kids, Re-Purpose, Re-Use, Workshop, Recycled Art, Trees of Peace, Nobel Peace Prize, Random House, Dr. Seuss, Planting the Trees of Kenya, Farrar Straus Giroux, Wangari, Lorax, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Green News
Paige Donner

Dr. Seuss spoke through the Lorax to warn us against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty. And this was long before saving the earth became a global concern.

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