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Read on Earth

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:39:15 -0700

global project where readers leave photos of themselves insid books. amusing.

10 tips for identifying blog comment spam : Top Ten Blog Tips

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:21:33 -0700

basic, common sense tips to id comment spam from legit commnts on your blog. useful.

Paperback Writer: Sparky Ten

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:52:23 -0700

a list of links to various writing prompts

A Worldwide History of the Pan Flute

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:58:19 -0700

From the page: "The pan flute is not a thing of one person, one name, one people, or one nation - it is a thing of all humankind. -Douglas Bishop"

PartiallyClips - A Webcomic for Grownups

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:55:57 -0700

this is especially funny if you've seen Conan the Barbarian recently, or remember it really well.

Eyes on the Prize - The Atlantic(Fiction 2009)

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:14:21 -0700

Alice Sebold shares some thoughts on literary awards.

Writer Fitness | GENREALITY

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:24:04 -0700

some tips for writers on how to keep themselves fit and healthy.

Report: Majority Of Americans Proficient At Owing Large Sums Of Money | The Onion - Americas Finest News Source

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:51:52 -0700

From the page: "Their ability to consume well beyond their means, disregard all signs of approaching financial ruin, and then sit there like a fat duck waiting for solutions to appear is truly remarkable. Few nations achieve such excellence in one singular aspect of life"

ouch. too much truth there.

John Grisham marks 20th anniversary of A Time to Kill - USATODAY.com

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:57:32 -0700

a nice look in brief at John Grisham's hard, slow rise to become one of the most prolific selling authors of the modern era.

James Wolcott on Cultural Snobbery | vanityfair.com

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:27:26 -0700

From the page: "After two decades of defining ourselves in terms of our possessions,” Holly Brubach wrote recently in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, �oewe now need to figure out who we would be without them.” I suspect that once this downturn plateaus and shrinks in the rearview mirror, we�ll just stock up on other possessions, which will be arrayed and arranged to show off not our personal aesthetics or expensive whims but our ethics�"our progressive virtues."