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Archive for March, 2007
Victorian Easter Chicks
Saturday, March 31, 2007Posted in Art, Cafe Press, Copper Cockeral Cards And Gifts, Easter, Victorian, baby chicks, chickens, flowers, gifts, hens, postcard, rooster, tote bag | Leave a Comment »
Hello world! We are moveing online!
Friday, March 30, 2007Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!
This is the first post for this blog. As you may have noticed, there are older posts here. Why? Simple answer: In order to start this blog I transfered another blog from BlogSpot here to WordPress, so you are seeing posts [...]
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Writing Exercise: Word of the Day: Panspermia
Thursday, March 29, 2007Writing exercises come in many forms. Basicly anything that can inspire you to write a story, can become a writing exercise. Well, today I came across a word which I had never heard before: Panspermia. I looked at that word and thought: “What the hell?” It wasn’t used in a sentance so I had no [...]
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Writing Tip of the Day: March 29, 2007: Critics
Thursday, March 29, 2007When you receive critical advice or feedback about your writing, learn to evaluate it then follow your instincts.
Get feedback, any and all feedback, about your story. Feedback is important, it well tell you more about yourself and your writing style than you really want to know, but it’s a lesson worth learning.
Listen to those who [...]
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Share the Link Love
Thursday, March 29, 2007As you know I’m a regular reader of ProBlogger, it’s prob’ly the blog I read more than any other; it’s certainly the one I talk about most often here on Star Log. Well, today I was reading this post on ProBlogger, and of course it lead me to reading the links in it, includeing this one.
Oh [...]
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New From The Twighlight Manor Press: 2008 Calendar
Thursday, March 29, 2007Twighlight Manor Press on LuLuTwighlight Manor Art by Wendy C. Allen 2008 12 month calendarAll art, drawings, and paintings by Wendy C. Allen, featureing the characters from the Twighlight Manor series, including EelKat, Sir Roderic, Etiole, Xavier, and more.Price: $19.79
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New From The Twighlight Manor Press: 2008 Calendar
Thursday, March 29, 2007Twighlight Manor Press on LuLu
Twighlight Manor Art by Wendy C. Allen 2008 12 month calendar
All art, drawings, and paintings by Wendy C. Allen, featureing the characters from the Twighlight Manor series, including EelKat, Sir Roderic, Etiole, Xavier, and more.
Price: $19.79
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SPAM???
Wednesday, March 28, 2007(¯`•Stormraven•._) wrote: define spam?
on my board im puttin a spam board, and most people that are joined to my forum dont know what spam is, so i wanna put an announcment about ‘what is spam’, can someone help me out and write me the announcment?EDIT: please
So you want to know about SPAM? All right.
Did you [...]
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Writing Tip of the Day: March 28, 2007: Editing
Wednesday, March 28, 2007Never resist editing. Your writing isn’t etched in stone and can always be improved for the reader. Some of you are now throwing stones, and type hate emails for me. I know, I hate editing just as much as any other writer, but fact is, it must be done, so you might as well drop [...]
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LuLu has come a long way
Wednesday, March 28, 2007LuLu seems to be on many writers minds lately. It seems like everywhere I go, someone is talking about how they have published a book on LuLu. I look at these people and I say: “LuLu! You have got to be kidding! Who in their right mind would get a book published by LuLu!” I [...]
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Weirdly Wednesday: Poe’s Military Career: Nevermore
Tuesday, March 27, 2007Well, it’s Wednesday once again, and you know what that means. That means it’s time for me to post the Star Log’s latest addition to Weirdly Wednesday. If you are new to The Star Log or to Weirdly Wednesday than here is what Weirdly Wednesday is all about:
Weirdly Wednesday
You can find “Weirdly Wednesday” posts at these [...]
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Harlequin books seeks “real men” for covers
Tuesday, March 27, 2007I saw this article on Yahoo News and thought it to be quite interesting, cause when it comes to romance books, I usually buy them for the cover art, but than rarely ever read the book, all I wanted was the picture on the cover! LOL! Of course all my Harlequins are from the 1970’s [...]
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Writing Tip of the Day: March 27, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007Write with wisdom and careful thought, because in publishing, haste often makes waste. Have you ever stopped to think on this? You must remember that before your book gets to it’s readers, it first has to get past the agents and editors. The slush pile is as wide as it is deep, and the only [...]
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Unusual sea creature…
Monday, March 26, 2007I just saw this picture on another blog:
Under The Sea
Feb 23rd, 2007 by sparky23
[... The picture at the top of this post is of a creature (one of many bizarre and odd beasts) that washed up after the tsunami in Southeast Asia in December of 2004. Its alien strangeness reminds us of the natural possibilities… ...]
Does anyone [...]
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So When Do Writers Get Paid?
Monday, March 26, 2007Answer: Not very often.
I saw this post and had to comment on it over here on my blog:
March 26, 2007
Hard times for authors
Filed under: author, news — by Richard Davies @ 9:22 am
Hello, here we go again with another week in the book world. It seems that it isn’t getting any easier for first-time novelists [...]
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Writing Tip: Reaching 50,000 words useing the 13 Step method…
Monday, March 26, 2007I average 3,000 to 10,000 a day useing this method. yet, when I try for word count, I usually get stuck after about 500. My secret? I use the 13 step method
… why does it work? because you are focused on your plot, not the word count, and when you stop thinking about the words, [...]
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Writing Thought of the Day: March 26, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007Here is an interesting thought. How many would actually want to read their own novel? You have written it out, pouring your very heart and soul into it; with you every fiber you have brought it to light, but would you read it? When you go out and buy a book to read, what kind [...]
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Writing Exercise: Art of the Day: March 26, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007As part of Star Log’s goal to help find ways to inspire writers and help kill writer’s block once and for all, I bring you today’s Art of the Day. The purpose of Art of the Day is to show you a great work of art AND hope that you will take this picture and [...]
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Writing Tip: Reaching 50,000 useing the 13 Step method…
Monday, March 26, 2007I wrote this for NaNoWriMo, but it works for all your writing.
My secret to reaching 50,000
I use the 13 step method… actually it’s the 10 step method, but I like 13, so I changed it.. The 10 Step Method it’s quite a popular method used by many professional best selling writers, not sure who invented [...]
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EelKat as an M&M
Monday, March 26, 2007Well, this is interesting… Did you ever wonder what you would look like if you were an M&M? I just found this site and here is what I would look like if I was an M&M:
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Writing Tip of the Day: March 25, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007If you approach writing with a teachable attitude, you can learn from many sources. No matter how many things you have written, you are never so good that you can not learn something new. Every new thing which you learn will lead you on to a new thing which you can write about. This is [...]
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Government Corruption: Town’s Harasment of Disabled Senior Goes Too Far!
Sunday, March 25, 2007Small town government with power hungry greed, harasses elderly man and his minor children, resulting in his 2 months in a coma, becoming disabled, and the large family with children & pets being forced to live in a “tent” made of shipping pallets and a tarp, during Maine’s cold winter…
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New Design Available From Copper Cockeral: Purple Easter Cross
Sunday, March 25, 2007New from Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts:
Purple Easter Cross
Just in time for Easter! These products feature a Victorian Easter cross in a lovely lilac purple adored with spring flowers. We only have space to show a few of the more than 80 products available with this design on them. To see all products [...]
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Pet Food ReCall Update
Sunday, March 25, 2007Tainted Dog Food and SciFi Gripes
March 25th, 2007 at 2:37 am (ghost hunters, menu foods, tainted dog food, hauntings, stress, Blogroll, sci-fi, Uncategorized)
I have two gripes. Major issues that really irritate me these days.
1) Menu Foods. Ring a bell? They’re the F-ing company poisoning our beloved little pussNboots and fido-pets. Have you read their press release [...]
Posted in animal rights, animal welfare, animals, cats, dogs, unprotected, unsafe | 1 Comment »
New Design Available From Copper Cockeral: Purple Easter Cross
Sunday, March 25, 2007New Design Available From Copper Cockeral: Purple Easter Cross
March 25, 2007 at 1:27 am | In home decor, religon, Holiness, items for sale, magnets, Christ, stamp, pink, store, CafePress, cards, postcard, purple, buttons, Victorian, shop online, sales associate, product promotion, note book, note cards, Easter cross, theology beliefs, old fashioned, teddy bear, web site promotion, mugs, [...]
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