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September 7th, 2008
I am a virgin. To blogging that is. Officially I am not because I schlog which means that I schlep words for a living. This is my very first blog so technically this makes me a virgin. I’ll get to the—why I prefer schlogging part later, after I experience my first blog which is […]
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Continue reading "I’m Not A Feminist…but Women Need to Break the Glass Ceiling"
September 4th, 2008
From the time I was a little girl I remember hearing stories of Martha Carrier, my grandmother 9 generations back, who was hanged for a witch in Salem in 1692. My mother and grandmother spoke often of the history of the witch hysteria as well as the bravery and fortitude of Martha and her […]
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Continue reading "Guest Post: On Writing The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent"
September 4th, 2008
The fifth book in Colleen Gleason’s Gardella Vampire Chronicles comes out just after the first of the year, and she’s offered one lucky reader an ARC (that’s “advanced review copy”), a couple months before the publication date.
BUT, there’s a catch.
Colleen will be reading responses to this post, and she’ll be selecting the winner, so if […]
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Continue reading "BOOK TALK: As Shadows Fade Giveaway"
September 3rd, 2008
Well, this time yesterday, I thought I had a job - not the most challenging one, to be sure: working as a Receptionist in the financial district of Downtown Montreal. Don’t get me wrong - I was more than thankful for a steady paycheck, especially after the tremendous upheaval of the previous year. I’d gone […]
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Continue reading "Your Turn: Silver Lining"
September 2nd, 2008
If you are a long-time reader of All Things Girl, the name “Patricia Wellingham-Jones” will certainly ring a bell. Her amazing poems have graced our pages every issue for as long as I can remember. Patricia is a breast-cancer survivor and her poetry about the process of her diagnosis and treatment were collected into Don’t […]
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Continue reading "Interview with Patricia Wellingham-Jones"
September 2nd, 2008
Eglantyne Jebb was born in 1876 and was one of six children. Forty-three years later she and her sister Dorothy, co-founded the Save the Children charity. In between these times she went to study at Oxford, which was quite unusual for women in 1895. She not only enjoyed political science lectures from A.L. Smith, but […]
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Continue reading "Inspiring Women: Eglantyne Jebb"
September 1st, 2008
A while back I joined the gym just to use their pool. I’m on a mission to lose weight and swimming is great exercise. I go 5-6 times a week and sometimes twice in a day (a 20min swim can be great in the afternoon to release tension and stress). The problem with swimming so […]
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Continue reading "Sound Advice: Haircare for Swimmers"
September 1st, 2008
Though at first glance you might think “autumn”, the theme of “Harvest” has so many more interpretations than the straightforward thoughts of horns-a-plenty and falling leaves. It brings to mind the thoughts of full moons and camp fires, the planting of seeds of all sorts which bring us fruits of our labors, both literally and […]
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Continue reading "From the Editor: Welcome to Harvest (Sept/Oct 2008)"
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