(3) vanessa | about 1 month ago

Thank you for visiting my page! One of my passions in life is writing. I've been writing since....well to tell you the truth I can't remember a time when I didn't write! ...

(1) poppopx7 | 12 days ago

I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing this article. There are certain people that enters our lives, and leaves an indelible mark upon our hearts that...

(12) Gretchen Lancour | 4 months ago

In addition to writing this wonderfully entertaining blog, I write pop culture pieces, reviews, personal essays , and stories for children. My first picture book is on sub...

(4) Karen & Gerard | 6 months ago

To me, the scariest thing about writing a book is waiting to hear what others think of it. I just want to say thanks to all the readers who posted good reviews for "My Fu...

(1) Karen & Gerard | 4 months ago

I just wrote my first book last year about my dad and me right after he died called "My Funny Dad, Harry." I am married to Gerard, a wonderful husband, and have a cat, Sp...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

Welcome to the Nebraska/South Dakota Tribune! I'm still developing the pages, but I a trying to get it buzzing soon. I LOVE Nebraska and South Dakota, and I even do trave...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

Just when you think you have more than enough friends, you go and join these "social networking" sites. Oh my good lord! I recently joined Facebook and still haven't quit...

(0) vbright | 4 months ago

I am a writer who believes in getting my work out there where it can be reviewed, and even bought. I would love to invite anyone interested to join me in the sites that a...

(1) dantesinferno | 5 months ago

My site name has been simmering under the surface for sometime. For those that have never read Dante's 'The Divine Comedy', hell/inferno is talked about as being a place ...

(1) R. Eason | 4 months ago

Anyone who moves to New York City with the hope of finding happiness is a fool. I should know, I was one. Unlike any other city in the world, New York offers the promise ...

(8) Crayon Marks | 4 months ago

Christy has a B.A. and M.S. degree from Purdue University where she majored in elementary education and early childhood education. She taught elementary school for 20 yea...

(0) shivers | 4 months ago

...is not where India begins and ends. Nor are the spices, slums, snake charmers, poverty, call centres, IT guys, temples, Gandhi, yogis and the Dalai Llama. There's a lo...

(0) lcarterlibrary | 5 months ago

J uly 4, 2008 I set up this website in February 2008 with the promise that I would contribute regularly. I was meaning to add a piece at least once a month. Well this is o...

(2) shivers | 4 months ago

I used to work as a research associate, a client executive, an assistant director in television, a content manager at an Internet startup, and a programming executive in a...

(1) shivers | 4 months ago

I am terrifed of being in the limelight. Shy and overweight as a child, I was petrified of people noticing me. I did not know how to make conversation with strangers. As ...

(2) shivers | 4 months ago

Have you ever suffered from stage fright? More ...

(2) shivers | 4 months ago

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(2) vbright | 4 months ago

Being the owner of a small business, much of my time is taken up. However, come hell or high water, I write! I have always loved to write, and have been doing so for many...

(0) shivers | 4 months ago

Need lyrics? Words to go with your tune? A song for your movie/play/musical? Drop me a line here and I'll be happy to help. I have written lyrics for a funny children's m...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

It is not much of a secret that I love writing. I have ever since I was young. Now that it is not only a hobby, but a profession, I find I spend about 14-16 hours a day w...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

Now that feels better. I've changed the look and the feel of my PNN. I still have my travel planning business, and I'm still trying to unlock the secrets of being a "Real...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

I've been thinking how fun it would be to be a small town reporter. Oh, I know, not a lot of excitement, but you would sure be the first one to know everything! I'm not k...

(0) vbright | 4 months ago

Every writer I know has experienced Writers Block at some point or another. Sometimes our brain just needs a break. It's hard work writing on a regular basis. If it lasts...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

More and more people are blogging these days. That also means more and more people are trying to make money at it. That is not a bad thing, but I think some bloggers lose...

(2) shivers | 4 months ago

I love that episode of Seinfeld when George can't think of a comeback line for "Hey George - the ocean called and they're all out of shrimp...." It's awesome. I don't kno...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

It happens all the time. I'll be reading a wonderful blog, having a good time, processing my thoughts, then, BAM, they throw in a Video. I know, most of you are saying "I...

(1) nightskysf | 2 months ago

HELL CAN WAIT: PART I He walked alone, observing the setting sun over the rising tide, the city lights reflecting on the water as sparkling lines of yellows, greens, and ...

(2) shivers | 4 months ago

lOOKING FOR WRITERS & POETS IN ALL SHAPES & SIZES TO PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE POETRY SLAM!!! SIMPLY EMAIL YOUR POEM TO shivers.poems@pnn.com and they will be publish...

(1) authorslegacy | 2 months ago

I have been handed very few gifts in this cursed life of mine...so, to answer your question correctly, I'd have to say it's a bit of both! The earliest memory of writing ...

(2) shivers | 4 months ago

POetrY LoVerS! POets! DrEAmeRs!!! PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE POETRY CONTEST!!! EMAIL your poem to shivers.poems@pnn.com and Check back here to know who won - and to read the o...

(0) sunflowernbklyn | 4 months ago

Henry James If I took a poll on the number of people who were forced to read James in school versus those who read him of their own volition the numbers would stagger in ...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

This is some time consuming business. It comes to a point where you are so interlinked with so many other blogs, social networks, and SEO/advertising groups that your hea...

(0) megann | 4 months ago

"The Good Fisherman" from Lost Magazine " Ranch Stories" from Pindeldyboz ...

(1) nightskysf | 4 months ago

THE PERFORMER A Poem Who am I tonight, if not the same person I was today? Who are these people that surround me, if not the supporting cast of my staged life? Am I as al...

(1) nightskysf | 4 months ago

ONLY A DREAM A Poem Colors are dull on a day like today Voices buzzing a monotonous tone With bitter tastes on the back of your tongue The scent of mold in the dank morni...

(1) nightskysf | 4 months ago

THE BLACKOUT A Poem The shadows are dancing The sun is not setting, but sinking Below the ground, it floats Floats on the sea of the fallen stars Our lost moon has broken...

(5) Kimberly Michalski | about 16 hours ago

We dashed out the door Friday morning together with the boys. While hubby, Ed, was in meetings, I was going to hang with the kids. It was supposed to be an exciting day. ...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | about 8 hours ago

Dublin, Ohio, just outside of Columbus, brings new meaning to field corn. Neat rows of the cornstalks, which stand over 6 ft. tall are a stark reminder of what has grown ...

(2) mama bear | 4 months ago

According to my calculations, the summer has 18 days left. That's when school starts again, and I get a shot at a block of time to myself, at least a couple of days a wee...

(0) pinkcadillac | 4 months ago

Goals and aspirations? HA! To get up without falling down, to pay my bills, to find my glasses BEFORE I take out my contacts, to be the oldest American woman to have her f...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

My teenager has been away for a while now. You know what I've discovered, even though I have my 2 grand children living with me? I've discovered "Peace." No one second gu...

(0) naduahmarie | 4 months ago

Go to my website to see what is new, I am working on may projects rightnow. Have lots of new things in the works. ew poetry book getting ready for publication... articles ...

(3) mama bear | 3 months ago

I think I've figured out which area of goal-setting I need to work on... the actual action part. I set good goals, but now I need to put the action steps under the goal t...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

When I discovered online journals, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. People published their ongoing diaries for all to read... why, it was like receiving a friendly ...

(1) judithblairbrown | 3 months ago

So I get this email last week. “Sally” would like me to take over the company newsletter. The topic is health care compliance. No brainer; I write for the health care...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

It occured to me that I am becoming one of those reclusive writers. You know, the ones who talk to their pets and spend hours obsessing over their writing material? My ch...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

Before I became serious about writing, I would have never considered going to google and typing in my name. Now, it is something I do at least weekly. It's interesting to...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 2 months ago

Wouldn't it be perfect if restaurants had reclining chairs and after you'd stuffed yourself you could lie back for an hour? If only I ran the world . As it happens, I do ...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

It took about a week to convert the dining room into a study. As you know, we got rid of the cantaloupe color. The existing chair rail and crown molding were stained colo...

(4) Karen & Gerard | 4 months ago

Here is a site that may be of help to you if you're thinking of getting something published: Creative Writing Tips / Creative Writing Help / Creative Writing Blog / Writi...

(3) Kimberly Michalski | about 15 hours ago

Whatever it is you want to do, you can. Put your mind to the task, develop some tunnel vision and start. Nothing is accomplished without effort. Someone said that a trifl...

(5) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

Someone with an English degree should have a better handle on the language than the average Joe- according to my husband. He's talking about me, of course, and I hardly l...

(3) sweetdreamer | 4 months ago

Writing is a lot like fishing, I suppose. I don't fish, but my husband does. He says fishing and catching are two different sports altogether. Writing and thinking-about-...

(0) Oneman2amazing | 3 months ago

If you are living in today’s world you probably can see that the hip hop industry has taken a rise. Rappers are making millions and millions of dollars the songs about ...

(2) vbright | 3 months ago

I have been writing a series of Articles on Native American Art and Culture, which I find wonderful and fascinating. I am wondering, however, why now, more than ever I fe...

(3) Lainey Summers | 3 months ago

My mother used to tell me I'd go blind from reading so much, well maybe if she had let me stay up that extra five minutes, I wouldn't have had to continue reading under t...

(3) mama bear | 3 months ago

I wrote about needing a fire built under me with regard to my writing, and boy, did it kick in! I now have an action plan and clear order to complete scenes for my book p...

(0) Writing With Purpose | 3 months ago

WARNING: This contains adult content. Read at your own discretion. A cucumber by any other name can still be used as a dildo... After taking a quick shower and changing i...

(2) shivers | 3 months ago

Let's write a play online. You pick what character you want to be. Each one picks his or her own character. Once we have five characters, we decide on a situation. Then w...

(1) jeannineshea | 3 months ago

Here I am. Vainly attempting to entertain the masses with idle talk of my life. Do I really have anything interesting to say? Will anyone even care? All my life I have fe...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

Nobody turns a phrase like Bill Richardson. I was first introduced to Richardson’s word gymnastics when he hosted CBC Radio’s now-gone (sadly) "Richardson’s Roundup...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | about 16 hours ago

Occasionally I execute my privileges as Executive Boss (mom) and force my children to do wicked things. Like shut down the XBox and go outdoors. I know it's summer break,...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

If your kitchen is small, there are ways to create space without going to the extreme of expanding the room. After completing our partial kitchen remodel, we purchased a ...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

This guy has got to be one of Canada's most industrious writers. He's a celebrated playwright, whose work is seen on stage (the photo is one of his Dora awards for theatr...

(2) L Wallgren | 3 months ago

The best words are those whose truth speak to our souls and confirm our spirit, words alive that evoke passions inescapable. We can all think different thoughts expressed...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | 26 days ago

We know that every day he ingests over 10,000 calories and practices about 5 hours. But did you know he has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as Attent...

(4) mama bear | 12 days ago

Last Thursday I woke up at 5, too excited to sleep. It was our first day of school for the 08-09 school year, and I was ready to go! Er, get the kids ready, that is... ye...

(3) mama bear | 3 months ago

Hear ye, hear ye, I am writing!! I have been working on my writing project every day, and getting lots of momentum. Today I hit the 20,000 word mark by the time the kids ...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

Nelle Harper Lee was raised in the sleepy Alabama town of Monroeville during the Depression. She was a feisty tomboy with a mind of her own and the knuckles to back it up...

(3) mama bear | 2 months ago

Here's the difference between writing under the influence of a muse and writing on your own: a week ago I had an epiphany about how to start my book, and today it is comp...

(5) judy mann | 3 months ago

Alright. I'm going to assume here that most of you out there who read these pieces on PNN are writers as well; I think that this is correct. So what I'm going to write ab...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

"One day, you'll know exactly how I feel. When you kiss your youngest child before he steps on the bus to enter his first day of school, you'll remember this day. Perhaps...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | 2 months ago

After reading Lauren's post about his nightmare phone call with the bank, I was reminded of a telephone cheat code I heard about a couple of years ago. Basically, if you'...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

Every four years we hear the same words. But, the big buzz word is change. It always is. Yet, one party or the other picks up the word, runs with it and endeavors to pass...

(3) mama bear | about 1 month ago

I've been blathering about my book project, so I feel the need to update my readers about what's going on... I've actually handed out a few copies of my manuscript to sel...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

As photographers, hubby and I frequently (re)inspect our image library. Recently when I was reviewing an image he shot over a year ago, I saw something I had never before...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | 15 days ago

I take pride in often dancing to the beat of my own drum. Not everyone watching (if you get that lucky) would recognize my smooth steps because I likely made them up. And...

(17) April Duke | 2 months ago

Who is your favorite author and why? If you can't think of a specific author, you're certainly welcome to list your favorite book! ...

(38) Aspira | 2 months ago

Ok, here's the deal. We are a Hurricane Katrina Family. You can read my Hurricane Katrina Journal here. Be sure to subscribe if you want to read as it is posted here at P...

(0) April Duke | 2 months ago

I love to write, read, play games, play video games, kiss my little boys, learn, teach, sing, play piano, take photos, attempt to play the guitar and a million ofther thi...

(0) annie | 2 months ago

A good friend of mine sent me a passage from "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Azfon and the prose are so well written that I immediately went out to buy the book. ...

(0) annie | 2 months ago

I have been reading a few books on writing lately. I've always been curious what drives the greats. When I think of those who most inspire me I think of D.H. Lawrence, W....

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 2 months ago

All on the same page are entries on the following topics: poor judging, professional blogs, a dream, missing mum, and an afternoon in Glasgow. But my favourite, entitled ...

(0) April Duke | 2 months ago

You want to know if you can make money writing online, and the answer is yes. However, at least as far as I have found, it won't make you rich. Some seem to just strike i...

(6) poppopx7 | 19 days ago

I'm usually writing about silly happenings, and funny things, but I do have a more serious side to me, believe it or not. With all the bad news circulating around us each...

(2) ireneintheworld | 2 months ago

Down a lazy writing road procrastination climbs into TV drama, making me lie about time spent couching: not sifting the experience for technique or inspiration but consum...

(3) mama bear | 12 days ago

I consider myself creative. I write, and have an artistic eye when it comes to things like photos and scrapbooking and such, so it's not an unjustified claim... However, ...

(6) poppopx7 | 2 months ago

As ringleader of this gang I have noticed that there is a real feud going on between two writer's here at "The Espenblog Times." It seems that Fluff, the writer of "Fluff...

(1) Aspira | 2 months ago

We are a Hurricane Katrina Family. There's 8 of us living in this 3 bedroom trailer. We are very thankful there are 2 bathrooms! I'm doing the best to get me and my two c...

(1) Aspira | 2 months ago

This section of myPNN newspaper will accomodate my Hurricane Katrina Jounal. The original journal was written by candlelight. I will also take the time right now to thank...

(1) Aspira | about 1 month ago

Sunday, August 28, 2005 Getting ready for the hurricane... I had spent as much time online trying to keep up with my personal, and business issues, as well, as jumping up...

(1) Aspira | about 1 month ago

By the way, I am the contact person in the Mississippi Gulf Coast area and a staff writer for Red Owl Publications. If you or someone you know is interested in having oth...

(2) nancyscorner | 2 months ago

September Cool Contest Challenge Deadline: September 30, 2008 Word Count: 300 - 500 words “Lady Luck” Your challenge this month is to write a scene from the point of ...

(1) Aspira | about 1 month ago

Monday, August 29, 2005 My niece was kind enough to let me sleep in her bed, sleeps pretty good really. I finally went to bed last night around 1 am. We sat and watched t...

(1) Aspira | 2 months ago

Just in case you were reading my hurricane journal, you may want to come back or refresh the page, as I did add more to the last entry for Monday the 29th. Also, if you l...

(1) Aspira | about 1 month ago

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 Up early, even before the sun had peeked out at us from the east. I folded our bedding, and packed them and the pillows back into the trunk of my...

(1) poppopx7 | 2 months ago

Going into week 4 things are starting to get somewhat more difficult. With this being the beginning of the "bye" weeks, teams are scrambling to keep their teams intact. T...

(2) nancyscorner | 2 months ago

Writer's Digest sponsors several writing competitions annually. To read more about their competitions, see the following link... http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions...

(6) poppopx7 | 2 months ago

It is with great joy that I welcome the newest member of "The Espenblog Times." May I present to all our readers one of the most talented, beautiful, and respected report...

(1) Aspira | about 1 month ago

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Journal The power, water, and phone are all off. I cleaned out mother's refrigerators, yes, two of them. I wanted to get a he...

(0) Amanda McMillen | 24 days ago

(Authors note: In my book I have written, every few chapters is an essay written in the voice of the characters. Most of them are from Naomi's Point of view. What most pe...

(2) Amanda McMillen | 2 months ago

I run a few blogs. I love blogging and I think it has become a great asset to the information world. I am the kind of person who has many hats. This is one reason I run s...

(2) jbailey | 7 days ago

Why do women write? Do you feel like I do? I believe that we, as women, write because there are so many things that weigh upon our hearts. We write about the deepest, dar...