There's lots of good suggestions and links here.Thanks from me and all
my writer friends on FB.
A dash of encouragement to share with
your writer friends on Twitter?
Luckily, we have encouraging and supportive
writer friends on HP that can help us keep our spirits up.
Not exact matches
So one of our members, my good
friend and
writer Amy Mitchell and I decided we would collaborate
on a post today.
Chesterton is «a difficult
writer to defend», he writes: «[t] hose of us who are used to pressing his writing
on friends have the hard job of protecting him from his detractors, who think he was a nasty anti-Semite and medievalising reactionary, and the still harder one of protecting him from his admirers, who pretend that he was not» [my italics].
Given that the «anonymous»
writer keeps harping
on how he and his gay
friends feel judged and talked down to by many Christians, it's quite pathetic.
While I could chalk this up to learning a lot about blogging (which I did), or learning a lot about theology and Scripture (some of which is documented
on this blog), most of this increase is due to you — my
friends and fellow blogger /
writers in the online community.
My
friend didn't spill the beans
on any specifics, but perhaps that explains why so many Christian songs sound like they maybe started out as a run - of - the - mill love song before the
writer realized that by adding a few references to Heaven, this could work as a pretty decent worship song.
He concludes: «That is why this
writer will continue to wish his Christian
friends a «Merry Christmas» at Yuletide, and rejoice in the fact that those
friends join the angelic choir in proclaiming glory to God in the highest, and peace among humankind
on earth.
Since then we've exchanged numerous emails, most of which are just me gushing over the beauty of a book she's been working
on, and I was only too thrilled to organize a blog hop with some of our fellow food
writer friends in an effort to spread the word about her crave - worthy creation.
Writer Oliver Boaler embarked
on the project after a
friend's dinner party where guests (all meat - eaters) were instructed to bring a vegetarian dish to share.
It's tradition for me to fly out to Vegas every Fall to spend quality girl time with my dear
friend / beauty professional / plant - based nutritionist /
writer, Ashley Diana, and to collaborate
on some fun Halloween recipes!
Yet,
writer and comedian Giulia Rozzi divorced her best
friend after 13 months: as a marriage and and family therapist observes, «the guy looks great
on paper as a very best
friend, but not necessarily as a lover and mate, and I think there are different criteria for that.»
A
writer at Modern Day Moms recently covered how she «managed to dry my coffee pot & knives»
on her Boon Lawn countertop drying rack, and a
friend of mine says she dries her chef knives and steak knives
on such a rack's fake - grass drying blades, which hold the knives «perfectly in a row.»
Saving the beaches helped protect the shoreline, said Patrick Reardon, a historian of Chicago and former Tribune urban affairs
writer who wrote a report for
Friends of the Parks in 2009
on the four miles of lakefront that were still privately owned.
Writer Nicole Fabian - Weber, for instance, in a piece
on «The Clueless Girl's Guide to Creating a Baby Registry» notes that her first step in creating her baby registry was to look at an old
friend's registry and tailor it to her needs.
Born in Arlington, MA, Dr. Kimball went
on to become a respected pediatrician and
writer as well as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great - grandfather and a special
friend to children.
She can work with
friends or siblings or you to make scenery and collaborate with fellow
writers or work
on her own to bring a story to life and perform it for an audience when she's done.
McCain's site prominently features party bigwig endorsements, no doubt to reassure conservatives (BTW, I had a
friend describe himself as a «Movement Conservative» the other night; freaked me out almost as much as the intensity of the
writers on Obama and Hillary's blogs, but not as much as the Ron Paul people do).
«We're here to actually put our bodies
on the line in support of our
friends who are going to be targeted by this regime,» said Clara Mystif, 31, a
writer from Florida.
If this project excites you, please invite
friends and talk about Hudson Valley
Writers Resist
on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media.
And today the Post printed a very specific piece of hearsay, which
writers acknowledge is «unsubstantiated,» twice
on the same page of the paper: that «Paterson was late arriving at the scene of last February's tragic air crash outside Buffalo because he was supposedly preoccupied with a local lady
friend.»
Melissa Kirsch, a Manhattan freelance
writer, says she and
friends welcome a hassle - free way to find makeup, noting that some department store personnel are so zealous «that they want nothing more than to get me
on a barroom stool and make me up like a drag queen.»
On Saturday, I made a trip to Birmingham with Parker the
writer of Fast Foodie US who also happens to be one of my best
friends and sorority sisters for the Birmingham Bloggers brunch!
Onto a personal side note, my best
friend Emily (who is a fantastic
writer) will be guest blogging
on here as well!
OK, I've written about this before and it's worth repeating because clearly it hasn't sunk in... That First Date talks about what to consider before, during and after the date and my post What To Talk About
On The First Date for some ideas so I won't repeat myself, but, regardless of what I've written and what you've read and heard countless times from many other writers, coaches and friends, men and women STILL perform poorly on first date
On The First Date for some ideas so I won't repeat myself, but, regardless of what I've written and what you've read and heard countless times from many other
writers, coaches and
friends, men and women STILL perform poorly
on first date
on first dates.
By signing up to the niche dating site, adventurous singles — like the travel
writer from Australia — can make
friends, join events, and build a relationship based
on mutual interests.
Writer Friends Date does not conduct online dating background checks
on member or users of this free bloggers dating site.
About author: The author is a renowned
writer, writes many blogs and articles
on social networking and dating sites to encourage people for joining such platforms where they can find new
friends and partners.
Synopsis: Struggling
writer and wine enthusiast Miles (Paul Giamatti) takes his engaged
friend, Jack (Thomas Haden Church),
on a trip to wine country for a l...
In this R - rated comedy, based
on the popular book by Bill Bryson, a travel
writer (Redford) returns to the U.S. after two decades in England and decides that the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest
friends (Nolte).
«The Intervention,»
writer - director Clea DuVall's first feature, is a look at the complex relationships between 30 - something couples — best
friends all — who go
on vacation together, with the intent to advise one of the couples to divorce.
Above all else, though, he's an egotistical prick and a misanthrope, someone who spends the first ten minutes of the movie berating an ex-girlfriend for being late to a meeting and an ex-
friend for being a failed
writer who didn't want it enough (that
friend, by the way, is in a wheelchair), and he only gets worse as the film goes
on.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was remembered by his
writer friend Stephen Adly Guirgis
on stage at the Steinberg Playwright Awards this week...
The
writer of «Wreck - It Ralph» and «Cedar Rapids,» who's working with Sacha Baron Cohen
on a spy comedy that's in development, is a dear
friend of ours from our days in Brooklyn over a decade ago.
Some of this is due to the flat, linear storytelling and some of it is due to the
writers» decision to try to include a sidetrack into a narrative
on the beginning of punk rock by including a storyline
on John Holmstron, credited with naming the movement and founding the magazine Punk, and his
friend Leggs.
Screenwriter Will Reiser, a real - life
friend of Seth Rogen, and a behind - the - scenes
writer / producer in American comedy, loosely based the new 50/50
on his own life.
From his lead role
on the NBC comedy «Scrubs» to his directorial debut, «Garden State,» the
writer / director / actor seems capable of just about anything — including undertaking the role of music producer and launching the careers of his musician
friends in his spare time.
Miguel Arteta's Chuck & Buck, a major «buzz» recipient at this year's Sundance Film Festival (cue warning sirens), is premised
on the false creation of
writer and star Mike White, who plays Buck, a homosexual man - child still obsessed with his boyhood best
friend.
Entertainment Weekly got their hands
on this kick - ass new movie still featuring Spider - Man in the upcoming film «The Amazing Spider - Man» aka Spider - Man 4 from
writers Steve Ditko and Stan Lee by director Marc Webb (The Office, (500) Days of Summer, Lone Star) stars Emma Stone (Zombieland, The Croods,
Friends With Benefits), Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Social Network), Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, Neverland), Martin Sheen (Stella Days, The Double), Sally Field (Forrest Gump, Brothers & Sisters), C. Thomas Howell (Chupacabra, Red Dawn, The Outsiders), Denis Leary (Ice Age: Continental Drift) and Julianne Nicholson (Brief Interviews with Hideous Men).
Cite Coney Island, as
writer scripter Nick Hornby does in a screenplay based
on Colm Toibin's novel, and you think of how your dad gave you a dollar in 1945, about the same amount as your
friends received from their folks, an amount which gave us four hours of fun in Coney Island where Nathan's hot dogs were fifteen cents and a bag of fries the same.
While recuperating after a suicide attempt, Lane (Mia Farrow), along with her brassy, socialite mother (Elaine Stritch), agreeable stepfather (Jack Warden), best
friend (Dianne Wiest), a discouraged
writer (Sam Waterston) and aging lovelorn neighbor (Denholm Elliot) all converge
on the suffocating summer cottage where over the course of a season, they all have a chance to expose their cracks and chasms.
He is also an executive producer
on his
friend Joe Cornish's Attack the Block and co-
writer of the upcoming Steven Spielberg film The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn with Cornish and Doctor Who and Sherlock
writer, Steven Moffat.
«The Meddler» is
writer / director Lorene Scafaria's extremely personal follow - up to her innovative 2012 indie «Seeking a
Friend for the End of the World», which featured Steve Carell and Keira Knightley finding humor, and each other,
on the cusp of the Apocalypse.
On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by guest Britt Hayes,
friend of the hosts and
writer for ScreenCrush and BadassDigest, as they talk through their picks of the week and much more.
In a new piece
on The Ringer titled «Dick Jokes, Drunk Takes, And Best
Friends: How Superbad Was Born,»
writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg along with producer Judd Apatow and select members of the cast give a behind - the - scenes look at the making of Superbad, discussing the real - life chemistry that inevitably bled over into the finished product.
Writer / director Michael Dougherty has given movie buffs everywhere a gift, not just in terms of crafting an excellent film (one that's assuredly destined for cult classic status), but in granting us the opportunity to surprise the hell out of all of our
friends on Halloween night with a trippy little horror flick that they know nothing about.
Seven Psychopaths Rated R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality / nudity and some drug use Available
on DVD and Blu - ray From Martin McDonagh,
writer / director of the brilliant indie In Bruges, comes this equally dark little comedy about a struggling
writer (Colin Farrell) who gets mixed up with his
friend's (Sam Rockwell) dog kidnapping racket.
I am very happy for the
writers that I know, Bruce Helford is a
friend, Whitney Cummings, Morgan Murphy, Wanda Sykes, there's some great guys
on that show.
Rather than dealing with the real - life quirks of gay weddings, or the more subtle forms of bigotry that actual queer couples deal with every day,
writer - director Mary Agnes Donoghue puts her heroine through a series of blunt confrontations: with her conservative parents, with their even - more - conservative
friends, and so
on and so
on.