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Archive for August, 2007

Me, a Novelist?

Posted in literature, writing on August 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A scholar is saying that technical writers are the future of American literature. Feel free to check out the link below:
Writer’s Write Blog

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Good Quote

Posted in quotes, reading on August 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »

“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
- Logan Pearsall Smith

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Newspeak

Posted in dystopia, literature, science fiction on August 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I’m in the middle of Orwell’s 1984 and I haven’t gotten very far, but I have gotten to the descriptions of Newspeak and the dictionaries that they are creating for the new-fangled vocabulary. If you’ve never read 1984, “Newspeak” is the society’s attempt to combine words in order to make them shorter. Sort of a [...]

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Nothing to Post

Posted in literature, writing on August 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I haven’t had much time to read this week so I don’t have much to blog about. Hopefully next week won’t be quite as crazy. Work has been extremely busy, so my brain is mush.

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What I’m Reading

Posted in literature on August 6, 2007 | 3 Comments »

As some of you know, I like to read several books at the same time. I guess that’s part of my multi-tasking talent that takes over sometimes. So here’s the breakdown:
1984 – George Orwell
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Secret of More – Mark Buchanan
Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis (I’ve been on this one awhile and [...]

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Literary List

Posted in lists, literature on August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This took me FOREVER and made me realize that I need to read more…
1. If you could host a party with 7 literary characters, who would they be and why?Emma Woodhouse (Emma), Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird), Guy Montag (Fahrenheit 451), Winston Smith (1984), Dorian Gray, Gregor Samsa (The Metamorphosis), Josephine March (Little Women). [...]

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On Literature and Writing

Posted in literature, writing on August 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »

*I wrote most of this for a submission in my Autobiography class in graduate school. However, I have since added to it because it was written three years ago. And the bookshelf above doesn’t even hold all of our books. I have a cedar bookshelf my late Papa made me and it’s filled to the [...]

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Welcome to the Parlor!

Posted in literature, welcome, writing on August 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Good morning, and welcome! I decided to create a blog specifically for discussion on books, writing, and anything literature-related.
So, why “The Parlor”? Southern Debutantes and European royalty had parlors in their homes. And I am a Southern gal with a “kingly” name, so I thought that “parlor” was fitting. According to Dictionary.com, a [...]

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