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Selfish Writing
Should the fear of judgement win over the possibility of something written resonating with your friends, loved ones and complete strangers?
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The Karate Kid
Released in 2010, “The Karate Kid” conveys three things: the awkwardness of a displaced twelve year old, ordinary moments of life in China and last of all, the magic of Kung fu.
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The American Dream – How Undo Saved Me
I stared out the front seat while battling an urge to cough. The airport shuttle van was full. Los Angeles airport disappeared from view and it finally hit me that I was in America. I had the sudden urge to shout wildly, “Namaste. Thaank you, come again.” The sane part of me insisted that this…
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Fast Bikes
A slight flick of the wrist and in about four seconds, the wind is screaming at you and the speedometer reads out 60+. In an instant I was transported back to my early teens, back to the first time I rode a motorcycle. The sheer exhilaration and thrill of moving with so much momentum. You’re…
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Like Dreams and Beasts
Sherry Turkle, a professor at MIT, wrote in her book, Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet: Like dreams and beasts, the computer stands on the margins. It is a mind that is not yet a mind. It is inanimate, yet interactive. It does not think, yet neither is it external…
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Confessions on Life, Death and God
PostSecret shows that people, now more than ever, yearn to be heard. People mail postcards to PostSecret, scrawling away one of their secrets, due to be published on the blog in the coming week. It gets scary at times. And sad. They have compiled a book: Confessions on Life, Death and God. There is also…
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A Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin
This is the first book in the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series by American novelist George R. R. Martin. It has more “real elements” than your usual fantasy book. The politics revolving around the throne of the kingdom is the main setting. The fantasy theme rears its head slowly and promises much more…
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Grammar
A good thing about the “New York Public Library Writer’s Guide to Style and Usage” is that they have great excerpts. The sample sentences are from actual books and there is story and emotion revolving around all things writing.
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