Tag: wombats
member name: Catherine M.
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January 17, 2008 12:56 AM EST --
As many of you know, Amazon is sponsoring a contest called the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, or ABNA. On Tuesday, the semifinalists were announced: 836 of the original 5000 manuscripts were selected . . .
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August 11, 2007 06:05 PM EDT --
Welcome to my mountain retreat! I hope the hairpin curves on the way up weren't too hair-raising. We call those turns no-shit-25s, meaning: the posted speed limit is more than a recommendation. . . .
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January 15, 2008 01:56 PM EST --
Compelling books are based on compelling characters. I loved Piscine Molitor Patel in Life of Pi, who was named after a swimming pool and embraced three religions - Hindi, Islam, and Christianity - . . .
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May 06, 2009 08:31 PM EDT --
Being a Princess of Rejection, I have observed the stages of this process frequently. Here they are, at least in my life:
Stage 1: Disappointment. Not that pale, aw-shucks, kick-the-dust kind of emotion . . .
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September 12, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
Okay, this is going to be a real trip - of the imagination. Because first, you need to imagine that I'm fabulously wealthy, and have not only rented an entire 15th century palazza in Firenze, . . .
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February 10, 2009 08:25 PM EST --
"Billy, come here."
"What?"
"I said, Come. Here." Celie adjusted her grip on the step ladder and tried not to look down. "Hurry. Up."
"I'm coming, . . .
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