This essay is a fascinating piece of writing that takes a look, by one of histories great authors, at what it takes to write a novel. Robert Louis Stevenson of course wrote 12 novels over his life time. He wrote the great novels Strange Case of Dr Jekyll[…]
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New Ebook reader, what will they bring
A once, I’m sure booming hat factory (Bowler anyone?) Yeah, so it looks like Kindle and Sony are now going to be challenged by yet another ebook reader. Today Barns and Noble announced they would partner with Plastic Logic to bring B&N’s massive ebook supply quickly and easily to a ereader. PL’s device is WiFi,[…]
Don’t count Google out of Ebooks Yet
The Washington Post is reporting that the justice department is investigating Google’s deal with publishers and authors for exclusive rights to digitizing all orphaned books. Read the article, it’s important. I’m not sure what is behind Google’s thinking in all of this. Maybe all tech companies get too big and greedy after awhile, but I[…]
The Great “Copyright” (Freedom of Speech) Debate
Newspapers on Washington Avenue (Minneapolis) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA by Susan Lesch. Used under GNU Free Documentation License. Editors Weblog.org has an interesting article: “Us: The great copyright debate” and other sites are coming out reporting editors calling for new laws. Read this above article, I think it is going to impact everyone on the[…]
Great Gift and Option for Self Publishing
Blurb is a company that recently came across our radar, and I have to say I like what I see. They offer self-publishing and on demand printing for anyone looking. Now if you just want to put together a very nice looking photo book of all your memories, I’m very sure the writer in your life would love it…
Short Story about Tech Issues
Well if you searched our site on Google yesterday, and maybe today, you will see a warning that says our site “may have been compromised.” Boy did this get us all jumping. We did not know that around the time of the Google crawl, we had someone having fun with the site. When I say fun, I mean they were trying to cause us all kinds of trouble and break into our home page
I Really Hate Doing This! We Need Your Help!
I really hate doing this! We need your help again. We have run our: “Raise Money Campaign” very quietly. It turns out, that’s not the best way to try to raise money for something. So, we are running this request to all of our readers once again. I hate asking for money, and please believe[…]
The Top 5 Apps for Poets
The Top 5 Apps for Poets Inspire your inner Shakespeare To use an app or not to use an app—that is the question? However, when it comes to considering the following apps for reading poetry, writing poetry, jotting down snippets, and recording your inspiration and ideas for your next poem, the following 5 apps will[…]
The Westchester Review’s “Writers Under 30” Contest
The rules are as follows: The contest is open to writers of poetry and fiction who live, work, study or grew up in Westchester County, N.Y., and who are under the age of 30 as of March 15, 2012
A JULY AFTER-NOON BY THE POND by Walt Whitman
A JULY AFTER-NOON BY THE POND The fervent heat, but so much more endurable in this pure air—the white and pink pond-blossoms, with great heart-shaped leaves; the glassy waters of the creek, the banks, with dense bushery, and the picturesque beeches and shade and turf; the tremulous, reedy call of some bird from recesses, breaking[…]