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ARTICLES FOR STORYTELLERS |
Storytellers Unite -
Let's All Spread the Word!
... It is time that
we unite and tell
everyone with whom
we come into contact
about storytelling.
Whether it is at the
water cooler, during
lunch in the
cafeteria, in line
at the post office
and/or grocery
store, at networking
events or during
meetings of groups,
clubs and/or
organizations to
which we belong, we
need to spread the
word. Why? Because
so many people have
no idea how
powerful,
captivating,
enthralling and
important
storytelling is.
They don't even have
a clue of what it
is. And, if this
continues,
professional
storytelling will
remain an
undervalued and
misunderstood
profession of the
few.
To read more,
please click here ...
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Driver, Storyteller - interview with Dennis Burnier Smith
Excerpts ...
Aneeta: How did you first get into writing and
storytelling?
Dennis: Because of the career that I followed
in the haulage industry, numerous and diverse things happened along the
way. When I would come home at the week-end I would regale my friends
and associates with humorous stories and escapades that I had
experienced or seen. The people that made up my audience for these
impromptu revelations often commented that I should write a book
concerning all these adventures and mis-adventures. After much
deliberation and once I had retired and had some time on my hands I
decided to do just that.
To read more,
please
click here ...
Cousins and Taxis - interview with Teh Saw Im
Excerpts ...
Saw Im: I had always been
interested in writing, so it wasn’t a case of ‘becoming’. I suppose, all the way
through school, both as a student and teacher, I had been connected with
English. It was that link which urged me on. When I took up teaching as a
career, it was a question of choice, and the association with English was always
there.
Whenever I had gone to Penang, my aged
cousin would relate her experiences of her growing up in China, until she was
13, and then coming to Malaya (as it was then known). Like all new immigrants,
it was imagined that gold was easy to locate; instead, she ended up as a cabaret
girl. I found her stories most intriguing. They were like repeating
record-players, but always drawing you to listen to them. They were most
fascinating. Eventually, I decided, why not write them out, instead of just
making mental notes of them?
To read more,
please
click here ...
If you would like to be interviewed for this
column, please send an email to
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 I
Can and I Will (1): A story of ability and
willpower
Do you remember your alma mater? I remember mine with
nostalgia always. Government College Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. That
was where I was molded in character and learning for secondary school
studies more than three decades ago.
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please click here.
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Cheating the Ferryman
Harold had served in the war. He had escaped from
enemy custody more often in fact than in the fertile imagination of a Hollywood
script writer. When he was a young lad, he passed the scholarship exam to a
highly prestigious school, but never got there.
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please click here.
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 Piece
of Gold
Once there was a holy man who sat with his begging
bowl in hand at the entrance to a village. A peasant traveling down the
road into the village stopped to stare at the beggar. “Aren’t you tired
of being poor?” the peasant asked the holy man.
To read more,
please click here ...
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STORYTELLER'S NUTS AND BOLTS |
 Varying
Your Sentence Lengths
New writers
often make the mistake of assuming the best pieces of writing are filled with
long, complex, jumbled sentences. Not true. If you want to keep your readers’
attention, try varying your sentence lengths. Otherwise you could bore or even
intimidate your readers..
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Aries' Child
Excerpts ...
Aries is the sign of the
entrepreneur. Think of those traits that make up a successful
entrepreneur… they are bright and hard working, most comfortable working as a
one man show, love to be the first to discover and present things to the world,
and rarely allow others to dominate them. Now imagine these traits in a
child. Your Aries child will most likely be energetic, innovative, and
will have a deep desire to be #1 in life. Aries children remind me of a
cross between Leos and Capricorns. They often have Leo’s need for the
limelight and Capricorn’s workaholic nature. Like Leos, Aries are fire
signs and are therefore very dynamic personalities with no desire whatsoever to
be bossed around. While goats symbolize Capricorn, rams symbolize Aries.
Both are strong climbers and will butt heads with you when provoked.
To read more,
please
click here ...
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A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper by Brian L. Porter
A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper
by Brian L Porter tells the story of Robert Cavendish, a
modern day psychiatrist who is bequeathed a strange set
of papers which purport to be the journal of the
long-dead infamous Whitechapel Murderer whose crimes
gripped the hearts and minds and instilled terror on the
streets of Victorian London. As he begins to read the
journal,...
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please click here
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Cats? Love History?
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about supporting the Egyptian Mau Rescue Organization (EMRO) and do
both? Our animal charity supports the protection and adoption of ancient
native Egyptian Mau cats from Egypt. These living antiquities have
existed from the Pharonic times and these previously worshipped cats are
now routinely poisoned by the Egyptian governement. EMRO is trying to
help them. If you wish to learn more or participate, please check out
our current GiveMeaning Project at
http://www.givemeaning.com/project/egyptianmau where we are trying
to fundraise $5,000 before April 27, 2008, or check out our website at
www.emaurescue.org. We offer opportunities for donation, adoption,
sponsorship, pet escort, volunteering and more. Email Founder Gloria
Lauris for more information or ideas how to help:
info@emaurescue.org.
Two "Free" golf articles available on my web
site and all you need to do is click on the info
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www.CoachLandrey.com. "Perfect a better
swing and you'll spend less on expensive
clubs..."
Dear Friends,
Theta Healing.
Please note that our first Theta course will be held at the
Heathercliffe Hotel, Frodsham
from May 9-11th. All the details can be found
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Prefer sunnier
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September. If you would like to put on a course in your area, and get
paid for doing it, let me know.
Trust you are
keeping well.
Love & Light, Jack
& Anne Stewart
Enlightenment,
Theta Healing, Parenting, Relaxation, the Works ?
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