The problem is that some times news stories a hyped to gain readership, I wonder why readers love doom and gloom, especially within a recession that’s recovering. Human being tend to think the worst there...
When you discover or rediscover what your passion is and immerse yourself in it sometimes it can take awhile to get your creative juices flowing freely again. Tara Cronica is my passion. Writing content to fill the pages is a process that I have been working on for...
opinion by LWesty | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago 66 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
In 2009, Our Lady Peace produced their seventh album, Burn Burn, released on Warner Music's Independent Label Group. The 10 tracks will be available on July 21st, 2009. This album is their first since 2005,...
created by Susan Marie | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 1080 views | 3 recommendations | 5 comments
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is offering federal cash incentives to achieve one of his priorities: developing national standards for reading and math to replace a current hodgepodge of benchmarks in the states. Duncan said Sunday that the...
I wanted to write about science for a long time, now I decide to do this after now on. Being a biophysicist and a bioengineer, I've been doing actual science research for my career. For the past years working with science, I came to realize the very equivalent importance of...
opinion by chezjin | 27 wks ago 38 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com When it became clear that Barack Obama would be elected president of the United States, Americans began to buy guns and ammunition at a record pace. With the Consumer Products Safety Commission expected to make an important decision...
I founded a poetry site in 2000, the Pagan Poetry Pages, to provide a space for poets whose influences and interests were non-conformist. With a loose brief of "poetry reflecting our interest in spiritual and...
opinion by GerCMByrne | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago 89 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
Oh dear Lord, no! The world's most annoying protagonist - Holden Caulfield - is on his way back. Spare us, please!
"Written by the improbably named John David California, 60 Years Later Coming Through the Rye, is a "sequel" to The Catcher in the Rye, taking up the story of...
Jacksonville, AL. Original reporting, opinion, commentary, and even some facts... by Will Bevis.
I am not the kind of person who would cross the street to see a famous person. The last writer I went to see was Truman Capote, and he bored me to death and I...
opinion by StandUpToRacism | 31 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago 189 views | 14 recommendations | 1 comment
There's a new site launching soon that will be asking for writers and bloggers to submit content. As a writer who is always looking for exposure, I don't know what to think about this site, whether it'll be good for my goals and if it will truly help me. So I'm just going to...
Many aspiring writers and authors set out to write a novel in the expectation that a publisher out there might be interested in their manuscript. Often, their drive and enthusiasm stems from the enjoyment they...
opinion by shelagh | 37 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago 525 views | 18 recommendations | 6 comments
"Inspirations"The Paganpoetrypages.com (The PPP) is proud to announce its latest poetry competition, to celebrate the launch of the first anthology of The PPP on May 1st (Bealtine) 2009.Pagan Paeans is a wonderful collection of poetry from the satirical and comic to the...
created by GerCMByrne | 38 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 225 views | 17 recommendations | 19 comments
Actor James Franco is not only one of Hollywood's leading young actors, he is also an aspiring author. According to publishing house Scribner, who just signed Franco to a book deal for a recently completed collection of short stories, he is also "a surprising and powerful...
It's National Grammar Day, so celebrate by writing well, speaking accurately, and giving the greengrocer's apostrophe a wedgie. Today (and every day, really), keep an eye out for synonyms (your/you're, read/red,...
created by Jordan Yerman | 41 wks ago | updated 41 wks ago 683 views | 39 recommendations | 23 comments
Seems like I've heard people comment a lot that they are just in a funk, don't feel the urge to paint, write, or whatever else they do creatively. People blame this on the weather sometimes, or depression, or just distracted by life in general. I am...