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Noticing Newbies: March 21, 2007 Issue [#1613]

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Noticing Newbies


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  Edited by: Cubby Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

*Flower4* Welcome to the Noticing Newbies Newsletter! Our goal is to showcase some of our newest Writing.Com Authors and their items. From poetry and stories to creative polls and interactives, we'll bring you a wide variety of items to enjoy. We will also feature "how to" advice and items that will help to jump start the creation process on Writing.com.

*Flower4* We hope all members of the site will take the time to
read, rate, review and welcome our new authors. By introducing ourselves, reviewing items and reaching out, we will not only make them feel at home within our community, we just might make new friends!
*Check5* Your host this week: Cubby Author IconMail Icon


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Letter from the editor

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** Image ID #1219544 Unavailable ** ~ March Madness! ~ ** Image ID #1219544 Unavailable **

          March has not been a good month for me this year. Though it was my birthday on the 8th, and I've recently learned I'm expecting to have two first-time grandsons at the end of July *Bigsmile*, the rest has been hectic. I feel overwhelmed and exhausted. I'm rushing around at the last minute to get things done. Sleep is not cooperating, and I'm growing impatient with my staff at work, which is not like me at all. I'm probably the easiest person in the world to work for. *Smile* I find myself crying over silly things and am tired all the time. I'm overworking myself at my job, and underworking myself at home. The weather has been all but crap, except for a few nice days (it's snowing as I type). Yes, I feel I'm going mad with March! Shall I go on? Well, I'm sure you get the message, so I won't continue to bore you with the details. *Bigsmile*

         Perhaps many of you have not experienced this type of anxiety. *Pthb* The restlessness of Winter and the hesitation of Spring can bring many of us down. Cabin Fever. Spring Fever. Whatever else it's been called, I'm naming it March Madness this year. *Laugh* And when Spring finally does make its glorious entrance, I'll be sure to shed this heavy gloom and make way for happier days!

         In the meanwhile, I'm squeezing in some writing time. High-strung emotion in me usually stirs my imagination into writing some decent stuff, which is a great outlet at this time of year. If you are going through hard times, whether it's depression or anxiety, restlessness or whatever, try writing. Perhaps some of this March Madness might produce something constructive. Either way, it's great therapy!

As always,

Have fun...

and

*Flower4* Happy Writing! *Flower4*

Love, Cubby ")


Editor's Picks

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Getting Started: Table of Contents Open in new Window. (E)
Visit here for a tour of Writing.Com and learn about this vast, exciting site!
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** Image ID #1219544 Unavailable ** ~~~And Now... For Our Featured Newbie Presentation!~~~ ** Image ID #1219544 Unavailable **
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 Marjorie Open in new Window. [E]
A poem about the joy of spring.
by LucyintheSky9 Author Icon

Excerpt:
Marjorie, drifting through dew kissed fields
Flowers unfold, unravel before her soft eyes
Exhaling their sweet scents enticingly

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by A Guest Visitor

Excerpt:
Sweet summer smell cuts through the winter bleak
Splashes of colour amidst the grey morn
Little by little, and week by slow week
Spring arrives and the sun god is reborn

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 Springtime Assonance Open in new Window. [E]
Something I wrote about springtime.
by Eraisuithiel Author Icon

Excerpt:
Soon all the muddy puddles will fade away and new blades of grass will emerge from the wakened ground.

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 Spring Depression Open in new Window. [13+]
The spirit moved me to start this- I have no idea where it will go from here.
by Pink Ink Author Icon

Excerpt: Nothing was going right from the moment she woke up. The time change was the first springtime omen which now put her 45 minutes behind schedule. After cursing her clocks, she realized the constant sound outside the window was spring rain.

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Watching spring emerge in my backyard on Ash Wednesday.
by Pink Ink Author Icon

Excerpt:
my sleepy garden waking
new shades emerging
cheerful green in pale
they’ve been gone too long

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by A Guest Visitor

Excerpt:
The sun shines with clearness and hope
And makes what’s left of the snow glisten with light
All the cold short days
And long dark nights
That come with the dreariness of winter
Seem to melt away with the disappearing snow


*Flower4* ~~~Submitted Items from Newbies!!!!~~~ *Flower4*


*Flower4* Submitted To: Noticing Newbies
Submission Time: 02-21-07 @ 4:45pm
Submitted By: flip8889
Submitted Item: "Black IceOpen in new Window.
Submitted Comment:
Cubby thanks for adding me to the newsletter.
We have a brand new author here on WDC that is remarkable sonfodrogo I've chosen him for my submission for your Newsletter. I hope you'll check him out. Flip

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Submission Time: 02-22-07 @ 3:19am
Submitted By: Nancy Nancy Author IconMail Icon
Submitted Item: "A Long GoodbyeOpen in new Window.
Submitted Comment:
I am a new author and i really need people to read my story and give me some feedback because this is my first attempt at an original piece of writing and i need critics to see where i am going wrong.

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Submission Time: 02-24-07 @ 4:27pm
Submitted By: Bella Cullen Author IconMail Icon
Submitted Item: "Invalid ItemOpen in new Window.
Submitted Comment:
I would love it if you would please read this and give me some feedback . . im a new writer and all types of feedback are appreciated! Thanks!

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Submission Time: 02-27-07 @ 12:28am
Submitted By: pooja_sr
Submitted Item: "Invalid ItemOpen in new Window.
Submitted Comment: (none)


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A warm welcome to our newbies; come meet new and not-so-new members of Writing.Com!
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THE DROP-OFF BOX  Open in new Window. (13+)
Monthly newbie contest.
#530577 by Tammy~Catchin Up~ Author IconMail Icon

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Ask & Answer


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*Note* Last month's question:

How do you keep your life balanced, if in fact you do? I would love to receive any tips and/or advice that might benefit those of us who live in chaos.

*Check1* SHEA Author IconMail Icon
Great Job! I'm new and am amazed at how much I like WDC.

Thank You

In Christ
SHEA


Thank you! And welcome to the site! *Bigsmile*

*Check1* Flipsideofevil Author IconMail Icon
I must admit, I'm not doing that great a job of keeping my life balanced. I have school to contend with, my daughters to care for, my mother to look after, and my dog that seems to always want to go out for a potty break. I do find that using my daily planner does help and asking my daughters to pitch in more. I never use to ask for help, but I'm learning that I can alleviate some of my stress if I just ask for help.

It's hard for me to ask for help, too. I hate to put anyone out. A few years ago, my husband took over the dishes if I was in charge of the laundry. With both of us working full-time, that really helped me out a lot. But sometimes when he's doing dishes and I'm practicing my fiddle, I feel guilty! *Pthb*

*Check1* Fyn Author IconMail Icon

thank you so very much for being able to fit in to this month's newsletter the info about posting in bitem format!

My pleasure, Fyn!

*Check1* kiyasama
Wonderful job with this newsletter, Cubby! *Bigsmile* It makes me so nostalgic and a part of me wishes I could be a newbie again! Excellent job!

Thanks, Kiya! *Smile* You are always so kind. Glad you are part of the community!

*Check1* Turtle Author IconMail Icon

Hello Cubby, How do I keep balanced? I don't watch much tv anymore. I read more in the bathroom than on the couch. And I get up at 3:30a.m. to write. Without my books and alone time, I think I would succumb to the madness.

Wow, that sounds so much like me! I, too, get up at those wee hours of the morning. Recently, however, I've been putting in extra hours at work, and using my WDC time for library matters (my real job). I hope to catch up soon so I can get back on task here.

*Check1* Patricia Oshier Stepp Author IconMail Icon
Chaos---hmmm. Routine around here. There is so much to do and never enough time. I often let things slide--usually housework or sleep--or both! I second the request. Any ideas! I've yet to find a 'schedule' that works!

I read erotic love scenes when they are part of the story, part of the scheme of things. If you read the story and it would not change if the love scene isn't there, it didn't need to be there. Now there's chaos!


Housework definitely slides somewhat in my home, too. Sleep? Geesh, if I ever get close to 8 hours, I feel like I overslept. Last night I got 1 1/2. That's a little extreme, but something was bothering me so I couldn't sleep. I hate that when that happens! *Laugh*


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All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
~ Henry Ward Beecher


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*Note* Cubby's Question of the Month *Note*

When is your mind most creative?


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See you again on April 18th!!!

Love, Cubby ")


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