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Journal Exercise: Book Talk

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Allentown Use these exercises to spark your creativity and connect with your inner spirit. They are also a fun way to start a blog entry! What was the last fiction book you read for pleasure (not school)? Why were you drawn to it? Do you enjoy books which have characters...

Beauty Finds: Hair Help for the Curly Crowd

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We are all born with certain unique characteristics: there are those who are blessed with full pouty lips  or sparking green eyes. And then there are the attributes that make you want to stomp around and yell “why me?” I used to think having naturally curly hair deserved that...

How To Purchase Used College Textbooks from Half.com

It’s that time of year again: back to school season. For those of us in college it also means hunting down textbooks for new classes. Some of these can cost over $100 per book. That is, if you purchase them new. Which is why you’ve got to be creative...

Chic Lit: Comparing Bergdorf Blonds & Can You Keep a Secret

Bergdorf Blonds by Plum Sykes and Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella are two fast paced Chic Lit  books that follow the exploits of twenty-something girls. The books are similar in several ways. Each main character begins the story with a boyfriend, who is gorgeous but inattentive....

What Writers Need to Know Regarding: About.com and Suite101.com (Part II)

Similar to about.com, suite101.com is a site that publishes content from freelance writers and makes it’s revenue from banner advertisements and Google ads, but unlike about.com they don’t pay writers a base monthly fee. At suite101 (a Canadian site) writers are encouraged to dole out as many articles as...

What Writers Need to Know Regarding: About.com and Suite101.com (Part I)

Most young, contemporary writers have an interest in taking their craft online. In fact, it seems like internet publications are sprouting up everywhere on a variety of subjects. Consider one reason why, the lead time for print magazines averages about four months, meaning after an article has been accepted,...

Beauty Finds – Eye Shadow from MAX Factor

Many women’s magazines feature beauty products and tips but if you’re like me you’ve wondered; did someone actually try this? Here, I’ve include my personal beauty finds. The 80’s, along with the whole shoulder pad fiasco, took eyeshadow to a scary place. Heavy creams in shades of bright blue...

Blood and Chocolate: The Movie

Set in the city of Bucharest, Romania this visually stimulating movie centers around a 19 year old female named Vivian. But she is no ordinary teen. she’s part werewolf (or loup garou). Vivian struggles to overcome the events of her past all the while coop with archaic rules of...

Create a Life List!

Recently, I came across this site SuperViva.com. It’s a place where people can compile their Life Lists. You might have heard of the concept before, making a list of things you want to do before you die. Usually it’s 100 things to do. Why 100? I don’t know, I...

Miniseries North and South

I am big on romance movies. There are a few contemporary favorites like: A Bed of Roses, Titanic, Ghost, Pretty Woman, Sweet November. However, sometimes romance is best served British. Not just Love,Actually or Bridget Jones’ Diary but the hand-accidentally-brushing-up, corset, top hat, horse and buggy kind of romance....