Archives in Category: Writing

Ten minutes to write. Less time to read.

Contest

Posted on February 2, 2006

There are a myriad of literary contests out there, trying to lure applicants with modest submission fees and boastful promises of publication. I’ve succumbed to more than one, usually to be disappointed.

But today an offer crossed my desk I

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Out with the Old

Posted on January 1, 2006

As the first day of the New Year waned, I read the local Sunday newspaper and found a most interesting article about words that should be banned in 2006. No, they’re not the four-letter sort, although they’re just as uncreative.

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Final Blog

Posted on December 31, 2005

This is my final blog for 2005. I started writing “Ten Minutes to Write, Less Time to Read” in May, 2004 and have logged hundreds of blogs and thousands of words since. I think I’ve reached beyond my family and

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Judith Pearson

Posted on November 14, 2005

Yesterday afternoon Earl all but dragged me to a book signing at The Box Factory, a local artists’ hangout. He wanted to hear author Judith Pearson speak about her recent book, The Wolves at the Door, which chronicles the life

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Covers

Posted on November 4, 2005

I lost count of the number of magazines Earl subscribes to long before I gave up trying to read them all. Now, as they pour into our house, I merely glance at the covers and draw some quick conclusions.

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Differently Abled

Posted on October 15, 2005

While deconstruction and reconstruction pushed on around me, I needed a break from the dust and dirt of my present lifestyle. So I started reading The Ha-Ha, a first novel by Dave King. The title itself was enough to draw

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White Sox

Posted on October 9, 2005

The Chicago White Sox are resting a couple days while they find out if they play the New York Yankees or the Los Angeles Angels for their league championship. The next series begins this Tuesday, and Earl and I will

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A Good One

Posted on August 17, 2005

I remember the first time someone said, “Have a good one” to me. It was 1986, and I worked in the public relations department at Condell Memorial Hospital in Libertyville. His name was Tom; he was a printing broker; and

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Blogging

Posted on August 16, 2005

The thing about blogging is that it’s a good news, bad news thing. The good news is that blogging potentially exposes the blogger to many more readers than he or she could ever reach under traditional means. Blogging also keeps

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Sorry About That

Posted on August 14, 2005

“Oops, I forgot your toast,” the server said, as she laid the rest of our breakfast on the table. “Sorry about that.”

“Hey, our head chef didn’t come in to work today, and nobody else knows how to make poached

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