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Tag: <span>Mark Twain</span>

Epigrams

September 1, 2009 gaisheagirl 1 Comment

I love epigrams.   The English critic and poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, said, “What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole,…

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Posted in: History, humor, reading, writing Filed under: books, Epigrams, Life, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Tempation, The Secret to Life, Words, Writer

The Rules of Storytelling

June 21, 2009 gaisheagirl Leave a comment

There are many rules for writing.  Some are followed; some are ignored.  And, somehow, it seems in much of today’s…

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Posted in: humor, Life, publishing, Words, writing Filed under: fiction, Mark Twain, reading, Rules for Writing, Storytelling, Twain's Top Ten, Writing Rules

Wilde Morality

November 5, 2008 gaisheagirl Leave a comment

“Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.”…Oscar Wilde Certainly, Mr. Wilde drew many interesting lines during his lifetime. Each…

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Posted in: Politics, writing Filed under: Lines, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, The Art of Allowing, Tolerance

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