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Jane Underwood
San Francisco
Entrepreneur, writer, photographer, mother, breast cancer adventuress
Interests: walking the dog, photography, creative writing, creativity in all forms, alternative health and healing, running my small school of creative writing, enjoying my home life with my honey
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You're Invited: Saturday Night Writer’s Special – Next Reading: April 27th
We hope you can make it! Time: Saturday, April 27th, 6 to 8 p.m. Location: Progressive Grounds Cafe, corner of 21st and Bryant streets, San Francisco Mission District Cost: Free (but donations gratefully accepted) Theme: “FOOD” READERS: Lisa Alpine: Curiosity... Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 23, 2013 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Submit to our Next Saturday Night Writer’s Special!
Want to be a reader in our new monthly reading series? It's open to all Writing Salon students and teachers, past or present. The next reading will be on May 25th, and the theme is "Out of Control." The deadline... Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 17, 2013 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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On Formulas and Fiction
This just in from one of our Berkeley teachers, Nick Mamatas. A nice surprise to get this from him, because I've been so busy "administrating" I haven't posted to this blog in far too long. Thanks, Nick! (Oh, and btw,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2013 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Find Creative Writing Contests, Poetry Contests & Grants | Poets & Writers
Want to get your work out into the world? Here's a marvelous resource . via www.pw.org Continue reading
Reblogged Jan 15, 2013 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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I've Just Joined a Very Cool Cult!
I think I've just converted to membership in the Cult of Denial. A friend of mine, in a not-too-long ago email, referred to denial as her savior, or something along those lines. I wondered what she meant by that. Now... Continue reading
Posted Dec 16, 2012 at My Great Breast Cancer Adventure
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Get a Writing Salon Gift Certificate - Way Better than a Sweater
Gift Certificates You have three options to choose from: 1) $110 for any full-day workshop (or $95.00 for members), 2) $245 for a 5-week class (or $215.00 for members), or 3) $395 for a 9-week class or 6-month class (or... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 12, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Presenting in Public: Sharing Your Work at Readings & Other Fun Venues
Presenting in Public: Sharing Your Work at Readings & Other Fun Venues Saturday, Jan. 26th, 10 am to 4 pm ($95 members/$110 others) San Francisco NOTE: This class is the perfect companion for our brand new Writing Salon monthly READING... Continue reading
Reblogged Dec 10, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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And Now, A Poem: From Julie Bruck’s GG-Award-Winning Collection, MONKEY RANCH | |
Reblogged Dec 8, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Creativity Takes No Excuses
Source: creativesomething.net via Jaime on Pinterest Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Comin' Home Baby
Here's one happy musical interpretation of how it feels to have your long-gone child come home for a visit. Oh, I did mention, did I not, that my son Will arrived last Tuesday for a ten-day visit. Great excitement! Great... Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2012 at My Great Breast Cancer Adventure
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Plugging (or Peeing) Away at Achieving Ketosis
Yes, I'm still committed to doing a ketogenic diet. Have been at it for about a month now. It's not an overnight thing. It's a transition from one metabolic state to another, and how long that takes varies with each... Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2012 at My Great Breast Cancer Adventure
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Quickie List with Lots of Exclamation Points
1. Still doing the ketogenic diet! 2. Son home for nine days! 3. Still battling the Evil Rash! 4. Going OUT to dinner on Thanksgiving! 5. Bought two new pairs of pants from Beyond the Rack, my new and dangerous... Continue reading
Posted Nov 21, 2012 at My Great Breast Cancer Adventure
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Because (every day doesn't have to be all about cancer even when you have cancer)
Because Because the rain was coming down so hard, and because the dog was whining, and because there was so little time, she took out the garbage naked. Because it wasn't a spider bite or poison oak like the doctor... Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2012 at My Great Breast Cancer Adventure
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73 Ways To Become A Better Writer
Reblogged Nov 17, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Video: Supporting evidence
VIDEO: @BC » Feature Archive » Supporting evidence Here's a link to a video that contains some background on the research of Thomas Seyfried, whose book, Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer is... Continue reading
Reblogged Nov 15, 2012 at My Great Breast Cancer Adventure
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Great Way to Start Your Day
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Posted Nov 15, 2012 at My Great Breast Cancer Adventure
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Writing Salon Teacher Julie Bruck WINS the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry!
Press Release: The Canada Council for the Arts announces the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award winners . . . . . . and I am thrilled to reveal that our Fearless Poetry instructor, Julie Bruck, who has been teaching at... Continue reading
Reblogged Nov 13, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers"
Reblogged Nov 12, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Stage Four
One foot in the grave and alakazam! The whole world opens up to skin, your soul re-covered in ermine, new gray boots with silver studs, skinny jeans aflame in Orange Spice and Autumn Berry, a flirtation (that's all!) with cancer.... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2012 at My Great Breast Cancer Adventure
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A Bad News/Good News Post (more good than bad)
I'm back! Finally. Whew. My last three months have been so interestingly packed with the unexpected and challenging. I will attempt to give you a nutshell version, something I am NEVER good at. But I will pretend to try. Maybe... Continue reading
Posted Oct 22, 2012 at My Great Breast Cancer Adventure
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Big NEWS FLASH for Our Poetry Teacher, Julie Bruck!
Reblogged Oct 13, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Enduring Discovery: Marriage, Parenthood, and Poetry | Poets and Writers
Finding a poet in New York City is like shooting fish in a barrel, but finding one who’s a kindred spirit, a romantic partner, and a writer you truly admire is more like landing Moby Dick in your third-floor Brooklyn... Continue reading
Reblogged Oct 9, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Heavy Loads
As I was leaving the classroom yesterday at around 6:30 p.m. (after having been there since 9:30 a.m.) I hoisted first my heavily packed black purse onto my right shoulder, putting the long strap over my head so that it... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2012 at My Great Breast Cancer Adventure
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Get Rev'd Up by Litquake, then Take a Class at Writing Salon!
Litquake and the first week of the Writing Salon's Fall Session are happening simultaneously this year (Oct. 6-13). What a great way to get yourself rev'd up and inspired! Attend one or more free events at Litquake, get charged up... Continue reading
Reblogged Oct 3, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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Children's Books, the Holidays, and Dastardly Dames!
The timing for our upcoming 5-week class on writing children's picture books, starting Oct. 7th and taught by Shirin Bridges, couldn't be any better. It's the perfect season of the year to brainstorm ideas for holiday-themed children's books, don't you... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2012 at Writing Salon Mistress Muses
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