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Bibliophilia
I snagged this off of ChrisRusso's site, and he took it from someone else's site. Feel free to steal it. Hardback or trade paperback or mass market paperback? I like the look of hardbacks better, but they're more expensi… -
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"Jagged with Love," a book of poetry written by one of my classmates from Indiana Wesleyan University. It is pretty cool to see people I know publishing books. And it encourages and motivates me in my own writing project… -
The Apple Pie Tree
One of the best things about my job as a preschool aide ... I get paid to read all kinds of fun kids' books, and I get ideas for my own writing through those books. The theme in all the classes at our school these past f… -
My book list ...
A book that changed your life. "The Five Love Languages" by Gary Chapman; the Bible. A book that you've read more than once. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte; "A Year Down Yonder" and "A Long Way From Chicago" by Richard… -
Another quote on writing:
"It seems to me that people who advise "write what you know" drastically underestimate the human capacity for imagining what lies beyond our immediate knowledge and for understanding what is new to us. Equally, they over… -
Quoting from "Invitations to the World: Teaching and Writing for the Young":
Richard Peck is my absolute favorite author. He taught junior high and high school English for years before becoming a writer for young adults. "I'd been driven to this extreme by seventh-graders," he says. Aspiring myse… -
Things that go bump in the night
My job has turned me into more of a night owl these past four years, so much of my reading is done near or past the midnight hour when the rest of the world is asleep. The house is quiet and everything is dark, and it's … -
Thinking about how God works through books
Somewhere during my high school years, in the midst of English class reading assignments like Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter," Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath," and Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby," I missed out on read… -
A slightly early Valentine's Day poem
In the desertIn the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter - bitter," he answered; "But I like it …
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- Name: Rachael
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