The Adventures Never End
... determined to see the adventure continue have written their own chapters to the sagas.
German programmer Sascha Borisow devoted hundreds of hours to writing The New Adventures of Zak McCracken and released it under the LucasFan brand. A sequel to the 1988 LucasArts title Zak McCracken and the Alien......more...Rants Raves
... this judged against the height of my mast.
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Date: 07/28/2004 02:47 AM
From: Carl Franklin (carlfranklin@mail.com)
How incestuous -- journalists writing about each other (Stars of Convention: Bloggers, July 28, 2004). Can't anyone find any real news any more?
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Date: 07/28/2004 09:15 AM
Fro......more... Teen's Felony Case Thrown Out
Teen's Felony Case Thrown Out
After more than a year fighting a felony charge for writing a short story about conducting a violent attack at his school, an Oklahoma teen's case is dismissed. But the felony charge will stay with him for life. By Kim Zetter.
By Kim Zetter
2:00 a.m. Sep. 3, 2003 PDT
Th...more... Write a Story, Go to Jail
...itutional rights.
Two years ago in San Jose, California, a 15-year-old boy was expelled from high school and sent to juvenile hall for 100 days after writing a dark poem in his honors English class.
I can be the next kid to bring guns to kill students at school, he wrote in a poem titled Faces. The ......more... E-Books Fly the Friendly Skies
...ntinuing education units through the American Council on Education.
The classes, which open for enrollment on Oct. 7, focus on liberal arts, creative writing, languages, business and technology, and can be purchased individually or by subscription.
Len Gilbert, vice president of the bookseller's dis......more... USA Today's News Is Fiction
... is in the works right now.
USA Today pays less than $10,000 per e-book but allows authors to retain all rights, Matheson said.
Davis said that after writing a novel, creating something as short as The Countdown was fun and was a perfect break. Describing the story as a melancholy comedy, she said h......more... A Dilbert for a Post-9/11 World
...e writers?: Author John Riddle has written to members of Congress and asked them to declare Nov. 15 I Love To Write Day.
Riddle, who often teaches at writing conferences, said he wants to help as many people as possible discover the joy of writing.
Riddle is asking authors, writers, reporters, edito......more... Literary Lynching Goes Online
...ince Sept. 11, authors Susan Sontag, Michael Moore, Barbara Kingsolver and others have been criticized by some in the media for making statements and writing essays critical of the U.S. government.
Speak your truth at the wrong time and you get whacked, said columnist Pat Holt, describing the practi......more... Beaming Promos a Tough Read
...f Zoo Press, suggests the change is due to the growing number of readers who are now also writers.
The Writers Chronicle, published by the Associated
Writing Programs, cited 80 undergraduate and graduate writing programs in 1975. But in 2002 there are over 650.
One can then assume about 6,500 writer......more... |