BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "writing" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:10:13 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) My Great-Great Grandmother's Autograph Book From 1886 http://www.buzzfeed.com/agh/an-autograph-book-from-1886 This is my great-great grandmother's autograph book. Her name was Grace. Here are some of the entries in her book, including a stamp from the man she would go on to marry.

"Remember me when this you see" G. B. Stevens (?)

"With compliments of James Shea, Wilmington, NY"

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/agh/an-autograph-book-from-1886 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:02:08 -0500 <b>This is my great-great grandmother&#39;s autograph book.</b> Her name was Grace. Here are some of the entries in her book, including a stamp from the man she would go on to marry. agh nonadult Skin&mdash;A Story Tattooed On 2,095 Strangers http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/skina-story-tattooed-on-2095-strangers Writer Shelley Jackson is publishing her story entitled “Skin” in tattoos on strangers, one word at a time. Volunteers in the project must accept the word they are given and tattoos must be in black ink, in a classic book font.

  1. The

  2. vivacious

  3. words

  4. are

  5. on

  6. skin

  7. not

  8. dead

  9. paper.

  10. Sentence: The vivacious words are on skin not dead paper. -- Carolyn Kellogg

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/skina-story-tattooed-on-2095-strangers Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:29:15 -0400 <b>Writer Shelley Jackson is publishing her story entitled "Skin" in tattoos on strangers, one word at a time.</b> Volunteers in the project must accept the word they are given and tattoos must be in black ink, in a classic book font. sly adult The Proper Manifesto...Manifesto http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/the-proper-manifestomanifesto Behold, the secrets of effective manifesto writing!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/the-proper-manifestomanifesto Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:32:08 -0400 Behold, the secrets of effective manifesto writing! donnad nonadult JK Rowling Is Writing Again http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/jk-rowling-is-writing-again

And writing multiple things to boot!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/jk-rowling-is-writing-again Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:49:42 -0500 And writing multiple things to boot! ashleybaccam nonadult The Writer&#39;s Prayer http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/the-writers-prayer-bif

Repeat after me: I will get this shit done.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/the-writers-prayer-bif Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:52:24 -0500 Repeat after me: I will get this shit done. donnad nonadult The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of "Writer&#39;s Block" http://www.buzzfeed.com/bizzybee712/the-unsuccessful-self-treatment-of-a-case-of-writ-k16 Maybe it's the English major in me , but this one hit me pretty hard - wonderful stuff. And the best part is that it's actually been published. Via Grasping Reality with Both Hands.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/bizzybee712/the-unsuccessful-self-treatment-of-a-case-of-writ-k16 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:02:04 -0500 <b>Maybe it&#39;s the English major in me</b>, but this one hit me pretty hard - wonderful stuff. <i>And the best part is that it&#39;s actually been published.</i> Via <a href="http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2010/12/laugh-if-you-must-but-it-is-published-in-a-refereed-journal.html">Grasping Reality with Both Hands.</a> bizzybee712 adult The Writer Who Couldn&#39;t Read http://www.buzzfeed.com/elmarburchia/the-writer-who-couldnt-read-7ve

The surprising true story of Canadian novelist Howard Engel, who woke up one morning to find that he could still write but was no longer able to read. ( Via .)

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/elmarburchia/the-writer-who-couldnt-read-7ve Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:02:04 -0400 The surprising true story of Canadian novelist Howard Engel, who woke up one morning to find that he could still write but was no longer able to read. (<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127745750">Via</a>.) elmarburchia adult Get Published! http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/get-published-26q

When not “feeding the buzz,” I'm usually managing My Parents Were Awesome , which is now becoming a book (I know, *groan*). Good news is, I'm looking for contributors, meaning you could get published!

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/get-published-26q Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:10:43 -0500 When not "feeding the buzz," I&#39;m usually managing <a href="http://myparentswereawesome.tumblr.com/">My Parents Were Awesome</a>, which is now becoming a book (I know, *groan*). Good news is, I&#39;m looking for contributors, meaning you could get published! eliot nonadult Screw Microsoft Word http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Screw_Microsoft_Word

Like Howard Beale in Network , many longtime Microsoft Word users are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore.

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  9. Word Processing for Mac
  10. Goodbye, Cruel Word
  11. An Interface of One’s Own
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Screw_Microsoft_Word Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:04:12 -0500 Like Howard Beale in <em>Network</em>, many longtime Microsoft Word users are mad as hell, and they're not going to take it anymore. buzz nonadult