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Music is a part of our lives. We’ve all got a soundtrack
that’s taken us from moment to moment as we trudge through our
long days. Songs that remind us of both good times and bad
times when they come on the radio. Some songs hold more
meaning than others, and sometimes that meaning comes from the
actual artist. For my Mom it was Neil Diamond. For
me, it’s Bruce Springsteen. His songs helped me through
life and continue to do so. The ease with which I can
identify with his lyrics is uncanny. He effortlessly puts me
inside his stories using a storytelling ability that is second
to none. He uses words to their fullest extent, calling on
only the strongest, and most desperate sounding phrases.
Bruce paints a picture that could hang in any of the world’s
museums. If only one could find a way to materialize it.
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The Idea Catcher: The Word
Collector, by Yvonne
Russell
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Some people collect teapots.
Others collect first edition books. Okay, I’ll admit it. My house
is full of what I like to call “eclectic collectables.” My husband
is a patient man, but I sometimes catch him casting a surreptitious
sideways glance at my teetering treasures, with a “wish we could
clear that space” type of look. I jokingly remind him of his
friend, Jim’s philosophy - “If you haven’t found a use for it, you
haven’t kept it long enough.”
That’s the way I
feel about words. Go Jim!! I am
a word collector.
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Freelancing: An
Apprenticeship for Life
by Susan M. Thompson
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Even now, with the
clients and published works I have in place, I still feel
the fear gripping my heart. It tries to suck every bit
of positive energy from my body and leave me with an
empty shell. Only, the fear, gets
so far, and gets kicked aside by the super-ego. The voice inside of me
that says this is so worthwhile and yes I can do it!
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New member magpie says:
I was about
to have a love for writing and had
wonderful ideas. But since I have
experienced in the last 3 years many
deaths, I have lost my zest. Help!
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We're already in the middle of
the first month of the New Year!
What are your
resolutions, and what plans do you
have to make them happen and to keep
them?
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A Million Little Pieces or
a Million Little Lies? How do you
feel about the discovery that James
Frey's popular nonfiction memoir,
even chosen for Oprah's book club,
contains more fiction than truth?
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Where do
you find inspiration for your
writing? In what ways do you try to
seek inspiration, even when it may
elude you momentarily?
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The second line consists of seven
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The third (3) line consists of five
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