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You can have your Boss, your Eagles, your Van Hope-They-Show-Up. I’m very excited that The Leatherbacks are going to be in town for Tandem’s Mother’s Day Music Festival. Yes, I gave birth to one of them, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t fine musicians. (No relation to the George Clooney movie of a similar name.)
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U cn hav it now « Loldogs ‘n’ Cute Puppy Pictures – I Has A Hotdog! Oh, yay. One of my CvilleWords posts is “possibly related” to this post. I’m not sure this new WordPress feature is going to work out… Literature-Map – The tourist map of literature HT: Book of Joe The Blog of [...]
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This article profiles some favorite coffee spots around town: Mudhouse, Cafe Cubano, Shenandoah Joe, and C’Ville Coffee. La Taza is featured in the accompanying slideshow. [HT: RU]
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From ReadingWritingLiving: The Literary Reflections department of Literary Mama is seeking personal essays about writing as a mother, reading as a mother, or developing a career as a professional mother-writer. If any of you have such an essay in your portfolio or an idea brewing along these lines, we welcome your participation. Also, pass along [...]
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Web Worker Daily » Building Online Community Brick by Virtual Brick « Gapminder – Has the World Become a Better Place?
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Guide to Literary Agents – Barbara Poelle’s “10 For 10 Rule” “10 for 10 Rule: 10 Questions Writers Should Ask Themselves Regarding Their Query if They Have Received 10 Rejections from Agents.” Perpetual Folly: The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter “The moment of truth, for me, succeeds and turns this novel into something memorable.”
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Query Writing Musings « Writer Mama Riffs on Raising A Writing Career Alongside Your Kids Great resources on query writing Storyglossia Issue 27, March 2008 New! bookofjoe: 4 Function Ruler Pen “Simplify your desk with this innovative ruler pen that features a pencil, a black ballpoint pen, an orange highlighter and a PDA stylus — [...]
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My blog is worth $7,903.56. How much is your blog worth? [HT: Book of Joe]
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Poor Dorothy Wordsworth >> Margaret Drabble TLS “This gripping narrative presents a character more subtle than the devoted, self-effacing amanuensis of tradition, or the later feminist stereotype.” How Daphne du Maurier wrote Rebecca – Telegraph “In 1937, Daphne du Maurier signed a three-book deal with Victor Gollancz…. She knew already the title of the first [...]
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At Charlottesville High School:
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Thirty-five teams competed in Wordplay last night! The CHERCH Ladies left the auditorium with the coveted Best Cheering Section prize. Many thanks to our cheer-ers! Some photos: Getting folks organized. The Foxy Morons check in. Judges in snazzy Wordplay tees.
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You are cordially invited to THE THIRD ANNUAL TREEHUGGERS BALL a fundraiser to celebrate forest protection, community education and environmental awareness featuring music by Trees on Fire Saturday, May 10, 7-10pm Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church 717 Rugby Road Charlottesville The Treehugger’s Ball is a benefit for The Living Education Center for Ecology and the Arts [...]
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