Big Bang (c) Manfred Vijars - May 2007 Sometimes one gets excited at a 'meeting of the minds' - exhilaration's fires stoked by possibility. The sharing and the...
Dear Writers and Poets: I have a question. How many of you have used the so called "Social Networking" sites like MySpace and YouTube to promote your books? ...
Uncle Manny, I just love this line: "with bitter disenchantment through attraction's cecity." Wonderful word useage. Dave Now Available: Sometimes I Hear...
Hi Manfred Like your reference to Shangri La's fragility. Old people who had attained their Nirvana but pined for the old life-. Re. "It's only there for youth...
Dear Mandy I find your post very disturbing from one so young as you and I sincerely trust it is not written from personal experience. I have,I hope, a good...
Osirus, Guardian of the Underworld, hear my pitiful plea I am but a mortal, beseeching you, accept my soul as I travel to the land of the dead A pharaoh in the...
G'day Manfred, you've pretty well wrapped and tied a sombre package...but what the hell, even in youth, we found a lot ot the 'joy' resided in the anticipation...
Mostly, I like this, but you really need to pay attention to spelling. Osiris, not Osirus; Pharoah, not Pharaoh, Ra, not Rah. These things detract from your...
... Onya Bernie, spot on, it was all about the 'anticipation', no real 'fulfilment' back then either. :o( Hope things are hanging well together for you Mate,...
Thanks for your kind comments Wings. My Muse has been very kind to me lately. An 'old-timer' told me years ago, when I was in my teens, that there are only...
Dear Don...Thanks for this infomation. I posed a question to the group earlier to see if anyone is using social networking sites for book promotions. This...
Note: forwarded message attached. ... Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. Hi, I think you'll really find this question...
Attention All Writers !!! Up and Coming E-Zine, Spoken like a Queen, set to launch in September is looking for writers in various areas. Spoken like a Queen...
To All Fellow Writers, Free Fall is looking for writers to make submissions of poetry and short stories of ALL genres as well as articles on various topics, ...
Recently I’ve encouraged you to seek out and read writers who haven’t made the big time... yet. The best way I’ve found to do that is to look into online...
Lately, we have had several people join ticket2write who have not participated in discussions, but only posted messages to solicit business from other members....
Hey Gang, You might not remember me but this ain't no matter. Last twelve weekends my younger son and I were slaving over this movie that is based on one of my...
Dear Dave, You have made an excellent point. Sometimes, there are gems in the strangest places. Good writing is good, regardless of the size of the venue in...
Hmmmmmm...This gentle lady is not accustomed to being addressed as a member of a gang. "Hey gang," is as disturbing to me as the ever more common, "you guys"...
Al right Suzianne, I'll take your observation to heart. Next time, based on your suggestion, I will great this nice group of folks as "Hey Gentle Ladies" ...
That works for me! However, it might send poor Wings and some of our rough and tumble Aussies into a tailspin. LOL - Suzianne ... as ... That ... fit ... is ...
Blokes and Blokettes works for me - some Sheilas don't like being called Sheilas - and I'm certainly NOT a "GUY" and we usually address "Wings" as "Exulted...
"FINE EULOGY…UNSPOKEN" Most, may have thought this man uncouth, as bereft of social grace, and vile of phrase. And granted, is that he was, to tell the...
Wings, Carol, and Gwen, Thanks for your input. I have modified the poem using your kind 'yeas' and 'nays'. I can't believe I missed the opportunity to tell...