According to Faulkner, 307,000 writers participated in National Novel Writing Month last November, with another 150,000 K-12 students writing books through the youth-focused Young Writers Program website. That doesn't include, of course, the potential thousands of folks who remain “off the grid,” not
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When he's not writing, recording or performing music, Bower works at a mental health center and as a freelance writer and, when demand calls, a creative writing instructor at UAA. “I'm not teaching it this term; maybe next year. Everything is in flux; I need enough students to say they want to take creative
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For Simon's final goal, he hopes to pursue creativity again. A writer by nature, Simon hopes to pitch articles concerning the Christian faith or just a general topic to a major magazine. He might also pursue creative writing with a book, or he may create a board game he has been working on for many years
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Simon Willison announced the launch of his Datasette Publish app, which allows users to turn CSV files into an online database with a JSON API. It combines his Datasette tool for publishing SQLite databases as an API with his csvs-to-sqlite tool for creating them. Willison suggests that Datasette will be
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Jessica Chastain is inebriating. There is something about this actress that goes beyond performance. In each role, a different aspect of her talent illuminates the screen. In The Zoo Keeper's Wife, it was the richness of her humanity. In The Help, her superior attitude and butter-wouldn't-melt-in-her mouth
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Police said Ursula was last sighted on North Bridge, near to where her mum Nicky Harlow co-hosts a fortnightly radio show on local station Pheonix FM. Ms Harlow is also a full-time author and lectures in creative writing for the Open University. The scene at River Calder at Paris Gates in Halifax, where
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“If Facebook wants to recognize 'trusted' publishers then it should pay those publishers a carriage fee similar to the model adopted by cable companies. The publishers are obviously enhancing the value and integrity of Facebook through their news and content but are not being adequately rewarded for
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