Don’t forget to enter the Second Annual Just Write Summer Reading Contest! You could win a free book! Or you could just have an opportunity to share with others what you’re reading! And you’ll make me stop using exclamation points!
The Summer Reading Contest is a strictly random drawing, unlike the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. […]
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Posted by Christopher Waldrop
May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment
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It’s time for the Just Write Summer Reading Contest! This summer I’m re-reading Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. You’re probably familiar with the Disney version, but the original was darker, stranger, and often more frightening than anything Disney would have gotten away with. Instead of opening with Gepetto making a puppet and wishing on a star, […]
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Posted by Christopher Waldrop
July 2, 2007 | 11 Comments
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I’d like to thank everyone who submitted their favorite summer reads. The selections were as interesting as they were diverse, and I feel I learned a lot about the community of readers out there (as well as getting some great ideas for summer reading of my own). Here are the books some Just Write readers […]
Because of the amazingly underwhelming response to the Just-Write Summer Reading Contest I’m extending the deadline to June 30th, 2007. Maybe you’re wondering what it is, or why I’m doing it. Well, here are some answers:
What is it? Do you have a particular favorite summer book–a book you like to take to the beach, or […]
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Posted by Christopher Waldrop
May 1, 2007 | 2 Comments
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Every summer I like to pull out an old favorite book and re-read it. This year it’s A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain.
Do you have a favorite summer book? Are you reading anything special this summer? Heck, what’s on your nightstand right now? Just Write wants to know! Submit your Summer […]