Tag: wombats
member name: Pat S.
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December 15, 2009 09:59 PM EST --
I have often referred to my trip to Paris as “planes, trains, and automobiles—and buses and metros and boats.” So many ways to get from point A to point B!
I write historical fiction, . . .
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September 22, 2007 09:06 PM EDT --
The Writin' Wombats are up to their tricks again, just in time for Halloween! An informal contest is underway, and the topic this time is terror. For all the rules, check out Phantasmorgia~ . . .
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September 24, 2007 07:38 PM EDT --
The race for romance, round 2 has officially begun! On Monday, September 24th, Gather.com announced the 25 finalist who will now move on to round 2 of the First Chapters Romance contest. . . .
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December 31, 2008 12:31 PM EST --
Welcome to WoNoWriMo, the Wombat's Novel Writing Month!
Many of us participated in the internationally recognized NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. Four people who started actually met . . .
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May 02, 2008 10:44 PM EDT --
Their some words ewe simply have two no. Know amount of help from you're favorite word processor or spell checker is going to help you. You can right a sentence that the spell checker . . .
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April 05, 2008 11:13 AM EDT --
Most folks remember the old television show "Cheers", which portrayed that friendly neighborhood bar, where "everybody knows your name". . . .
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April 13, 2008 12:38 AM EDT --
We all make excuses sometimes to get out of doing something we're not in the mood to do. We're distracted, overworked, tired, and simply not in the mood.
I'm talking about . . .
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July 25, 2008 05:41 PM EDT --
T his weekend is the great Wombat-together (or Wombatalooza) in California. Wombats from all over the country will be converging on San Francisco for an evening . . .
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October 03, 2009 01:25 PM EDT --
It’s that time of year again. For those of us in colder climes, winterizing has begun. We’ve dug out our sweaters, put pots of soup simmering on the stove, and are thinking that hot, spiced . . .
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June 17, 2009 02:49 AM EDT --
Recently I've been reading a book called Patience and Fortitude by Nicholas A. Basbanes. This book deals with libraries, -repositories of knowledge. It also discusses that mad breed, the book collector, . . .
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August 15, 2009 10:48 AM EDT --
I recently read this article, What’s in a Word?, on how our native language impacts how we see our world. It uses two examples for describing a bridge. In German, the word “bridge” . . .
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August 16, 2008 01:33 AM EDT --
A recent article on Yahoo! News named London as the top "literary" destination. What is described by the article is that some tourists to London are looking for a taste . . .
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August 28, 2008 07:45 PM EDT --
Grief. Sorrow. Pain. Loss. Anguish. Lots of folks are going through lots of changes right now. While some of them are happy changes, some of them are not . . .
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April 20, 2008 07:10 PM EDT --
Which is not the same as picking your nose (EWWWW!)
No, I'm talking about editing here. And rewriting. And revisions. How much is too much? How much . . .
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June 24, 2008 09:13 PM EDT --
You've just had a fabulous idea for a great, new story! Characters are springing to mind full blown! You've got a plot point or two in . . .
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