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Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT By Laurel Snyder Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/15/twitter_addiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/15/twitter_addiction/index.html?source=rss How I learned that I was powerless over micro-blogging and my life had become unmanageable By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/22/out_of_adolescence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/22/out_of_adolescence/index.html?source=rss I think I'm a writer, but fear paralyzes me By Amy Benfer Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/02/julie_myerson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/02/julie_myerson/index.html?source=rss The sordid back story of Julia Myerson's new memoir, "The Lost Child," should give every parenting writer pause By Rebecca Traister Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/01/freedom_traister/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/01/freedom_traister/index.html?source=rss Constant e-mailing, Web surfing and online games were melting my brain. Then I found something that might actually save me from myself. Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/big_think/2009/03/30/bt_miller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/big_think/2009/03/30/bt_miller/index.html?source=rss Author and filmmaker Rebecca Miller discusses creativity and finding a voice. By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/26/family_writers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/26/family_writers/index.html?source=rss My relatives inscribe their unchangeable history on all of us -- who would like to be heard in the present! By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/21/too_detail_oriented/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/21/too_detail_oriented/index.html?source=rss I cannot turn off this propensity for seeing what others miss By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/26/bad_novel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/26/bad_novel/index.html?source=rss She wants me to comment -- but what can I say without ending our friendship? By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/29/journalism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/29/journalism/index.html?source=rss I did internships, made connections, got clips, etc., but my parents are still paying my cellphone bill By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/03/backpacker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/03/backpacker/index.html?source=rss I've adventured and gotten writing gigs and fallen in love with cities, but failure dogs me! Can I just go home? By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/19/creativity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/19/creativity/index.html?source=rss I've had some success at 60, but it seems downhill from here. By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/08/princess/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/08/princess/index.html?source=rss I'm a mom with three kids, but in my mind I'm a princess, a genius and a famous writer. By Rebecca Traister Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/05/girlie_gross_out/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/05/girlie_gross_out/index.html?source=rss Female writers are getting more graphic than ever about the messy realities of their bodies. Is it too much information, or enlightened honesty? By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/05/writing_about_others/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/05/writing_about_others/index.html?source=rss Some of my best stories are true. What are the ethics? By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/04/will_our_words_be_heard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/04/will_our_words_be_heard/index.html?source=rss We write and we write and we write on the Net, dispensing thoughts and advice. For what? By Darrell Etherington Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/web_life/2009/01/29/bookglutton_get_beyond_the_page_with_social_reading/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/web_life/2009/01/29/bookglutton_get_beyond_the_page_with_social_reading/index.html?source=rss By Garrison Keillor Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/14/reading_fiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/01/14/reading_fiction/index.html?source=rss What readers really want is dastardly deeds by dark, despicable men, or saucy wenches with pert breasts displayed like fresh fruit on a platter. By Andrew Leonard Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/10/john_leonard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/10/john_leonard/index.html?source=rss From Adlai Stevenson to Barack Obama, a life of writing, voting, disappointment and triumph. By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/30/distracted_writer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/30/distracted_writer/index.html?source=rss Every time I start to do my assignment, I find myself surfing the Web instead! By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/20/slush_pile/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/20/slush_pile/index.html?source=rss Everything was fine until I started reading unsolicited manuscripts. By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/25/apology/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/25/apology/index.html?source=rss Something slipped out of my mouth in junior high and it has bothered me all this time. Is it too late? By King Kaufman Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/07/18/minors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/07/18/minors/index.html?source=rss Pro athletes are typing away like never before. Most of it's bad, but minor league baseball is a veritable writer's colony. By Cary Tennis Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/17/wrong_art/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/17/wrong_art/index.html?source=rss Should I paint, or sculpt, or write? I can't decide. By King Kaufman Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/20/bissinger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/20/bissinger/index.html?source=rss The world's foremost defender of quality writing makes a fool of himself again. By Phyllis Chesler Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/10/walkers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/10/walkers/index.html?source=rss Rebecca Walker's denunciation of feminism and her mother Alice Walker has a lot to teach us about the choices women make and the daughters who judge them.