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Every day, news happens. Sometimes it’s sad news, sometimes it’s feel-good happy news. There are different variations on a theme and, as in the case of the 2012 U.S. elections,...

As NaNoWriMo gets going full speed, we’re going to take a different tact on writing prompts. Today, we’re going to go into non-fiction territory and create blurbs. Blurbs are 1-3...

It turns out the Obama campaign wasn’t the only group to put together a data mining project for the presidential campaign. The Romney campaign has a project they titled Project...

Have you heard the one where a man wins an election with a database? If you’d paid any attention to Election Day in the United States, then the answer is...

For those of you who haven’t noticed, I have a thing about customer service. I worked in retail or customer service related jobs for over 20 years. I sat through...

In honor of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), it’s time to up the word count. Perhaps this prompt will assist you with getting your current WIP (work in progress) completed....

It’s that time of year again. Election Day, with all the pageantry and noise that typically comes with such an event. The voters among us are all probably ready for...

Here’s an argument for taking math classes, whether you are male or female. It really will help you with your future jobs. And yes, I laughed at that one too...

Dear Governor Romney: This morning I awoke to a CNN news story that days before the election, your campaign is flush with funds. In fact, your campaign is so flush...

Some of the strongest writing comes from an author’s most vulnerable places. As horror comes from our deepest fears, tragedy comes from our deepest sorrows. The things that hurt us,...