Saturday, December 29, 2018
What to Call People From Every State
What to Call People From Every State: You probably know a few state demonyms—the words you call people or things from a specific state—like “Pennsylvanian” or “Texan” or the entertaining “Michigander.” You might even know that Wikipedia keeps a list of semi-official state demonyms, plus alternate options. But did you know that state demonyms follow a regional pattern?
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
BOOK WITHDRAWAL POLICY
BOOK WITHDRAWAL POLICY: withdrawal is an important aspect of collection development. When library books lose the value for which they were originally selected, they should be withdrawn so that the collection remains vital and useful. The withdrawal of books is based on the following guidelines:
1. To remove physically worn out or damaged volumes from the library.
2. To eliminate books containing obsolete information.
3. To remove duplicate copies of titles that have waned in popularity, eliminating those most physically damaged or worn.
3. To consider for withdrawal, books which have not been checked out for several years. The library's rule of thumb on most materials is that if it has not been checked out in five years it may be discarded. Points to consider include the current popularity of the author and the historical and literary significance of the material in question.
Disposition of Withdrawn Materials:
All materials withdrawn from the collection should be stamped as "discarded" or "withdrawn.
The Library Director in agreement with the Regional Library Board of Trustees will make the final decisions regarding the disposition of materials withdrawn from the collection.
1. To remove physically worn out or damaged volumes from the library.
2. To eliminate books containing obsolete information.
3. To remove duplicate copies of titles that have waned in popularity, eliminating those most physically damaged or worn.
3. To consider for withdrawal, books which have not been checked out for several years. The library's rule of thumb on most materials is that if it has not been checked out in five years it may be discarded. Points to consider include the current popularity of the author and the historical and literary significance of the material in question.
Disposition of Withdrawn Materials:
All materials withdrawn from the collection should be stamped as "discarded" or "withdrawn.
The Library Director in agreement with the Regional Library Board of Trustees will make the final decisions regarding the disposition of materials withdrawn from the collection.
Friday, November 30, 2018
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) | Coursera
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) | Coursera: Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) from University of Pennsylvania. ModPo is a fast-paced introduction to modern and contemporary U.S. poetry, with an emphasis on experimental verse, from Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman to the ...
Thursday, November 15, 2018
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Saturday, October 27, 2018
Little Free Library Shop - Libraries, Accessories, Apparel and More
Little Free Library Shop - Libraries, Accessories, Apparel and More
Good project for school shop classes and non profits in #Sequim.
Good project for school shop classes and non profits in #Sequim.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Monday, October 8, 2018
Owl Canyon Press Submission Manager - Owl Canyon Press Short Story Hackathon #2
Owl Canyon Press Submission Manager - Owl Canyon Press Short Story Hackathon #2: Owl Canyon Press Submission Manager Powered By Submittable - Accept and Curate Digital Content
How listening to our 4.1 million users inspired a new product idea
How listening to our 4.1 million users inspired a new product idea: People were renting kayaks and canoes and getting fitted for life jackets. It was a brilliant, sunny day and the air buzzed with excitement. They want to soak up a summer afternoon. Spend time with…
Sunday, October 7, 2018
about us — the tiny journal
about us — the tiny journal: The Tiny Journal is a semi-annual online literary journal that publishes
beautiful and short nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
beautiful and short nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
Friday, September 21, 2018
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Author of How to Murder Your Husband charged with murdering her husband
Author of How to Murder Your Husband charged with murdering her husband: Authorities in Oregon say 68-year-old romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy was arrested for allegedly gunning down her husband at the Oregon Culinary Institute in Portland in June. In 2011, Crampton Brophy wrote an essay titled "How to Murder Your Husband."
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Cleaver Magazine's Fall Lit Issue �� ��
Cleaver Magazine's Fall Lit Issue �� ��: No Collusion! No kidding! Cleaver's Fall issue is live with 15 poems, 9 short stories, 11 flash pieces, 5 works of creative nonfiction, photography, and Emily Steinberg's newest visual narrative.
Monday, August 27, 2018
Appendix:Medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms - Wiktionary
Appendix:Medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms - Wiktionary
Play a little game and make up your own medical words....
Play a little game and make up your own medical words....
Friday, August 24, 2018
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Sunday, August 5, 2018
100 Word Story. The CUE word was POWER
Power was delivered to the wheels through the Casemont confabulator. The spiral downdraft tube assembly provided the high octane oxidant to the Belkins oval-throat chambers at the side of the main assembly. We took our chances when we cooled and boosted both of the Merrymount thrust bobbins containing the spindle head valve jacks.
We installed a dozen, brass, hand formed whipple cups for better lubrication, hoping to stabilize redundant lifter spin at high revolutions.
The zenith of measureable output came the day we readjusted the Neiki spinners in the flux field, allowing more ribbons of plasma to enter the Merrymounts.
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Monday, July 30, 2018
LIST OF LITERARY MAGAZINES-USE Googe to find websites.
Literary Magazines: from EWRiron Lung Magazine Litbreak Magazine CLOCKHOUSE The Drum Literary Magazine Meat for Tea: The Valley Review Postcard Poems and Prose The Literary Bohemian phati’tude Literary Magazine The Southeast Review Copaiba Literary Review Empty Mirror The Vestal Review The Antigonish Review The Fiddlehead The Malahat Review The Iowa Review Sequestrum Concho River Review The Ellis Review Pøst- Fiction International James Dickey Review The Black Fox Literary Magazine Bellevue Literary Review Black Warrior Review The Café Review F(r)iction The Chaos Journal of Personal Narrative Grotesque Quarterly
Sunday, July 29, 2018
100 Word Story
The cue words for this week were: Mug, Unfortunate, Global, Grime, Elephant, Splat and Dread
My mug was the result of an unfortunate accident. There was an profusion of global grime and chemicals in the atmosphere. My poor, expectant mother was exposed to such pollution, as the official elephant tender at the town zoo in Cape May. This was determined to be the most significant cause for my deformity. My nose did not grow nor form naturally from the center of my face. It was more of a careless splat of flesh and gristle that “the dread designer” chose for me . I survived as a bit player in off-off Broadway productions of Russian playwrights.
Saturday, July 28, 2018
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Collective NOUNS for animals.
Animals : some collective nouns https://www.herbweb.org/animals-collective-nouns.html
A collection of crocodiles is called a BASK.
Monday, July 16, 2018
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Saturday, July 7, 2018
Friday, July 6, 2018
Freedom in Poetry by Robert Pinsky | Poetry Foundation
Freedom in Poetry by Robert Pinsky | Poetry Foundation
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"Impulses, swerves, collisions, flights, descents, gags, indirections, surprises, exploding cigars, non sequiturs: all are allowed or encouraged, and all in some sense begin to create their own principles."
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"Impulses, swerves, collisions, flights, descents, gags, indirections, surprises, exploding cigars, non sequiturs: all are allowed or encouraged, and all in some sense begin to create their own principles."
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
100 Word story with prompt: Prompt Screech Future Gyrate Frustration Majestic
We were promised a majestic future. We got no such thing. Someone dropped me here, and left me with no guidance, no promise of majestic accomplishments, and no way out. A remote radio prompt was sent every hour or so. The last one had me engage the drill and gyrate enough to jar a rock sample loose for inspection, photos and subsequent transmission. The frustration grew by the day. I’d beep and screech so earth station personnel would be alerted. As the last iteration of the Mars Rover, my time was almost up, after fifteen long years. I was dying.
Sunday, June 24, 2018
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018
MFA programs in writing....
From editorial dated 2014
...considering the explosion of the MFA in the past 40 years: from a mere 79 programs in 1979 to 854 today
...considering the explosion of the MFA in the past 40 years: from a mere 79 programs in 1979 to 854 today
Monday, May 28, 2018
Friday, May 18, 2018
FOURTH FRIDAY READINGS - Friday, May 25,
FOURTH FRIDAY READINGS
Friday, May 25, 2018 – 6:15 pm*
At The Lodge (Media Room)
660 Evergreen Farm Way (off 5th Avenue), Sequim
Featured Writers are John Anderson & Judith Duncan
5-MINUTE OPEN MIC READINGS
Bring poems, short-short stories or memoir/novel snippets.
Rehearse in advance, Readings are timed.
Sign in to Read
Guidelines available. Heidi@olypen.com
Arrive early for snack and coffee at The Espresso bistro
Sponsored by Writers on the Spit
*Note new starting time to accommodate more readings!
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Friday, May 11, 2018
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Stealing lines from other poets....
“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.”
Thursday, May 3, 2018
1000 Creative Writing Prompts Box Set: Five Books, 5, 000 Prompts to Beat Writer's Block - Kindle edition by Bryan Cohen, Jeremiah Jones. Reference Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
1000 Creative Writing Prompts Box Set: Five Books, 5, 000 Prompts to Beat Writer's Block - Kindle edition by Bryan Cohen, Jeremiah Jones. Reference Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Be sure to choose LOOK INSIDE when you view the page so you can read prompts.
Saturday, April 28, 2018
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Creative Random Word Generator - from 1 to 8 random words
Creative Random Word Generator - 8 random words
Use the free, on line tool to generate words to be used for story CUES. No registration!
Use the free, on line tool to generate words to be used for story CUES. No registration!
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Thursday, March 29, 2018
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
Literary Magazines | Poets & Writers
Literary Magazines | Poets & Writers
Connect your poems, stories, essays, and reviews to the right audiences by researching over twelve hundred literary magazines in our database. Here, you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, contact information—everything you need to direct your work to the publications most amenable to your vision.
Connect your poems, stories, essays, and reviews to the right audiences by researching over twelve hundred literary magazines in our database. Here, you’ll find editorial policies, submission guidelines, contact information—everything you need to direct your work to the publications most amenable to your vision.
6 Step Book Planning Worksheet
FROM BRIAN TRACY.......PDF FILE: 6 Step Book Planning Worksheet
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Friday, March 2, 2018
7 Ways to Bring More Artistry to Your Writing - Copyblogger
7 Ways to Bring More Artistry to Your Writing - Copyblogger
I post a lot of opinions of a variety of writers. Some of them might resonate with you. Some might not.
I post a lot of opinions of a variety of writers. Some of them might resonate with you. Some might not.
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Jack Milgram » Authors » Custom Writing Service Blog
Jack Milgram » Authors » Custom Writing Service Blog
Jack emailed me recently and offered an infographic. I thought it was more prudent to link to his business site. If I am wrong and/or presumptuous, pardon me.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
FOURTH FRIDAY READINGS
FOURTH FRIDAY READINGS
Friday, February 23, 2018 – 6:30 pm
At The Lodge (Media Room)
660 Evergreen Farm Way (off 5th Avenue), Sequim
FEATURING
rex barton and ken leuthold
Plus 5-Minute Open Mic Reading
Bring poems, short-short stories or memoir/novel snippets.
Rehearse in advance, Readings are timed.
Sign in to Read
Guidelines available - Heidi@olypen.com
Arrive early for snack and coffee at The Espresso Bistro
Sponsored by Writers on the Spit
Friday, February 16, 2018
Monday, February 5, 2018
FOURTH FRIDAY READINGS Friday, February 23, 2018 – 6:30 pm
FOURTH FRIDAY READINGS
Friday, February 23, 2018 – 6:30 pm
At The Lodge (Media Room)
660 Evergreen Farm
Way (off 5th Avenue), Sequim
Way (off 5th Avenue), Sequim
FEATURING
rex barton and ken leuthold
Plus 5-Minute Open Mic Reading
Bring poems, short-short stories or memoir/novel snippets.
Rehearse in advance, Readings are timed.
Sign in to Read
Arrive early for snack
and coffee at The Espresso Bistro
and coffee at The Espresso Bistro
Sponsored by Writers
on the Spit
on the Spit
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Monday, January 22, 2018
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
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