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Online Writing RSS FeedsPlay Tri-Peaks online - Pyramids solitaire Oct $250 jackpot internet money tournament at Rubl.com - Tri-Peaks - Pyramids Solitaire Oct '08 Tournament in progress! Tri-Peaks Solitaire or Pyramids Solitaire is a popular card solitaire game based on Pyramid and Golf solitaire. Current Prize Pot: $250 Tickets. You pay only $1.25 to join and have a chance to win $100 Tickets for the 1st place, $62.5 for the 2nd place, and so on till the 8th place - $2.5 and more. You can play as many times as you want in this Tri-Peaks Solitaire Cash tourney. Finish Date: Nov 08, 2008. Join and win real money - 1 Ticket equals to $1. The winners of the previous Tri-Peaks Solitaire tournament (Sep'08) published on Rubl.com You can also play such popular card games as Gin-Rummy, Cribbage, Spades, Canasta, or classic board games, such as Backgammon or Dominoes. Every game can be played for free or for money stakes. ...Feed Source: www.rubl.com Poker-Rush solitaire $300 jackpot October internet money tournament at Rubl.com - Join and Play - Poker-Rush Solitaire Oct'08 Tournament - in progress at Rubl.com.
The object of Poker-Rush is to achieve a high score by assembling and scoring multiple poker hands.
Prize Pot: 300 $Tickets. You pay only 1.25 Tickets to join and have a chance to win up to 120 Tickets for the
1st place (and more with the growing jackpot, last month winner received $120), 75 Tickets for the 2nd place, 42 Tickets for the 3rd place, and so on.
The last Poker-Rush Solitaire growing JackPot was $300
You can play as many times as you want in this tourney.
Finish Date: Nov 06, 2008. Join and win real money - 1 Ticket equals to $1.
Prize Pot starts from $300 and grows up.
You can also play such popular card games as Gin-Rummy, Cribbage, Canasta, Spades or classic board games, such as Backgammon or Dominoes. Every game can be played for free or for money stakes.
The winners of the previous Poker-Rush tournament published.
... Rush-21 Solitaire online May $300 Jackpot money tournament - Rush-21 May '08 Solitaire Tournament started!
Play Online Card tournaments at Rubl.com games. Rush-21 solitaire is a card solitaire game, based on the popular Twenty One game and BlackJack Solitaire.
Prize Pot: 300 Tickets.
Finish Date: Jun 02, 2008.
You pay only 1.25 Tickets to join and have a chance to win up to 120 Tickets for the 1st place,
75 Tickets for the 2nd place, 42 Tickets for the 3rd place, and so on till the 8th place - 3 Tickets.
Every day you can also join daily tournaments in Poker-Rush, Tri-Peaks, Solitaire, Freecell. If you prefer head-to-head games you can play such popular card games as Gin-Rummy, Cribbage, Spades, Canasta,
or classic board games, such as Backgammon or Dominoes.
Every game can be played for free or for money stakes.
... Rubl.com Games introduces uploaded avatar pictures in all games - Rubl.com Games, a provider of online entertainment games and tournaments in classic card, board and arcade games of skill such as Gin-Rummy, Cribbage, Backgammon or Dominoes introduces a new functionality - own players' avatars. Along with the standard avatars players can now upload own pictures to be used as avatars in the lobby lists, associated with players names, in table clock and in player information window.
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The current money prize in Poker Rush solitaire card game is $1000. And one day left to join!
Prize Pot: 1000 $Tickets and more!. You pay only 1.25 Tickets to join and have a chance to share this money prize
if you take one of the first 8 positions in this Poker-Rush solitaire tournament.
You can play as many times as you want in this tourney.
Finish Date: Mar 02, 2008, 3 pm. Join and win real money - 1 Ticket equals to $1.
The object of Poker-Rush is to achieve a high score by assembling and scoring multiple poker hands.
... Cribbage 29 hand and Cribbage statistics - Cribbage 29, 28 hand and cribbage statistics.
Average and maximal cribbage hands. Cribbage pegging. The highest hand score is 29,
the odds of getting a 29 Cribbage hand are 1 in 216,580.
The average hand for the dealer who needs to think about scoring of his own crib is lower
than the average hand for pone. According to the real Cribbage hand statistics
they are about 7.95 points for dealer and about 8.10 points for pone.
... Gin-Rummy Lessons. Good and Poor Gin-Rummy Combinations. Play Gin-Rummy better - Learn to play Gin-Rummy Better. A new gin rummy article published in Gin-Rummy section of Rubl.com Games. A Gin Rummy Lessons Seria, Good and Poor Gin-Rummy Combinations. Learn how to play Gin-Rummy better. Let's assume Gin Rummy two- and three- card combinations and grade them from poor to good. It is related to the pure offensive playing in Gin Rummy and can help gin-rummy novice players to understand the cards they need to keep or discard.
... Online skill games - back to the US? - Florida Congressman Robert Wexler, a Democrat member of the House of Representatives is going to introduce legislation to exempt online skill games such as poker, backgammon, gin-rummy, cribbage, chess or mahjong from the Internet gambling ban that was passed by the American Congress last year.
... Spades card game coming soon at Rubl.com - A popular card game Spades coming soon at Rubl.com games - its two-player variation. Spades is a trick-based game with trumps.
The winner must be the first to score 500 points accumulated over several deals. Points are scored mainly for tricks taking during the play. In two players Spades a standard 52 card pack is used. Cards ranks
A(high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2(low).
Spades are always trumps. Each opponent must make a bid, which is the number of tricks he/she expects to take, out of the total possible number of 13 tricks or Nil bid (no tricks).
... PayPal: play gin-rummy, cribbage, backgammon, dominoes for money - how to buy Tickets - You can play 2-player games such as
Cribbage, Gin Rummy, Backgammon, Dominoes or Canasta for free all the time without limitations.
But you may want to add some thrill to your gaming to play the same games
for Tickets (so called Mini-Tournaments) or you may want to join Big
Tournaments in all these games. Maybe also you have spent all the Bonus
Tickets in Arcade and Solitaire games, such as Tri-Peaks, Pyramid-13,
Klondike Solitaire, Darts or Mahjong and want to buy more to
compete for the best score with the other players or to join Daily or
Monthly JackPot tournaments. To do it you will need to buy playing Tickets and the easiest way is to use
PayPal.
... Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Canasta - online card games at Rubl.com - Here at Rubl.com you can play online such popular classic card games as
Gin-Rummy, Cribbage, Canasta. Gin Rummy is one of the most popular forms of Rummy games
- it is faster than standard Rummy and has an ingenious scoring system
that makes it attractive to all players. Cribbage is a very interesting and engaging game for all card players.
With a relatively simple set of rules, cribbage requires such skills as
strategy and accurate calculation of card combinations and points. The distinctive feature of Canasta, as opposed to other
Rummy games, is that making a seven-card meld, called a canasta, gives
the player a huge bonus, and the number of canastas made usually decides
the game.
... Play a new card game Pyramid-13 Solitaire or Solitaire-13 online at Rubl.com - Rubl.com introduces a new Solitaire game - Pyramid-13.
The aim or Pyramid-13 Solitaire is to clear one pyramid by clicking open cards that sum up to 13 points.
For those who played Tri-Peaks Solitaire game on Rubl.com - instead of searching the neighbour card you have to
find 13 sums among several open cards. You can select any open card from the Pyramid (not ovrelapped by other cards) or any card from 2 free cells.
When the point sum of selected cards equals 13, these cards are discarded.
Card values are: King:13 (discarded as a single card), Queen:12, Jack:11, Ace:1, number cards are worth their face value.
Wild Card - Joker can be used to match any card.
... Play Gin-Rummy Live tournament in Las Vegas, May 20-23, 2007 - Gin-Rummy Live tournament in Las Vegas, May 20-23, 2007.
The Gin Rummy Association, opens pre-registration for The World Series of Gin Rummy Tournament, May 20-23, 2006 in Las Vegas.
CITY: Las Vegas, NV.
LOCATION: The Orleans Hotel & Casino
Singles and Partnership Gin-Rummy tournaments.
... Play Tri-Peaks online - Pyramids solitaire March $250 growing jackpot tournament at Rubl.com - Tri-Peaks - Pyramids Solitaire Feb'07 Tournament in progress!
Tri-Peaks or Pyramids Solitaire is a popular card solitaire game based on Pyramids and Golf solitaire.
Current Prize Pot: 250 Tickets and it grows. You pay only 1.25 Tickets to join and have a chance to win 100 Tickets for the 1st place, 62.5 Tickets for the 2nd place, and so on till the 8th place - 2.5 Tickets and more.
You can play as many times as you want in this Tri-Peaks Solitaire Cash tourney.
Finish Date: Apr 07, 2007. Join and win real money - 1 Ticket equals to 1 USD.
You can also play such popular card games as Gin-Rummy, Cribbage, Canasta, or classic board games, such as Backgammon or Dominoes.
Every game can be played for free or for money stakes.
The winners of the previous Tri-Peaks tournament (Feb'07-Mar'07) published on Rubl.com.
... Dominoes Internet Tournaments. How to play dominoes tournaments online at Rubl.com - Internet dominoes tournaments become very popular last years. Here at Rubl.com you can play dominoes tournaments online like in real land-based tournaments. This site provides an online service to players of dominoes games and tournaments - All Fives dominoes and variations, the Block game and the Draw game.
... Solitaire $300 Jackpot Feb'07 tournament - Solitaire Tournament starts Jan 22, 2007. Are you ready for the big Prize Pot - 300 $Tickets?. You pay only 1.25 $Tickets to join and have a chance to win up to 120 $Tickets for the
1st place, 60 $Tickets for the 2nd place and so on till the 10th place - 3 $Tickets. You can play as many times as you want in this tourney.
Finish Date: Feb 21, 2007. Join and win real money - 1 $Ticket equals to $1. You can also play such popular card games as Gin-Rummy, Cribbage, Canasta, or classic board games, such as Backgammon or Dominoes. Every game can be played for free or for money stakes.
... Cribbage Internet Tournaments. How to play cribbage tournaments online at Rubl.com - You can play cribbage tournaments online in internet like in real land-based tournaments here at Rubl.com. This site provides an online service to players of cribbage games and tournaments.
... Online Backgammon Tournaments. How to play internet backgammon tournaments at Rubl.com - Do you want to play backgammon tournaments online like in real land-based tournaments? You can do it here at Rubl.com backgammon. Rubl.com provides an online service for Backgammon players. Tournaments give these players an ability to participate in scheduled online Swiss system, Double, Single Elimination Tournaments. The most popular scheme for online backgammon tournaments is Single Elimination Tournaments. Just like in real land-based Backgammon Tournaments, the players pay an entry fee for participation in online Money Tournament and may win Cash Prizes.
... Gin-Rummy Internet Tournaments. How to play gin-rummy tournaments online at Rubl.com - If you want to play gin-rummy tournaments like in real land-based tournaments you can do it here. Rubl.com provides an online service to players of gin-rummy games. Participants can compete in multi-player Tournaments of Gin-Rummy. Just like in real land-based Tournaments, the players pay an entry fee for participation in online Tournament events, and may win prizes.
... Community Ladders improved. Ladder games in Gin-Rummy, Backgammon, Dominoes, Cribbage, Canasta, Pool - Community Ladders at Rubl.com are open to all players who wish to compete fairly and have fun.
We have a simple ranking system. Your ranking will represent your standing among other players.
The highest ranked player holds the #1 spot.
A player with #2 ranking is ranked one level below the #1 player.
The goal is to "climb" the Ladder as high as you can.
On the 1st day of every month, Top Ten registered Ladder players to that day will receive prizes - $Tickets in their accounts.
Examples of the 1st place Ladder Prizes: in Gin-Rummy and Backgammon Ladders - 50 $Tickets, in Cribbage and Dominoes Ladders - 30 $Tickets,
in Canasta and Pool Ladders - 20 $Tickets, in Chess Ladder - 10 $Tickets, in Checkers Ladder - 5 $Tickets
... Mahjong Solitaire Rules, Strategy and Playing Tips - Mahjong solitaire or MahJongg solitaire also known as Shanghai solitaire, single-player mahjong or one-player mahjong, is a solitaire matching game that uses a set of Mahjong tiles. The 144 tiles are arranged in special layouts with their faces upwards. A tile that can be moved left or right without disturbing other tiles is said to be exposed. Exposed pairs of identical tiles (Flower and Seasons tiles in the same group being considered identical) are removed from the layout one at a time, gradually exposing the lower layers to play. ... Gin-Rummy Playing Tips and how to learn to play Gin-Rummy - Below are 8 Gin-Rummy tips, that allow you to learn gin-rummy quickly and to start playing at a beginning level.
... Gin-Rummy Strategy, Tactics and playing Tips - Rubl.com published Gin-Rummy paying strategy for gin-rummy players. Though the general rules of Gin-Rummy are simple - take a card, discard a card - but gin rummy is far more complex to learn, is more strategic game than most people realize
... Domino Rules. How to play Dominoes - Rubl.com published Dominoes rules for its players and Dominoes Tips - how to play Domino -for the three most commonly played games in the West - All Fives and variations, the Standard or Block game and the Draw game. The instructions describe the games played with the standard or "double-six" domino set comprising 28 tiles.
... Backgammon Rules. How to play Backgammon - Rubl.com published Backgammon rules for its players and Backgammon Tips - how to play Backgammon. Backgammon is played so that you move your checkers in the direction from your opponent's home board to your home board. As soon as all of your checkers are in your home board you can begin to remove checkers from the board (the bear off). You win the game by bearing off all of your checkers first.
... New link banners for Rubl.com players - We at Rubl.com have prepared several new buttons for our gin-rummy, cribbage, backgammon, dominoes, canasta and chess players. The buttons mostly say - I play "a game" or just I play at rubl.com. Hope our players would like them. On request we can add new buttons, of the new design or for the new not listed games, like our hits Tri-Peaks or Mahjong.
... Cribbage Rules. How to play Cribbage - Rubl.com supports two popular Cribbage variations: Six Card Cribbage and Five Card Cribbage.
Six Card Cribbage is a game for two players. It is now the standard form of Cribbage and widely played in English speaking parts of the world. Five Card Cribbage, is an older form of the game which has been largely forgotten, though it is still played in parts of Britain.
6-card cribbage is a default variation.
... Play RPS online at Rubl.com - Rock Paper Scissors game - Rubl.com introduces its new two-player game - a popular RPS game - Rock Paper Scissors. The rules of RPS are very simple: Rock wins against Scissors, Scissors wins against Paper and Paper wins against Rock. You can play 2 different RPS games - classic 1-1-1 and strategic 1-2-3. Play for free of for money.
... Play Cribbage online at Rubl.com Games - Many online poker sites and gambling sites decided to stop accepting U.S.-based players when the U.S. Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Rubl.com supports only skill-based games, members never play against the house, all games involve predominantly skill, as opposed to chance, and are designed as interactive online entertainment for adults.
We invite all players to try Rubl.com cribbage game.
Cribbage is a very interesting and engaging game for all card players. With a relatively simple set of rules, cribbage requires such skills as strategy and accurate calculation of card combinations and points. And yet winning in cribbage requires continuous focus and concentration till the very end of this excellent game.
... Is Playing Games at Rubl.com Legal? - Yes, it is legal! Rubl.com games are no different from usual traditional skill games, chess and golf tournaments or other skill-based games that have been played for cash or prizes in the offline world for hundreds of years - we've just taken them online.
Recently The House approved HR 4411, the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006".
HR 4411 is an attempt to stop internet gambling by regulating the financial transactions that fund what already constitutes unlawful internet gambling.
... Gin-Rummy Tournaments Rules and the 50th card - The modern Tournament Gin-Rummy rules add some details to the situation when the stock pile is reduced to two cards. It is called the 50th card rule (the fiftieth card rule).
... Lines-Collapse $200 Jackpot tournament - Lines-Collapse Tournament in progress. Prize Pot: 200 Tickets. You pay only 1.25 Tickets to join and have a chance to win up to 80 Tickets for the
1st place, 50 Tickets for the 2nd place, 28 Tickets for the 3rd and 4th places, and so on till the 8th place - 2 Tickets. You can play as many times as you want in this tourney.
Start Date: Aug 08, 2006. Finish Date: Sep 07, 2006.
Join and win real money - 1 Ticket equals to $1.
... Backgammon Bonus Tournament - Bonus Tickets Tournament in Backgammon starts August 17 2006, 7:00pm EDT at Rubl.com online games.
Entry Fee: 1 Ticket. Enjoy this Bonus Tournament and other 24 hour backgammon tournaments with players around the world.
Watch and play other backgammon games; get useful strategy tips and free-play as much as you want.
... Cribbage online - a new game option - show played cards - Rubl.com introduced a new table option in its Online Cribbage: 'Show played cards'.
Players may now elect to play at the table that either shows or does not show the played cards in hand.
Before this all played cards had been gathered into discard pile and were not visible for players after each 31 points played.
... How to play Cribbage at rubl.com - Do you know, that Microsoft Zone (MS Zone) has discontinued its online Cribbage this June? But if you like this game you can play cribbage online at rubl.com. For those who are new to Rubl.com multi-player games we publish a help picture - how to start cribbage games.
This help picture can be used also for new Gin-Rummy, Backgammon, Canasta, Dominoes, Chess and Checkers players.
... How to win cash in online games - You can win real money by playing games online. Believe it or not, online gaming for money is getting very popular.
With the variety of games you can find a partner to play your desired card, board or other traditional game. As an example you can play such different games as Gin-Rummy, Backgammon, Canasta, Cribbage, Dominoes, Pool and even Chess.
There are also several popular single-player non-card games, like Mahjong Solitaire, Pacman, Collapse-style Aqua-Rush and many other games.
... Gin-Rummy, Canasta and Cribbage cash tournaments - Join online tournaments in popular card games: Gin-Rummy, Canasta and Cribbage. Each day we hold many cash
tournaments in every game with the entry fee from 1 $Ticket up to 50 $Tickets. Single or Double elimination money tournaments.
Play also single free or money games.
... Gin-Rummy Rules. How to play Gin-Rummy - Number of Players: Gin-Rummy is a two-player card game. The Deck: Gin is played with a standard 52-card pack of playing cards. Aces are played only as low.
... Interesting Canasta Facts - Canasta, a game of the Rummy family was the most popular American game in the early 1950s. The game became the biggest fad since MahJong in the 1920s
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If you need to write for your job, the ability to write quickly and efficiently on demand is vital. Let's look at three secrets which will put you in command of your writing processes, so you can write any time, anywhere.... My First Book - Getting Started - I've decided to write a book! Now what? How do I get started? Well it's easier than you may think. The only thing holding you back is you.... Want to Write a Book? Five Tips to Set and Achieve Your Writing Goals - If you want to write a book, or tackle any other important writing project, then setting clear, powerful goals can put you on the path to success. No matter what you hope to accomplish, the following five tips can help you get there.... How to Write Your Own Love Story Or Poetry - This article involves the topic of how to write your own love story or poetry. The best thing to do is read it a couple times and then begin slowly - referencing any other aids or relevant websites when the need arises.... Want to Write a Book? - Start Writing Today - There is a famous saying that has been around for years that we all have a book inside of us. It is also just as true to say that many of us yearn to write that novel. The one sad fact is that very few of us ever put pen to paper, yet carry the dream within us all our lives.... Pronouns and Antecedents - How to Write What You Mean When Replacing a Noun - If the author has unclear antecedents, the reader might as well spin and point to find the noun referred to by the pronoun. Authors of both fiction and non-fiction would be wise to study the proper placement of pronouns. Here's a quick primer on how to detect and correct unclear antecedents.... What the Best Romance Novels Are Made Of - Some of the best romance novels are those that tell a story of love in a very dramatic way. I'm sure you have your very own romance story that you think is the best. There are very many factors that readers consider when they are judging a novel to be the best.... Features of Gothic Romance Novels - Gothic romance novels or stories were popular in the 18th and 19 century. This was a very interesting type of romance genre which was mainly governed by mystery. They were known to touch on the supernatural and those who have a liking for horror found them especially entertaining. Their setting was a hall mark of haunted castles and medieval ruins.... A Flying Start to 2009 - Well-Being For Writers - I usually find people - writers or otherwise - take the opportunity to make a New Year's resolution which somehow involves the words 'diet' and 'detox'. This of course would not be necessary if we were not already overloading on Christmas feasting and, of course, the sensible thing to do would be not to overload in the first place. But - given the temptations - I suppose we can expect to falter a little.... A Look at Romance Writers of America - Romance writers of America have not just done the country proud but, they have impacted the world. Their creative sense never ceases to amaze and, the romance genre is one that has plenty of fans. Romance writers of America are some of the greatest in the world.... A Real Screenwriter's Business Model - The Business of Next - Screenwriter's are often frustrated with elements that are out of their control. Here's how to eliminate your anxiety, angst, and animosity towards these uncontrollable elements. Introducing the business of "next"!... How to Be an Excellent Romance Novelist - Every writer of romance wants to become an excellent romance novelist. Many who have succeeded in the genre have made their dreams come true. Today, if you have a dream to be a romance novelist, you can also make your dream come true.... Fiction Tips - What is Backstory? - One of the weaknesses I've often seen in the work of beginning novel writers is a lack of time spent in creating the backstory. They are in such a rush to get the story on paper, they fail to consider where there character were and what they did, previous in time to the story setting itself. First of all, let's define backstory, and then we'll discuss why it is so very important. And why all authors must include this vital step in plotting.... Extend Yourself, Your Personality, Your Hobbies - Freelance! - Are you looking for work? Or have you just been laid off because your work has been outsourced? Has the factory you were working for shutdown? The fact is these are only external factors affecting our daily life. You have no control over them and no choice but to face it. Of course you should be lucky enough, as they say.... Abbreviations and How to Write Them - The essence of good writing is precision and clarity, and the use of abbreviations seems an ideal way to ensure these essentials. Abbreviations, however, can take a variety of inconsistent forms in magazines and corporate literature, and very few abbreviations have been standardized. This article is an attempt to draw up some "rules of abbreviation" that should prove useful to all writers.... Write Your First Play - To Outline Or Not to Outline - To outline or not to outline? This is a question many writers ask themselves. Some feel that it stifles their creativity; they like to discover the end of the play, not pre-plan it ahead of time.... Creative Writing in Fantasy - Have you ever wanted to write fantasy, but perhaps did not know where to begin? Then this is the article for you. By the time you finish reading, you will know enough to write your first fantasy story.... Creative Writers - Learn Travel Writing - Have you ever thought about travel writing? What's stopping you? All the information you need is here.... Creative Writers' Resolutions For 2009 - Resolutions are made to be broken, but at least they get you off to a good start for the new year. Start your new year with these.... Make Money Writing at Home! Start a Freelance Writing Business, Make Plenty of Money! - Every day millions of people search the Internet looking for ways to make money. Almost all are overlooking an obvious answer that is right in front of them; make money writing! The demand for written material is high and growing. The demand is not for literary works but for simple, explanatory, information-writing. It's easy to do, can be done at home or from anywhere you have an Internet connection. And it's not just for "chump change". People ... Fiction Tips - Is Fear Normal? - I've never met a creative person -- whether in music, the arts, writing or even in entertainment - who does not struggle with a degree of self doubt. For some it's stronger than for others. In some cases, it amounts to a deep-seated fear. Is it normal? I would have to say, "Pretty much." Does it have to win? The answer is "No, it does not!" If I can overcome the fears and self-doubts that raged against me in the early days of my career (and... Top Ten Things You Should Do to Win a Freelance Writing Bid - Freelance writing is no more limited to freelancers only. While many freelancers have already taken or are seriously thinking to take freelance writing as their profession, many professional writers too, are joining them seeing the enormous money-making potential of the market. No wonder online writing or writing in/for websites has somewhat become an 'industry' itself.... A Creative Wake-Up Call - Over any holiday period there isn't usually much time for creativity, so by the time we get back to our normal routine we are out of the groove. May I suggest a few ways you can give yourself a wake up call and stimulate that creative muse into life again?... How on Earth Did I Get Here? - Struggling with your plot? Why not try to incorporate some of these elements into your story.... Must Have Tools For a Freelance Writer - A bad workman blames his tools but there is no workman without a tool. Freelancers have set of tools they must own and without which their world can come crashing down. Want to see what those tools are? Read on:... History of Script - 15th Century and Beyond - In the 14th and 15th century, Italian scholars following Petrarch's admiration for classical culture, adopt what they believe is a Roman style for their new, original script. In searching through ancient texts they discover the elegant Carolingian manuscripts, from Charlemagne's monastic workshops and adapt this paragon for their texts. The secretary of the papal court of Rome, Poggio Bracciolini, uses lowercase letters evident in Carolingian scr... The Development of Alphabet - 2500 BC to the Phonecians - The Indus script, written by officials of the Indus valley, was used mainly to assist the bureaucrats in administration. These seals were carved in soapstone or steatite, the center of which depicts an animal or yogic-like postured human form above and around it formal symbols, short lines or other animal forms. The significance and interpretations of these thousands of seals are unknown but the supposition is for trade and accounting purposes. T... The Alphabet - Early Developments - Recording the language of spoken Gothic becomes the intellectual task of Ulfilas, the first known human to undertake the task of creating a written language from purely oral speech. He created a new alphabet from the Greek and Roman text devising twenty-seven new letters to translate the Bible from Greek into the Gothic language. His work in incomplete but portions of the Epistles and the Gospels remain, predating Jerome's Latin translation.... History of Script - 8th to 15th Century AD - A distinguished scholar from York named Alcuin is invited by emperor Charlemagne in 780 AD to direct the palace school at Aachen. One of Alcuin's students, Godesalc, is commissioned by Charlemagne to create what later becomes known as the Godesalc Evangelistary, an impressively calligraphic manuscript of the gospels. The book is completed in April of 783 and is the first expression of Carolingian miniscule, relevant by its use of conventional of ... The Development of Alphabet - 5th Century BC to 200 AD - In the 5th century BC, an inscription in the form of a stele (inscribed column) is created in northwest Arabia, in Tema. This system eventually evolves one thousand years later as Arabic script. The Nabataeans, a Semitic language speaking people, developed this script in the 1st century BC to document and record their prosperity on caravan treks. In the 7th century AD, it became necessary to accurately record the words of God for the Qur'an in Ar... Handwriting Becomes Print - 20th century letters and handwriting styles derive from the last centuries of the Roman Empire. In 100 AD, members of the Roman battalion inscribed Latin messages on Hadrian's Wall.... Script - The Talking Leaves of the Cherokee - The recorded history of the Native Americans began, like all other cultures, with an oral history being passed down from generation to generation. The Native Americans used imitative magic, meaning the stories or events they wanted to communicate were acted out using ceremony, sacred dancing or other rituals. When a shaman had successful communication with nature, bringing rain, sun or crops to abundance, these powerful rituals were recorded as p... Tune Up Your Writing - 5 Solutions to Overcoming Your Editor Phobias - With gas prices steadily increasing, who wants to think about paying an extra expense for an oil change, new tires, or an inspection? However, if these items never get checked, your car will eventually break down. As a result, you will need to pay ten times more to purchase a brand new car.... Work on Your Writing Habit - The hardest part about writing is not the individual projects, it's the day to day work on those projects. It's easy to let writing go when life gets in the way. How do you make writing a habit and not a random spark? How do you stop life getting in the way of that habit?... Time Travel Tales - Rules of Engagement - An Interview With the Writer's Retreat - This extract is part of an online interview which was undertaken with members of the Writers Retreat at the Institute of Children's Literature in September 2008. For more than thirty five years, the Institute has offered the premier writing course for adults interested in learning how to write and be published for children and teens.... Categories of Fantasy - An Interview With the Writer's Retreat - This extract is part of an online interview which was undertaken with members of the Writers Retreat at the Institute of Children's Literature in September 2008. For more than thirty five years, the Institute has offered the premier writing course for adults interested in learning how to write and be published for children and teens.... The Blank Page - I am a blank page. I am only eight and a half inches wide, eleven inches long. To most people, I am unprepossessing, boring, blank. But to you, I am the most intimidating opponent you will ever face.... Writing From the Road; to Travel and Write - There is a rather large contingency of traveling writers, article authors, and novelists that travel in motor coaches and write. I know, for seven years I myself traveled the country by motor coach and I often met them. Some were travel writers, others wrote magazine articles, and some were well known authors. This always fascinated me, and perhaps gave me the confidence to become a writer myself.... When I Sat Down to Write This Note - How often do you wish the people you write to would take the time to really understand what you write has a much deeper and more personal meaning than what they see on the paper? It would be nice if you could ask the reader to pause and stop reading each and every word. What you want your reader to do is "read between the lines" and in that way the reader could understand what you have written has a meaning much deeper and more personal than me... Writing Using What is Around Us - Finding Inspiration - Go on a scavenger hunt through a favorite book. Look for outstanding adjectives, sentences that grabbed your attention and for physical descriptions that were especially good. See what the structure of the story was and what kept you reading the chapters through to the end.... Magazine Article Ideas From Formula Titles - Interestingly enough, many magazine article titles are remarkably similar. Use the following formula titles to generate more magazine article ideas than you can handle.... Beating the Block - Writers Block That Is! - We've all experienced it. Fingers hovering over the keyboard without an idea of what to write. This article covers ways to beat writer's block.... "Improve Your Punctuation" Software - Write English Like a Pro! - If you look for an ideal writing, editing, and proofreading solution, you should try using this "Improve Your Punctuation" Software technology. We use English writing when we communicate with others, whether for business or personal purposes, it is vital then to keep it at high standards. Looking for new ways that will help you to enrich and correct your English writing without any extra effort?... "Check Your English" Software - It is Finally Affordable! - 'Grammar' is one of the most problematic issues in writing and "Check Your English" Software was developed in order to help us better deal with it. English writing is a powerful tool; if we use it properly it will enable us to achieve many of our goals whether for personal or business purposes. Professional writing is about proper grammar, punctuation, spelling and style.... How to Set About Writing an Essay? - Before you start writing an essay you should know what you are supposed to write. Read the wording of the given topic or subject carefully. Once you have got a clear idea of the subject, you have to spend some time thinking over it.... Creative Writers, Should You Take a Writing Course? - We creative writers are an odd bunch. Sometimes we can write. Sometimes we can't. Sometimes we need inspiration. Sometimes we don't.... Capitalize Your "i's" Otherwise You'll Look Weak and Unwise - Some people on the Internet prey on weak individuals and subscribe to the theory that there is a sucker born every minute. If you wish to be seen as a sucker and invite in the sharks to your beautiful scenic beach, be my guest, but I don't advise it. Acting weak on the Internet is akin to cutting your leg and going surfing, you are bound to attract. Often, I see the millennials who seem to not like to capitalize their name or "i" in emails or on ... English Spell Check For Windows Tool - Write Better Right Now! - English Spell Check For Windows Tool - is it that helpful? Can it save us time while proofreading our writing assignments? Many of us already use basic conventional word processors; however most of these solutions are limited by their ability to analyze digital content by means of sentence construction and advanced grammar.... Increase Your Creative Writing Skills - Start Your Story From the End - See if you can create a story going from the end back toward the beginning. Let me explain how you might do that. Select the ending you want.... Fast Text Editor - Easily Write Like a Pro! - Latest technological achievements claim to challenge and offer what sounds impossible - an advanced Fast Text Editor that proofreads and fixes our grammar writing in just few clicks. Learning how to write correct English requires time and effort, however technology can easily help us on achieving that goal. Find out how to transform your writing correct and appealing.... Grammar and English Comma Checker - Get One Today! - If you want to improve your writing skills you better try using an advanced Grammar And English Comma Checker today. English writing is a skill that only improves through practice and it seems like these fresh technological solutions are able to assist us on improving our writing skills. Find out how to transform your writing correct and appealing.... SEO Article Writing - 3 Steps to Getting Your Articles Read - We all want readers to read our particular articles. No matter how many we generate on a regular basis, we need readers to click and read through to our article end.... What is a Ghost Writer and What Do Ghost Writers Do? - Ghost writers are writers for hire who take money but none of the credit for the work produced. The original writer, or author, is hiring the ghost writer as a freelance writer to produce copy writer work for a fee. The author takes all the credit for all the original work produced, including all the original writing produced by the ghost writer.... Fiction Tips - Why Not Enter a Fiction Contest? - If you are an aspiring fiction writer, let me ask you a question. Have you ever entered a writing contest? If not, why not? On the wall of my office I have seven (7) framed certificates from various writing contests which I have won through the years. (And this is not all of them - some certificates are still buried in my files.) Winning a contest can be a real confidence booster for a story writer. And oftentimes a judge in a contest will i... English Writing and Grammar Software - The True Facts! - English Writing And Grammar Software is actually a 'personal' English writing and proofreading assistant. With a little practice we can easily improve our writing skills and it looks like the latest technological achievements can even make it easier. The following quick review reveals the latest technological English proofreading solutions.... "Write Good Sentences" Tool - Try it Right Away! - Is "Write Good Sentences" Tool just another word processing solution? Can it help us improve our writing skills? Writing is a significant tool in our life - think for a moment how many hours a day you spend on writing, editing, and proofreading your various writing assignments.... Software For Punctuation - Quickly Proof Read Any Text! - Can an advanced Software For Punctuation change the way we write English? The use of advanced word processing and language processing solutions is constantly increasing in the past few years. Read the following review and find out how technology can assist you on improving your English sentences.... Quote of the Week - Joyce Carol Oates:
The practicing writer, the writer-at-work, the writer immersed in his or her project, is not an entity at all, let alone a person, but a curious melange ... Updates! - I've been updating some of the smaller submissions today. There are new cliches in the cliches list; new tips in How to Get Ideas, How to Get Started, and How ... Quote of the Week - J.R.R. Tolien:
Creative Fantasy is founded upon the hard recognition that things are so in the world as it appears under the sun; on a recognition of fact, but not ... New Poetry - Here are all the latest successful submissions from the poetry slush file:
Attempt to Write by kat.
Po-po by beks.
Graveyard Shift by D. L. Packer.
Trees by three-letters-long.
Bitter-Sweet Winter by Miss Bluesky.
The Bounds ... Quote of the Week - Garth Nix:
For all my longer works (i.e the novels) I write chapter outlines so I can have the pleasure of departing from them later on.
(For more writerly quotes, see ... New Fiction - At last the latest fiction from the slush file:
Omen by Karissa M.Every other Saturday, a group of thirty or so 15, 16 and 17 year-olds convened in the Anglican Church ... New Non-Fiction - Here are the latest non-fiction submissions that made it through the selection process:
Rambling by Willy K. Constant movement, I cannot sit still, the blank screen stares back at me, taunting ... Quote of the Week - Mary Gentle: . . . it matters that I get it right. That a sword weighs this much, and cuts like that, even if it's being handled by a ... Here they are, the last of the submissions to the Unnamed Abstract Challenge - Here they are, the last of the submissions to the Unnamed Abstract Challenge:
My Charge, fiction by Counterfission.
Beyond the Storm, fiction by Emma L.
This Is a Poem, poetry by Joel Stein.
Longing, ... Quote of the Week - Alan Lightman: A good novel gets under our skin, provokes us and haunts us long after the first reading, because we never fully understand the characters.
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