Tag: challenge
member name: Christine L.
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September 21, 2007 11:33 AM EDT --
The only sound in the quiet evening was the lonesome wail of John Winston’s old fiddle weeping ‘Wildwood Flower’.” The string’s cry echoed back from the dusk enshrouded . . .
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May 06, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
This is a great challenge. I used to read voraciously, but when I started my graduate programs while still working full-time, I allowed my "fun" reading to disappear. Last summer, . . .
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May 22, 2008 03:55 PM EDT --
The flag d anced in the brisk breeze to the accompaniment of hardware tattooing against the metal pole. Wind whipped through the thin material of Charlotte's coat as she clung to her husband's . . .
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June 18, 2008 07:11 AM EDT --
A friend sent me the following email. I copied it just as I received it. I belive his point may be valid. See what you think after reading it. I guess the American public is just . . .
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February 01, 2008 02:31 PM EST --
It's not a myth or a legend. I know, because I was there. It was late in the spring of 1930. In my third year . . .
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May 12, 2008 06:24 PM EDT --
This challenge has spurred me into reading more. Here is my updated list:
1. A Passion Most Pure - Julie Lessman
2. Not A Sparrow Falls - Linda Nichols
3. If I Gained the World - Linda . . .
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May 30, 2008 10:13 AM EDT --
I saw this Spelling Game on MSN . Can you spell these commonly misspelled words? All of them are words taken from another language and incoporated into our American English. After you . . .
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October 03, 2008 06:57 PM EDT --
I teach junior high math and was just wondering how many adults still remember the math they learned in school.
List as many math terms as you can remember. One per post, please. . . .
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May 31, 2008 08:47 AM EDT --
If you haven't joined Short Story First Line Challenge but love to read or write great stories, you ought to join. This is for this week's challenge which needs to be 1,000 words or less. . . .
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May 20, 2008 09:22 AM EDT --
This is a repost of a short story written for the Short Story First Line Challenge group. I am reposting in response to Writing Essentials request to highlight our work.
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September 15, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
This is a public repost written for the group First Line Short Story 2 . Anyone may join, but all submissions are private and may only be viewed by group members. Come join the writing fun! . . .
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May 19, 2008 09:35 AM EDT --
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another. --Aesop
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May 27, 2008 08:36 AM EDT --
I wrote this in response to a Short Story First Line Challenge. This is a great group to help get the juices flowing.
"Have you ever wished you could go back and change an event in your . . .
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February 10, 2008 10:07 AM EST --
Name something - or someone - who inspires you to keep going when the going gets tough.
Once answer per post please.
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March 14, 2008 06:42 AM EDT --
Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.
Marva Collins
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May 28, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
Can you name any famous quotes from Presidents? List the quote and the President. One quote per post please.
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May 30, 2008 09:50 AM EDT --
There will come a time when you think everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
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February 21, 2008 08:58 AM EST --
It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient . . .
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March 09, 2008 09:41 AM EDT --
"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision"
~Helen Keller~
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March 13, 2008 11:00 AM EDT --
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.
-Danny Kaye (1913 - 1987)
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