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NaNoWriMo: Write On! Right On!

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Don't stop. Keep on writing — or being creative in a way that makes you happy. Carry On. Write On. Right on!

Poetry Wednesday: Noël

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Noël When snow is shaken From the balsam trees And they're cut down And brought into our houses When clustered sparks Of many-colored fire Appear at night In ordinary windows We hear and sing The customary carols They bring us ragged miracles And hay and candles And flowering weeds of poetry That are loved all the more Because they are so common But there are carols That carry phrases Of the haunting music Of the other world A music wild and dangerous As a prophet's message Or the fresh truth of children Who though they come to us From our own bodies Are altogether new With their small limbs And birdlike voices They look at us With their clear eyes And ask the piercing questions God alone can answer.  by Anne Porter from Living Things . © Zoland Books, 2006. Courtesy of The Writer's Almanac and poets.org

NaNoWriMo: Inspiration Works

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Poetry Wednesday: I Could Pee On This

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Chronicle Books has given true poets a voice: cats. Purchase the poetry book, I Could Pee On This: And Other Poems By Cats from Chronicle Books.

NaNoWriMo: Ten Steps to Becoming a Better Writer

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Well, what are you waiting for? Go write!

Poetry Wednesday: The Wound-Dresser

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  The Wound-Dresser 1 An old man bending I come among new faces, Years looking backward resuming in answer to children, Come tell us old man, as from young men and maidens that love me, (Arous'd and angry, I'd thought to beat the alarum, and urge relentless war, But soon my fingers fail'd me, my face droop'd and I resign'd myself, To sit by the wounded and soothe them, or silently watch the dead;) Years hence of these scenes, of these furious passions, these chances, Of unsurpass'd heroes, (was one side so brave? the other was equally brave;) Now be witness again, paint the mightiest armies of earth, Of those armies so rapid so wondrous what saw you to tell us? What stays with you latest and deepest? of curious panics, Of hard-fought engagements or sieges tremendous what de...

NaNoWriMo: Lost in the Woods

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Fellow adventurers, I share with you a fantastic entry on Brain Pickings that hopefully will serve as inspiration as you venture into unfamiliar lands during NaNoWriMo. Click here to read the list kindly typed out by Maria Popova. Once you are done here, go to the Brain Pickings website . Support that incredible effort and all it brings you. You'll be glad you did. And find out more about NaNoWriMo — it's a fun challenge you'll be glad you did. Well, when it's over, you'll be glad. Like training for a marathon: it's often less painful in your rear-view mirror.

Poetry Wednesday: Getting out of Bed

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A Haiku About Gettin g Out of Bed No no no no no No no no no no no no No no no no no Photo by Dorit Salutskij via Pinterest

When Bookworms Rule the World— Soon...

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But take your book with you, if you must, on Election Day (U.S.: November 6). Power to the readers! Graphic courtesy Writers Relief