Write Your Life: Archive

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died →

latimes: North Korean officials have announced the death of leader Kim Jong Il, according to Associated Press. More soon.

Dec 19th

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MeliSwenk: Proofreading and Editing Services →

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Aug 31st

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Completed Project

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Aug 9th

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Mar 30th

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LOL, OMG, Heart Symbol Added to Oxford English... →

“Initialisms”—I am totally digging on this term, which is referencing things like LOL and OMG.

Mar 28th

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Colorado Senate Passes Civil Union Bill -... →

Thank you, Colorado! :)

Mar 27th

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BBC News - Religion may become extinct in nine... →

I don’t honestly believe religion will ever truly be extinct; however, I think people will be less likely over time to believe because fanatic fundamentalists tend to have the loudest voices and no one wants to be associated with them. It’s kind of sad.

Mar 27th

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Mar 23rd

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Mar 23rd

boydecay asked: hey thanks! i got it at like, walmart, i swear. I love it, super functional :D

Mar 15th

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“If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite...”

– Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Mar 10th

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“Life isn’t a support system for art. It’s the other way around.”

– Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir on the Craft

Mar 9th

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To Reach for the Next Thing

“When you step out onto the ineffable fabric of your own invention, it is key, essential to act just like that character in the cartoons who steps off the cliff into absolute air. Do not look down. You wrote it; you can stand on it to reach for the next thing.” Ron Carlson, Ron Carlson Writes a Story It is this kind of confidence that I need to continue to have in my own writing...

Mar 5th

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A Nation of Politically Misallied Misfits

“Misfits don’t want to join political parties or fall in love. They want to light out for the territories, proclaim their belief in purity, acquire some firepower, and stay clean. They think of themselves as heroic. The quest is secondary and often incoherent and unintelligible. It is undertaken in a condition of cheerfulness…” Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House 2nd...

Mar 4th

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Feb 25th

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Feb 25th

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Feb 23rd

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Saint Valentine's Day - February 14th →

In addition to some well-earned making out, learn about why making out today is SO special! Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

Feb 15th

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“People say, ‘I’m going to sleep now,’ as if it were nothing. But it’s really a...”

– Talk about defamiliarization! George Carlin (via theunknownwords)

Feb 3rd

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Feb 3rd

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Feb 3rd

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Feb 3rd

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Romance: Letters from Mary Wollstonecraft to...

I’m currently reading a text, for my oral comprehensive exam, called Women and Romance: A Reader. It is a stunning compilation of essays, letters, fiction and non-fiction works, and literary criticism from as early as the 11th century to as contemporary as 1998 speaking about the idea of romance. The idea of love. What those concepts mean to us (generally speaking, women) as people and as...

Feb 2nd

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Jan 24th

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Playboys and Ice Cream

——-Shared at a PostSecret Event——- In Fourth Grade I stole my dad’s Playboys and sold them to my friends so I’d have money for the ice-cream truck. Ha! This totally would have been me after I read the magazine, of course! :D

Jan 24th

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