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Blood Like Ice and Nerves of Steel --A Poem

Blood like ice, and nerves of steel, Who's to say how a man will feel? When the first time comes for the use of a gun, But, it's not like the movies. Killing's not fun. So, you wish to God that it wasn't for real. That's blood like ice, and nerves of steel.

The Master

On the top of the rocks at the top of the hill she sits in the sun. The wind blowing through her blonde hair, her Harley parked below on the grass. Her head is down, her hair covers her face. She twirls a wildflower between her fingers.

The Affair

The word "Fusion" screamed at him from the vibrant neon lights over the archway as he walked through the door.

Teacher Disciplined For Unusual Creative Writing Assignment. The Assignment? Answer the question, "If you knocked your brother down, would you urinate in his mouth?"
Source: wmur.com

WOLFEBORO, N.H. -- An English teacher is being closely monitored at Kingswood Regional High School after administrators said she assigned an inappropriate essay topic to her students.

Summer Vacation in Six Words

With summer now over, I remember that 3d grade Miss Dardiss making us write that dreadful back-to-school assignment; "Write an essay about what you did this summer." Oh @!$%#, the truth would kill her - it was the summer for lots of sexual exploration at the sailing and tennis cl …

Our teacher's been abducted by aliens! Pupils terrified as UFO stunt backfires
Source: the Mail online

It was supposed to inspire pupils to write more creatively. But the arrival of a UFO at Southway Junior School also inspired something rather different - terror.

POEM: Xaviera and the Fairy Ball

My sons and their dad routinely write poetry. I never have. Just wasn't my "thing."

Boy Sunday was shot, while recaping the weeks news. Having fun with headlines. A writers perspective.

Interesting news headlines are tough to come by. We as writers, Strive for the creation of sensational headlines. In our attempt to lure readers to an article that we feel may have value, We sometimes lose the intended message in the creative script of the Head Line.

Season of Nonviolence 2009: Week 3 Challenge

Here are the themes for the week starting tomorrow. In this week, we begin to see how these themes not only affect ourselves, but our attitudes and feelings towards others. Enjoy! WEEK 3 (15-21)

Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative genius
Source: Facebook Blog

Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

The Box: Prologue

I step through the doorway trembling. You should understand something-- in the box, you've got two options. Sun filters through colored windows, staining the sheets, Soaring like maniacal birds through the pews. My grandfather stumbles to his seat. He is born...so am I.

Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day: PicLits
Source: janeknight.typepad.com

PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you.

a degree in creative writing

od d spacing and FOnT shifts are hallmarks ________________— of creative writing___________— majors and are also pretentious

(Fiction) Velvet Divorce: I am not lovely and I am not touching

I cut myself tonight. I hadn't done it in ages. I don't know how it came about. Well, I suppose I do. I helped mum out and she bought me a bottle of wine because she knows that is what I love more than her.

Forget the Degree in Creative Writing: Just Sit Down and Write
Source: PRWeb

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 14, 2008 – With the economy failing, finding the $27,600 to $108,900 a year to finance a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing is even more challenging for aspiring writers.

Don Camillo

On Superior Street, in a quiet, neighborly part of Angola, Indiana, a three-story Victorian-era house painted bright shades of pastel pinks and blues stands as a monument to the town's history.

Beauty

Beauty, it's all around, like sound It's in a young girls smile, And it's in your style, It's in an old man's laugh, Or it's in a bubble bath, It's in a young man's charm, and an old woman's yarn. Beauty, it's all around, like sound

Last Viner Standing Friday Special Topic: Dirty Nostalgia and Laughing at You!

At our last, super fun, although poorly-attended, show in Athens, Ohio, Flotation Walls painstakingly brainstormed this challenge. And then we got a new job, wrote a grant and left our guitar at the venue. And then we forgot about it.

Meeting Every Superhero's Needs In Brooklyn
Source: The New York Times

"We are really the only resource in the metropolitan area for superheroes," said Sam Potts, a designer who played a key role in the concept of the store.

Three Cheers For The Brainstem

I had performed 8 shows in a day, I felt hard working and rewarded myself by catching a taxi to my good friend Chris's place. He was having a housewarming and I decided I would go in a moderating capacity, knowing full well that everyone else there was going to get @!$%# faced. Th …

Creative Writing for Extraterrestrials
Source: Christian Science Monitor

There are no easy answers. "I leave here with a headache a lot," says graduate creative-writing student Christina Ingoglia. "We're always constructing our audience. We can't assume a basic understanding of language – we can't assume anything."

Film Noir - The Stranger Part Deux

Back by popular demand, the kind of popular demand that redefines the word "popular" to mean two people out of thousands, I bring you, Film Noir, Part Deux

Film Noir - The Stranger

This is my Romance/ Valentine's Day submission for 'Writing Down the Bones'.

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