http://www.author-me.com Check this feed periodically to review new manuscripts posted on Author-me.com. Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:07:39 GMT ListGarden Program 1.02 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.author-me.com/fict06/giftofinsults.htm A great Samurai warrior, now old, had decided to teach Zen Buddhism to young people. Despite his age, the legend was that he could defeat any adversary. Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:07:31 GMT http://www.author-me.com/fict06/plowingmemoryofyore.htm Jenny wren was the water girl, clad in bib overalls and nothing else; heading for her dad and brothers as they plowed in the fields. She sits now on her memory cushion as the happening unfolds. Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:05:44 GMT http://www.author-me.com/nonfiction/strangerthanfiction.htm I recently had the pleasure of watching Marc Forster’s film, Stranger Than Fiction, which I found to be a delightfully charming, intelligent comedy written by first-time screenwriter Zach Helm. I give it two guitars up. Way up. (Platonically speaking of course). Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:03:46 GMT http://www.author-me.com/fict02/Ken/Helen_of_Sparta_&_the_Secret_Garden.shtml This is a little story and it grows out of the progression of life and the storehouse of memories acquired throughout the years. It is a simple tale and it is real, not a fiction, although at the end I wonder if perhaps I have embellished it with some of my own fancies. Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:02:21 GMT http://www.author-me.com/fict06/hillybilly.htm Inside the small wooden cabin, as soon as you walked through the door, you got a scent of the freshly baked apple pies that were cooling on the window sill, a treat for tonight’s special gathering. Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:20:23 GMT http://www.author-me.com/fict06/danieljeanrichard.htm Daniel JeanRichard (1665 - 1741) was a descendant of French Protestant refugees (the Huguenots) who came to Switzerland during the Huguenot Wars of 1562-1598. He was trained as a blacksmith. Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:19:30 GMT http://www.author-me.com/fict06/worldlaw.htm Grenville Clark, the co-author with Louis B. Sohn of "World Peace Through World Law," rode through a town in the Midwest around the beginning of the 20th century. He noticed that every man was carrying two loaded guns in his belt. Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:17:06 GMT http://www.author-me.com/fict06/mousetrap.htm A mouse peeked with his eye through a crack in the wall and saw the peasant and his wife open a package. "Interesting to see what food is in the package," thought the mouse to himself, but he began to shake upon seeing the pair taking out a mousetrap. Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:16:04 GMT http://www.author-me.com/fict06/catchingmonkeys.htm In some regions of India, more and more jungle has be cleared to make room for new villages because of the growing population. Most animals that used to live in those forests have withdrawn or disappeared, except the monkeys. Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:14:40 GMT http://author-me.com/fict06/samandthewallet.htm Winner - ANA/Funtime Prize for Children's Literature, 2006. Sam finally lies on his back after hours of tossing and turning on the battered mattress. He gazes up at the ceiling, which is grey and coated with dust, and lets out a breath that speaks of a cloudy heart. Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:08:52 GMT http://author-me.com/fict06/witnessrelocation.htm Certain moments in life are in another tense; they are going to become. And only when they get to that other tense do they reveal to you what they were and what they meant, then you know that one moment is responsible for everything that comes afterwards. Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:06:39 GMT http://author-me.com/nonfiction/electionstowardspeaceDRCongo.htm Formerly Zaïre, the Democratic Republic of Congo now faces the bloodiest conflict, one that wiped out more that 3.000.000 victims since the beginning of hostilities between central government and the rebels. Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:05:22 GMT http://author-me.com/fict06/traditioningumra.htm The village pond had shrunk to half its size. Bhan’s rice-crop had dwindled by two-thirds. Water was directed into the irrigation canal that passed through his rice-field too late in the evening. He had complained at meetings of the village Irrigation Council, but Gumra’s Headman had only stared at him. Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:04:01 GMT http://author-me.com/fict06/rehema.htm She had been a child then, but the memories were still fresh. She could still remember the astringent, pungent smell of the hospital room where her mother had been laid. She remembered the cold, chalk-white sheets which covered her mother’s weak, thin body, contrasting sharply with her caramel brown African skin. She could still remember the surreal feelings which had flooded her. It was a bevy of anger, confusion, pain, and all sorts of ill feelings but mostly sadness. She could still remember the lump in her throat and her helplessness. She remembered it all vividly. How could memories be that painful after all these years? Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:02:50 GMT http://author-me.com/fict06/wanjiru.htm At forty-eight James Wanjiru was blessed with a physique that many envied. Time was kind to him and he retained a fitness that few twenty year olds could match. He was tall, robust and carried himself with a confident gait. Perhaps the only blemish on his otherwise perfect mien was the small balding patch on the top of his head. Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:00:37 GMT http://author-me.com/fict06/gandhisshoes.htm As Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was boarding a train, he lost a shoe. The train was already moving, and he could not go back to pick it up. He quickly took off his other shoe and threw it back near where he had lost the first one. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:16:58 GMT http://author-me.com/fict06/giftofinsults.htm A great Samurai warrior, now old, had decided to teach Zen Buddhism to young people. Despite his age, the legend was that he could defeat any adversary. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:15:41 GMT http://author-me.com/fict06/danieljeanrichard.htm Daniel JeanRichard (1665 - 1741) was a descendant of French Protestant refugees (the Huguenots) who came to Switzerland during the Huguenot Wars of 1562-1598. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:14:32 GMT http://author-me.com/fict06/wanjiru.htm At forty-eight James Wanjiru was blessed with a physique that many envied. Time was kind to him and he retained a fitness that few twenty year olds could match. He was tall, robust and carried himself with a confident gait. Perhaps the only blemish on his otherwise perfect mien was the small balding patch on the top of his head. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:13:10 GMT http://author-me.com/nonfiction/keytosuccess.htm First off, I would echo the voice of 18th century French philosopher Voltaire, made popular and relevant in today’s leadership lexicon by “Good to Great” author Jim Collins, who said, “Good is the Enemy of Great.” Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:12:17 GMT