Thursday, March 8, 2012

rattlebox moth

Read this short story inspired by science.

Check out science magazines and journals for story ideas.

Google rattlebox moth to get background on this story.

Google lancet flukes and write your own.

'loft

Read this story in progress with editor feedback, using google docs. Have you tried this collaborative technology that makes writing interactive and supportive?

Share a google doc story with us by adding us with tgillis7@gmail.com

Let us edit you. You can always restore previous versions, and there is a complete revision history. Even deleted words are restored in crossouts!

Friday, July 29, 2011

keep on rockin'

hang out with the best damn band around town: velourosaurus

then, tell us about a rockin' good time you had this summer
in the Old Port

Monday, July 18, 2011

dark follies

Goth street theater with a vaudevillian flair.

Read our story on drumming, fire and belly dancing, and sword swallowing.

Blog back your own experiences with the dark side.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

stolen child

Read the story and tell us your thoughts about it.

What do you think of your parents? Are you a parent or do you want to be one someday?

Have you ever wanted something so much you clutched at it at its own expense?

Have you ever used published poetry to inspire your own fiction?

Monday, April 11, 2011

deaf film festival

Celebrate deaf culture, enjoying reel after reel of powerful films, aired at usm this past weekend.

follow the links in the story to watch some clips, and then blog back your thoughts

Sunday, April 3, 2011

poetry slam

Better than Butler; cooler than UConn.

Meet the fab five of Maine's first youth poetry slam team.

Read the story (tab above), then tell us about the poetry in your life - your first foray, your favorite poem, a time when you used poetry to get out of trouble

Sunday, March 27, 2011

strangeland

story on local homeless, fourteen years later (tab above)

read it, and then tell about your own run-in with a homeless person, or a time when you needed shelter yourself, or when you have been a safe haven

roller derby

check out our photostory on maine roller derby (tab above)

FOR SKATERS ONLY:
after you read, add to the story by commenting on this blog
1) how did you get rolling?
2) what first brought you to the flat-track?
3) how long on the roll?
4) funniest moment?