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...become novelists? -Dan Munoz, St. Louis, Miss. Do your homework. If you are lacking in any of the nuts and bolts skills, structure, punctuation or grammar-study up. Also, write what you read. You can't write well what you don't read for pleasure. If it doesn't entertain you it's not going to entertain anyone else. Join Romance Writers of America. And don't say, 'I'm going to write when I find the time'-that's the most irritating thing I ever hear. Nobody finds time, you have to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Nora Roberts | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...Bush's aides say the President is flexible and willing to entertain a variety of possible routes forward. "It's going to take some time to figure out where this ends up," says press secretary Dana Perino. She says the White House is resisting, "a black-and-white answer to what is a very gray situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searching for a Pakistan Strategy | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...minstrel show encourages the childish perception of Native Americans as uncivilized, reducing them to a ridiculous archetype. His performance also featured a “traditional” dance that was actually exaggerated for the crowd’s benefit. When Native American ways are embellished or altered to entertain the masses, the descriptor “Jim Crow” leaps to mind sooner than “honor...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: RIP Chief Illiniwek | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...Things That Want to Entertain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downtime: Nov. 19, 2007 | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...singer and cameo maker was an odd thing but one that could thrill people nonetheless. Once I saw him sneak up behind a tourist playing slots. When she turned around, he raised a handsome eyebrow and growled, 'Goulet!' She almost keeled over. Then she hugged him. "I got to entertain, kid," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appreciation: The Entertainer: Robert Goulet | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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