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Washington Post Looking for "America's Next Great Pundit" -- Could It Be You?

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogosphere, Op-Ed Page, Newspapers, Washpost, Bloggers, Writing, Msm, Pundit Contest, Newspaper, Opinion, Froomkin, Media, Journalism, Prize, Blogs, Mainstream Media, Politics, Contest, Wapo, Chris Weigant, Blog, Essay, Newspaper Industry, Post, Washington Post, America's Next Great Pundit, Editorial, Op-Ed, Huffington Post, Pundit, Dan Froomkin, Media News

Newspapers seem to be clinging to blandness as a viable business model in an exciting new world of opinions available to their potential customers -- to their detriment. And then they wonder why they're failing.

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Writers Should Think Like Bono

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: U2, Writers, Books, Bono, Death of Books, Publishing, Kindle, Technology and Writing, Writing, Reader Technology, Progressive Companies, Entertainment News

The books of the 21st century will no longer be sold by an agent to a publishing house who tries to sell them to bookstores. The most successful books of the future will look more like a U2 concert.

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Legacy: A New Vision of Aging

Rachael Freed | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Church of the Brethren, Aging, Dying, Purpose, Writing, Ethical Will, Legacy, Gerotranscendence, Reminiscense, Death, Living News

Older adults are developing new values and new perspectives: redefining self, relationships, and fundamental existential questions like time, space, life, and death.

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Disasters: Where There's Smoke... There's a Silver Lining

Ellen Snortland | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Memoir, Natural Disasters, Writing, Station Fire, Smoke, California Wildfires, Wildfires, Fire, Living News

There's nothing like a good disaster to remind you of your own mortality; stop waiting for "someday." You need to write that book, sing that song, smell those roses, surf that wave

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Exit Laughing

Jonathan Tolins | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Larry Gelbart, Writing, Twister, Mentors, Mentoring, Entertainment News

Larry Gelbart was a terrific and generous teacher. I didn't know him well, but he made a tremendous difference in my life. He knew how to do that because he understood writers. And he loved them.

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Larry Gelbart: The Mold Was Just Broken

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tony Awards, M*a*S*H, Comedy, Larry Gelbart, Television, Deaths, Writing, Writers Guild, Obituaries, Sid Caesar, Entertainment News

He was an amazing writer and probably a better person. There may have been more renowned writers in a single medium, but his versatility was breathtaking.

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After Twilight, Gothic Sex Takes a Bigger Bite

Susie Bright | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Blood, Susie-Bright, Twilight, Erotica, Writing, Books, Sex, Screenwriting, Anna Paquin, Isaac Asimov's Foundation, Hbo, Sookie-Stackhouse, Science Fiction, Bill Moyers, Entertainment News

eBtween the pandemonium over Twilight and True Blood, there's been renewed interest in why horror and sex have made a comeback in each other's arms.

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It Was the Most Literate of Times, It Was the Most Illiterate of Times

Jared Gardner | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Literacy, Twitter, Teaching, Facebook, Writing, Death of Publishing, Books, Harvard, Stanley Fish, New York News

Americans have long been terribly insecure about writing. From the minute independence was won, visions of literary and linguistic degeneration danced in the minds of American educators.

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Hoarder Culture

Ann Leary | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Pets, Humor, Hoarding, Children, Writing, Living, Home, Messy Desk, Living News

They've found another one. It's been all over the news. This sweet, innocent-looking granny hasn't seen fit to throw anything out since the Nixon administration. She's a hoarder.

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A Guided Tour Through the Home of the Author

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 09.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Tour, Humor, Historical Preservation, Home, Writing, Parody, Comedy News

Hello everyone, and welcome to the home of Josh Rosenblatt. If you'll kindly give me your complete attention, we should be done in about three minutes, and then we can go get those hot dogs I promised you.

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The History of Drama (Part One)

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Entertainment, Show Business, Writing, Hollywood, Illinois, Family, Living News

All those years of listening to my family spin their outrageous tales had in fact been a master class in recognizing which part of a story could be funny, which part held the most drama or suspense and how to leave your listeners panting for more.

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Notes From These Pajamas: The Diary of a Freelance Writer

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Writing, Diary, Journal, Freelance, Job Losses, Movie Review, Freelance Writers, Matthew McConaughey, Resolve, Earthquake, Goethe, Sex Regrets, Pajamas, Focault, Media News

Thinking about the beauty of the universe; about the fleeting preciousness of life; about the fact that I haven't been outside all day; about the fact I may not have gone outside yesterday either.

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Julie & Julia: When the World Writes You Back

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.08.2009 | Entertainment

No matter what twists we see in Publishing 2.0, a love story running through Julie & Julia is that sometimes, after the solitary act of writing, the world writes you back.

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Writing and Yoga

Jen Grisanti | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, The Balanced Life, Inspiration, Routine, Writing, Motivation, Spirituality, Screenwriting, Truth, Living News

Clarity is an important ingredient in feeling free to express yourself.

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My Own Private Recession

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Recession, Poverty, Writing, Economy, Freelance, Print Journalism, Subprime Mortgages, Economic Recession, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Board of Directors, Journalism, US Recession, Living News

To Our Stockholders: 2009 has proven to be a harder year than we, the Board of Directors of Josh Rosenblatt Enterprises, anticipated. The financial m...

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Under-Employment

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Under-Employment, Job Losses, Jobs, Acting, Job Loss, Unemployment, Writing, Entertainment, Show Business, Boston Legal, Hollywood, Living News

In my humble opinion, the trick is not to obsess or become phobic about periods of "under-employment," but to realize that (for most of us) they are simply inevitable.

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My Daughter, the Best-Selling Novelist

Marty Kaplan | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Isabel Kaplan, Books, Writing, Entertainment News

By the way, have I mentioned that my daughter's novel is a bestseller? Hancock Park by Isabel Kaplan has now made it onto the Los Angeles Times hardback fiction bestseller list for two weeks running.

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Writing Your Truth

Jen Grisanti | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Change, Writing, Self-Worth, Freedom of Expression, Climate Change, Integrity, Truth, Screenwriting, Living News

Writing is a special and essential tool available to everyone that provides a cathartic opportunity to reflect on life, its evolutions, and our perspectives on it.

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Interview with Mike Sacks, Author of "And Here's the Kicker"

Teddy Wayne | Posted 08.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Comedy Writing, McSweeney's, Mike Sacks, Humor, Writing, Humor and Satire, Vanity Fair, Comedy News

As a frequent collaborator with Sacks, I decided to turn the tables and interview him about his own craft, his theory about OCD and comedy, and, inevitably, Milton Berle's penis.

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Creating Your Own Questions

Robert Rose | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Analyzing Reading, Reading, Writing, Creating Questions, Living News

The process of asking questions makes you think more deeply and thoughtfully about what you have read or a program that you've seen or an idea that has been discussed.

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How Abraham Lincoln's "Hot Letters" Can Keep You From Going All Alice Hoffman

David Quigg | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Publishing, Twitter, Civil War, Boston Globe, Doris Kearns Goodwin, George Meade, Team of Rivals, Roberta Silman, Writing, Books, Abraham Lincoln, E-Mail, Alice Hoffman, Novelists, Critics, Anger Management, Media News

We all have our limits. Abraham Lincoln's limit is that he left behind no wise counsel for the man who finds himself garmentless at 30,000 feet. But he did leave something for the Twitterers.

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3 Steps to Move Past Your Hang Ups

Therese Borchard | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Self-Esteem, Writing, Self-Doubt, Inner Critic, Self-Confidence, The Inner Life, Living News

I used to be afraid to write. I forgot about how much progress I've made in this area until a friend dropped by the other day and I handed him a bound galley of my book.

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Behind the Wall

Jamie Wetherbe | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Jail, Writing Workshop, Imprisonment, Crime, Prison, Writing, Living News

I was working for a nonprofit, which offersclasses -- like acting, music and even meditation -- and programs, like GED, to youth offenders. The guys at this facility are lucky: For the most part, other centers just let kids sit in cells.

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Would Allen Ginsberg Like Twitter?

Marissa Moss | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Creativity, Twitter, Jack Kerouac, Social Networking, Writing, Maureen Dowd, Media, Facebook, Music, Allen Ginsberg, Tweets, Poetry, Charlie Parker, Technology, Huffington Post, Blogging, Media News

First thought, best thought. Improvisational jazz, poetry slams and music jams, Ginsberg, Kerouac. First thought, best thought. Holy hell. Is that Twitter?

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Challenges for Rick & Bobo

Robert Rose | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Novels, Education, Education Reform, Education Policy, Reading, Writing, Politics News

Reading and writing are basically thinking skills. Once you learn how the symbols for the sounds look and sound, you need to know what they represent or mean.

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