Tag: education
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April 03, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
Here on land, the wonders of nature are easy to see -- strap on some hiking boots or climb on your mountain bike and off you go. Underwater, however, unless you're a certified SCUBA diver, colorful . . .
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January 17, 2007 09:11 PM EST --
Riding the Rails during the Great Depression
Berkeley Hackett made his first trip in 1929 at 13, riding with his stepfather from Flint, Michigan to Kalamazoo to get a summer job working in . . .
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July 16, 2007 12:12 AM EDT --
The Vette screeched to a stop in front of the massage parlor. I clutched the plastic wrapped manila envelope to my chest, anxious to expose the contents, and ease my mind about Lupe'. Breedlove . . .
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April 25, 2007 05:57 PM EDT --
Boothill Cemetery, Tombstone Az.
Boothill Cemetery, Tombstone, Az.
There are Boothill Cemeteries all over the United States from . . .
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June 16, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
When his father lost his job in 1931, Jim Mitchell saw his family slide to rock bottom in . . .
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March 21, 2007 12:45 PM EDT --
Road trips can be an exhilarating experience for writers. When alone, the open road provides a time to ponder story ideas, explore plot turns and character developments. Or, a time . . .
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March 12, 2007 06:00 PM EDT --
It’s official. TRACKS, my novel in stories, is now in operation. Chapter one is available for the Gather community to read and rate.
Tracks takes place on an Amtrak . . .
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July 23, 2007 09:20 AM EDT --
Let's go on a journey together to meet the world's largest animals, the whales.
We begin at Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts on board the Whale Watcher from Hyannis Whale Watcher . . .
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October 03, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
Life has a way of handing us great moments when we least expect them. And so it was with my summer as an on board naturalist on the Whale Watcher out of Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod, MA.
I would . . .
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March 09, 2007 12:37 PM EST --
No, this isn’t a political announcement on the war on terror or the spreading of democracy. It’s about my story, “Freedom.”
"Freedom" is a story . . .
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April 06, 2007 12:04 AM EDT --
TRACKS, a novel in stories, has moved ahead to round two of Gather's First Chapters Writing Competition. The winning entry will be published by Simon and Schuster.
Out of more than 2,600 entries, . . .
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May 15, 2007 12:11 PM EDT --
Last Friday, I read from TRACKS, my novel in stories, on National Public Radio. The reading, which aired on WYPR’s The Signal, was broadcast at noon and again at 7 p.m. on May 11.
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June 05, 2007 05:26 PM EDT --
The Maryland Writers Association recently announced the winners for their 2007 Short Works Contest.
In the fiction category, the winners, as published on the MWA website, are:
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March 02, 2007 06:14 PM EST --
Since coming to Gather about a month ago, I’ve enjoyed sharing stories about the writers I’ve met and the advice they have to share about writing -- writers like John Irving, Tom Wolfe, . . .
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March 16, 2007 10:55 AM EDT --
Some of you have asked me about “Freedom.” No, not in a political or philosophical way; Freedom is a story that is being published as a serial in Coloquio, an online newsletter with more . . .
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April 25, 2007 12:07 AM EDT --
Tomorrow is my birthday. For the second year in a row -- coincidently -- I am spending my birthday away from my family at a writing conference in Chicago.
“What do you want . . .
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April 25, 2007 09:51 AM EDT --
Earlier this week, I took the train from Baltimore to Chicago. The Amtrak Cardinal Line 51 took me on a 26-hour stretch through Maryland, DC, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indianapolis, . . .
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February 26, 2007 06:06 PM EST --
On the heels of a successful fiction reading at the Patterson Theater in downtown Baltimore, I received more good news. My short story, "Freedom," is being published in Coloquio.
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April 20, 2007 12:44 PM EDT --
I’ve got a ticket to ride! Next week I’ll be in Chicago for a conference. And guess how I’m getting there? By train!
I’ll be traveling on the . . .
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February 21, 2007 05:14 PM EST --
NOTE: This excerpt has been temporarily removed by the author in compliance with the Gather.com First Chapters Writing Competition submission guidelines. Tracks is now a contestant in the novel contest . . .
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