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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
What Is Your Greatest Fear as a Writer?
Combine that with trying to break into or stay afloat in a tough publishing business, and the writerly pursuit is not without its fears and anxieties.
So what is your greatest fear as a writer? A horrible review? People not liking your book? Obscurity? Paper cuts?
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- Munk Davis said...
Poor writing.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:01 AM
- jbeemills said...
Writing something and later discovering I'm the only one on the planet that can relate to it.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:02 AM
Never getting published.
I really don't care what happens afterward, I don't think, because people will think what they want. If someone believed in me enough to put me out there, that's enough for me.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Sabrina Shields said...
To have a GREAT story in me, but not have the ability to translate that great idea into words on paper.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Raj said...
Writing something and then discovering that it's already been done!
- November 17, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Jamie said...
I think my biggest fear is that I'll write something, get the go to get published, and by the time it's out on shelves it's irrelevant. That any market the book had will have evaporated in production time.
Then, toiling away in obscurity.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Anastasia V. Pergakis said...
I thought really hard about this. At first I thought my greatest fear would be people not liking my books. But then, I thought some people will love it but there are some that won't. It's the nature of things.
I ran through many other ideas in my head of what I would fear in this industry and I honestly couldn't think of anything that really made me 'afraid'.
I know I'll be published and that some people will love my book. I may never be hugely famous and my books might never become best sellers. I think in the end, my biggest fear is me giving up. And since I'm stubborn and will never quit, I really have nothing to worry about!
- November 17, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Sean Craven said...
I am absolutely terrified about the actual value of my work. I am aiming as high as I can, and I'm scared of folks like Dorothy Parker and Hunter Thompson whose squandered their talent or folks like Harry Crews and John Irving who make their statements, then get lost in a maze of self-referentialism, or people like Mark Leyner who start strong and then vanish up-current to a money stream or people like Barry Hughart who start strong and then just plain vanish with mixed and unconvincing explanations. I'm scared of people like Elmore Leonard who construct comfortable one-man sweatshops where they turn out the same lovely piece of work -- same story, same characters -- once a year.
Unfortunately, this hasn't scared me to the point where I've stopped writing.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Scooter Carlyle said...
I'm from a very small town, and my book takes place in said town. I've addressed most of my major fears regarding my writing: failure, crappy dialogue, rejection, etc.
The biggest fear I've yet to kick, should I be published, is what the reaction of my hometown will be. My parents and my siblings still live there or near there. I still consider it home, and couldn't imagine what it will be like if there is a backlash against me.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Delia said...
Oh, that one's easy. My biggest fear is that I stink like yesterday's garbage.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Terry Odell said...
I think my fear would be worrying about making each book better than the previous one, and wondering if the first ones were just flukes.
Terry's Place
Romance with a Twist--of Mystery
- November 17, 2010 at 10:09 AM
- Justin W. Parente said...
Mine is fighting to get published, only to then discover someone might have to similar of a story concept as mine, and they reach it first. That, IMO, would hurt the most.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- Karen Tavares said...
Ultimately, never being published but there are a couple other neuroses that come a close second and third.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:12 AM
- Susan Baganz said...
For fiction - that I'm not actually good enough to get published and all my hard work (and fun) was for naught. For my non-fiction - that what I have to say is really not that important after all and will have no positive impact on my readers.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Remus Shepherd said...
My fear is that I am so strange the human race does not, and never will, want the stories that I have to offer.
Or in short, I fear the public will validate my damnation.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:13 AM
I'm only afraid because I believe myself. I keep saying I'm talented enough, and believe it, but I could be wrong. That's scary.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Janet Fox said...
That I don't improve. That my work declines. That I get lazy/rushed/distracted and don't write the best possible book.
That I haven't given it my heart.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Leigh said...
What Raj said really summed it up for me. That I would write something that had already been done. A while back, every time I would come up with an idea for my WIP, I would read it in a book a couple of days or weeks later. At first I thought I was just a book psychic but then I realized I just need to be more original.
Also, sucking is a big fear.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Cameron Chapman said...
My biggest fear is mediocrity. I hope that my writing will get a reaction, and I really don't care if it's positive or negative. My greatest fear is that someone will read what I've written and their response will be "meh."
- November 17, 2010 at 10:15 AM
- Joseph L. Selby said...
It's a tie between
1) Creative overlap and the popular assumption that I plagiarized some famous author's work when in fact we both just had the same idea
2) Being misinterpreted or misunderstood and then pigeonholed as an X author (x = sexist, misogynist, racist, what have you)
- November 17, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Going blind or losing the use of my hands, either of which would diminish my reading and writing experiences. Both my eyesight and my hands are going out at about the same rate. They might hold up until the bitter end; might not.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- JenniA said...
Writing something that I think is great and have it fail to land on an agent's desk. Coming up short and feeling the failure.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:17 AM
Becoming a has-been or losing my mind so that the words don't come...
- November 17, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- M.J.B. said...
My fear is that I'll never quite be good enough to capture an agent/publisher's attention (enough to get published). It is a life dream to make a career out of telling stories, regardless of how difficult it is, and dying without having achieved that goal would be unfortunate. But I guess I'd have bigger issues to deal with, then. :-)
- November 17, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Nicole said...
Not being able to share my story. I love these characters and this story so much, and I just want to give them to the world. (wow-that kind of sounds lame. oh well.) I've worked my little tush off to get this close and if it doesn't go, I'll feel like I've let down my characters.
I'm not sure this is the same as fear of not being published. I just want people to know my characters, to feel what they feel and be moved by it in some way.
When I first joined my crit group years ago, I was thrilled that people were talking about and reacting to my characters. And that maybe, someday down the road, they'd think about my story again and perhaps it would trigger their own imagination or muse.
So, yup, just one person falling in love with my story. That's enough for me.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:20 AM
Good question, Nathan. Hmmm... reviews? No. That's useful instead. Critics? Nope. That's also very useful. Only one thing is flippig into my mind that about we already talked. Agents are considering and rejecting my work without actually reading it... which is very actual nowadays. And the second would be; never getting published, but... but as self publishing is always an option I would draw this one out.
So the first one is my "clear and present" fear.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Losing it. Just losing the creative imagination.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- Istvan Szabo, Ifj. said...
Good question, Nathan. Hmmm... reviews? No. That's useful instead. Critics? Nope. That's also very useful. Only one thing is flippig into my mind that about we already talked. Agents are considering and rejecting my work without actually reading it... which is very actual nowadays. And the second would be; never getting published, but... but as self publishing is always an option I would draw this one out.
So the first one is my "clear and present" fear.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:22 AM
- Nate Wilson said...
I'm afraid I'll be just successful enough to have deadlines imposed upon me for future books, but not successful enough to quit my day job so I can adequately meet those deadlines.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:23 AM
- Three Fixed Hearts said...
Sending you my query letter ;)
- November 17, 2010 at 10:23 AM
I'm afraid of success. How do you live up to it? How do you meet everyone's expectations? To me, that's scary as hell.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- DRC said...
My worst fear? No one else getting a chance to experience the world I've created, regardless of whether they like it or not.
I, like so many others out there, have put so much hard work into my writing. I've struggled, I've researched, I've edited, I've been rejected, I've researched some more, I've re-edited, I've been praised, I've been shot to bits, but I still soldier on. That's because I love what I do, am passionate about what I do, and believe in what I'm writing.
I just don't want all these ideas floating around my head to be wasted.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Jill Thomas said...
I have two terrible fears. The first is that I will ALWAYS be a writer. The second, I won't.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- Loralie Hall said...
Had to think about this one for a while, especially since I agree with 99% of the comments before mine. But I have it.
That no one wants to hear what I have to say.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- Sherri said...
My greatest fear is realizing my first published book is the only publishable book I'll ever write.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Marty said...
Letting-go with both hands . . .
- November 17, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Martin Rose said...
Success. Easily the most terrifying thing. Failure is easy. Failure is comfortable, because I'm so used to it. I've had more panic attacks over being published than I've ever had over being obscure for the rest of my life.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:28 AM
I think I have two main fears: not being a good enough writer, and the "well" drying up.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- An Authentic Life said...
What "they" said...all of the above. Great comments, btw...
- November 17, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Procrastination followed by tremendous guilt, Procrastination followed by tremendous guilt, Procrastination followed by tremendous guilt...
- November 17, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Backfence said...
American Idol Syndrome. Being the only one who doesn't "get" that I lack talent. Some (most?) of the contestants on that show are are god-awful, but they are flabbergasted at the suggestion they lack talent.
Second fear: Being really good but never getting published.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Lisa Kilian said...
Being as small as I think I am and proving through what I write.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- Mohd Arief said...
People not liking it and the inability to fully translate what I see in my mind to paper.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- Kelli said...
Failure. In any form. Fear that the voice in my head is right and that nobody will be interested in what I have to write.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- howdidyougetthere said...
My greatest fear as a writer is calling myself a writer.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:37 AM
- MBee said...
My biggest fear would be for someone to read too into one of my stories and tell me I'm a mysoginst or something equally awful that was totally unintended.
While I don't intentionally write life lessons for people to learn (although I suppose they are in there), I also wouldn't want someone to take away something bad from my writing, because that's definitely not the intention.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:37 AM
- Farrah said...
My greatest fear as a writer (apart from the obvious not being published, inspiring none and failing to make a living from it) is that I will become content with how I write and fail to actively improve. On the other hand, I fear that listening to too many critiques will take away my own personal voice and make me another yuppy, by the books writer with an amazing grasp of literary greats and grammar but without an ounce of heart.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Sharon Cullen said...
That I'll be a one-hit-wonder.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:38 AM
That novel-stealing robbers will break into my house and steal my laptop...
That my dog will jump on the couch when I'm gone and sit on the laptop...
That an agent/editor will ask me to revise it again and again until my hair turns white and all my teeth fall out and I never get to write another one.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Paul Neuhardt said...
Showing my work to someone, having them declare it to be crap, and realizing that they are right.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- David said...
It used to be obscurity, but I've come to accept that. (Or I'm lying to myself, and I'm still trying to accept that.)
Nowadays, it's fear of the effects of age. What if I lose the ability to write? Plotting, vocabulary, ideas, etc. That thought terrifies me.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Rick Daley said...
My greatest fear is that I'll needlessly sacrifice something important (e.g. work, family) in pursuit of a dream that may not come true.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Amy Mullis said...
Losing my sense of humor. As a humorist, it's crucial to make people laugh. And on days when I need to buy a vowel to file alphabetically, smiling can be a tougher proposition than trying to make the boss look smart.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Richard Gibson said...
I write non-fiction, so my greatest fear is royally screwing up something factual that I failed to research adequately.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Anne Gallagher said...
- November 17, 2010 at 10:43 AM
I graduated from a swanky northeast MFA program; now I'm afraid that if I am pubbed, my friends (all amazing writers, if their work is somewhat inaccessible) will secretly be seething at my ineptitude, which isn't really ineptitude, more just an eye for the commercial.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Toby Speed said...
I haven't seen my fear in this list yet. My biggest fear is that I'll die in the middle of writing a book and never get the chance to finish it.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Steppe said...
All of the above comments so far in healthy doses leading to my emotional drug of choice, the heroin of anxieties, not finishing my current project. Somewhere along the line you know the project is ending and there's that weird feeling of satisfaction like a long car trip is ending and the timelessness dissipates getting ready to make way for the cheaper intoxicants of exhilaration and crestfallen silence. The world and its politics can never match the brain drugs I get from wrestling a story to the ground and sweet talking it into calling Uncle.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- Barbara Caridad Ferrer said...
That each book is the last book I have in me.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- Carol Riggs said...
Intriguing question--and answers! I agree with Anonymous about losing my hands or eyesight. I'd add Alzheimer's or a stroke that makes my mind unable to write.
OR, my first thought was having doubts about revising a novel for an editor, managing to improve it greatly, ta-dah!--only to have my computer crash or a thunderstorm fry my PC, losing my entire work. Yikes!
- November 17, 2010 at 10:50 AM
- minawitteman said...
My greatest fear is that people won't leave me in peace and that they will gobble up all the space I need to plot and plan and write.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- Noelle Pierce said...
That I will get published, and then realize I lost interest in the writing process (I'm fairly new to it). Or that the flow of words stops coming. Completely. Forever.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- abc said...
This brings to mind that famous speech from On the Waterfront "I coulda been a contender".
My biggest fear is that I'll sabotage myself. That I'll never believe in myself enough to really go for it. To give it all. To push forward through the doubt and rejection. That I'll get too sad and give up and then one day think back and be really pissed at that long ago Alison who coulda been a contender "instead of a bum, which is what I am".
- November 17, 2010 at 10:53 AM
That I might ever consider changing my writing style and purpose to suit the commercial demands of an agent or publisher.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:54 AM
I have written several books (yet to be published) It is not about the money or noteriety, yet my fear is that my first novel will never be published. Why is this one the most important? Because I believe more than anything I have ever said or written it has the ability to save a soul.
- November 17, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- lora96 said...
Never being good enough to be published.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- Rachel Menard said...
Having a reading and laughing at one of my own jokes while the audience sits completely silent.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- Donea Lee said...
My greatest fear is that I actually, well...suck. Or my writing does. That I have this passion in me, writing's the only thing I really want to do and ultimately I'll come to find that I never really had a talent for it at all. There are sooo many wonderful writers out there... scary.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- Hillsy said...
I'll take the fear of being rubbish and raise it.
I'm worried most that I'm actually very good, and I'll treat writing as a hobby because, through lack of self-confidence, I'm too afraid to fully commit. This is especially pertinant in the "Look at ME!" society
- November 17, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Elisa said...
I am occasionally paralyzed by the fear that I am just no good as a writer (despite my success this past year), or that I'll never write anything good ever again. This happens especially when starting a new project or in the middle of revising one. It propels a bad spell of writer's block, and often results in my having to psych myself out by giving myself permission to write a sucky draft (and even a sucky novel, if need be) that no one needs to see or know about.
I take some comfort in knowing that some of my favorite (and mega-talented) writers have this same fear, but it doesn't stop me from experiencing it.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Tee said...
Not finishing.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:15 AM
- Christine Macdonald said...
Tapping in to the part of myself that left the stripping life - falling back in to hold habits - not moving forward because I have to look back so much.
Christine Macdonald
Memoir Writer
- November 17, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- Helena Halme said...
Bad writing followed by obscurity.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- S J Bradley said...
Thankyou for this post - and I agree that writers as a breed can definitely be a bit too 'intense'. You spend so much time thinking deeply about things, and immersing yourself in the inner life of your characters, by nature it's going to make you a bit weird. At least, I tell myself, that's why I have troubles in social situations...
Worst fear: probably that what you do is no good, and that nobody is ever going to be interested in it. A lot of writers suffer from this (I was encouraged recently to find out that even EM Forster didn't think himself a very good writer).
- November 17, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- Caroline said...
Indifference. Playing to the crickets. I'd rather inspire hate, *some* conversation, than have people shrug, or, worse, never read it.
Second fear is related -- finding out that I'm delusional, and that everything I ever wrote was gibberish -- so bad that people figured I was a loss and could only pat my head, say, "Uh, good job," and back away. Slowly.
Cue crickets.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM
- heather said...
Losing the ability to write something that grabs the age group of readers I write for (ya). I love ya and always hope I can produce novels they enjoy.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Not getting published would be my biggest fear. I have so many stories to tell and share with the world.
Another would be that no likes the stories I have to tell. Eek! I know not everyone is going to like them, that's just how it is. However, if no one likes them, well then that just sucks.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:23 AM
- J. R. McLemore said...
Never finding my audience.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- Bane of Anubis said...
I second Ricky D's statement.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- modicumoftalent said...
Running out of ideas.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Having to deal with readers. I'm so not a FaceBook, Twitter, public readings, author signings, gregarious kind of person. Just because I wrote a book doesn't mean that I'm anyone's BFF, much less everyone's. I'm offering my writings, not my personal life.
JD Salinger never published the many books he wrote after Catcher in the Rye. Quoth he, "Publication is a terrible invasion of my privacy."
- November 17, 2010 at 11:41 AM
- Adele Richards said...
That my favourite literary agent would leave the industry and go and work for CNet.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- misa101 said...
To be a commercial success who is mocked by fellow writers.
- November 17, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- dawn-metcalf said...
To have the book be misunderstood/misinterpreted and know that I cannot possibly respond.
- November 17, 2010 at 12:04 PM
- Andrea said...
I have an almost paralyzing number of fears, but right up there with never getting published is getting published and not having anyone understand, relate to or like what I wrote.
- November 17, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Deborah Burns said...
Finally getting published only to have my book flop. I don't want to be that lone writer, sitting at a table of my books with the endless stream of humanity glancing over only to have them continue on. I can see the thought bubble now "[Title #1] with fancy cover, what the dump is that author thinking? Who'd read it?"
- November 17, 2010 at 12:06 PM
My greatest fear? That my work is actually really good but no one will give me a chance because I'm new...
- November 17, 2010 at 12:11 PM
#1)plagiarism lawsuit
#2)zealot I offended tracks me down
#3)family I offended tracks me down
#4)forced to go on Oprah
- November 17, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- Backfence said...
Another thing that's scary is taking that big leap of acknowledging to people that you write ... or referring to yourself as a "writer" when you are still unpublished.
The mere mention of my efforts to get a book published elicits subtle little looks or a snicker among some ... let's call them "friends" (or perhaps not) and/or family members - like I'm manifesting delusions of grandeur. (YOU - a writer?) I am very selective as to whom I confess this ambition ... So, I'd have to say that putting myself out there is right up there at the top of my list of greatest fears.
- November 17, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- SWK said...
That I will not be able to make my next ms as strong as the last one.
- November 17, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- Dorothy L. Abrams said...
My biggest fear is in being superficial; not that I ever intend to short cut or skim the surface but in the crush of daily living sometimes my writing fails to plumb the depths of clarity.
- November 17, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- K.L. Brady said...
I'm okay with someone not liking my work...and I've worked through my whole fear of bad reviews. I can accept criticism too.
I think not finding an audience is a big fear.
I also think people not "getting" my work in the way I hoped they would.
Or to have really put my all in something and it still sucks. (The worst).
- November 17, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- D.G. Hudson said...
Greatest Fear? Not getting published is probably the biggest. I'm not out for fame, but I would like to capture the hearts of those who like epic science fiction stories. I want my stories to be read by other readers.
I'm not out to self-publish for several reasons at this point, but I wouldn't rule it out entirely. I'd like the validation that comes with traditional publishing, but I've learned to never say never. Keep an open mind.
After all, what did they say in Dune as part of the Bene Gesserit mantra: 'Fear is the killer. . .', etc?
I want to be like Edith Piaf, 'I regret nothing.' If I didn't write, I'd regret it for sure.
Thanks for keeping up the writing conversations, Nathan!
- November 17, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- TERI REES WANG said...
Failing my self, by not stepping up and offering a full and clear picture.
I want to entertain, and impress my own Self...and everyone else.
- November 17, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- K.L. Brady said...
@SWK...that's a big one. Forget trying to live up to someone else's greatness...what if you can't live up to your own.
As I write a sequel to my first book, I look at the mixed reviews Terry McMillan is receiving on "Getting to Happy." It's like when you've written "Waiting to Exhale" where do you go from there? And can you live up to that...even if you write a decent book. Aye yie yie.
- November 17, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- Keetha said...
- November 17, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- GhostFolk.com said...
Yes, what Keetha said. Greatest fear is that I will wake up one day and not like writing any more.
Publishing is its own little turd bowl, but if loving to write goes away... well... casket time.
- November 17, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Never getting published in spite of all the years of work I've put into it and having beta readers tell me they're sure my book will find an agent.
- November 17, 2010 at 12:51 PM
- [OotoriJaz] said...
plagiarism scares the living shit out of me
- November 17, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- Sarah said...
Never finishing a book.
- November 17, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Tim Riley said...
I'm working on my first book, and my biggest fear is not finishing. I've written 52K, so the end is in sight, but still, that fear of not finishing remains
- November 17, 2010 at 12:58 PM
- Cheryl Wright said...
That I will let my over-thinking, procrastinating and insane obsession with perfectionism keep me from writing the book I've wanted to write since I was 7 years old.
See what I mean?
- November 17, 2010 at 1:06 PM
- M.A.Leslie said...
Never being good enough no matter how much I practice or how much I read and write.
To love something so much and never be able to share it with others.
To put my soul into something and have it stomped on like dog crap.
- November 17, 2010 at 1:07 PM
RACISM. Majority of people tend to praise Caucasian writers even if they have "poor writingcapabilities." While if you are asians no matter how great you are when it comes to grammar and perfect composition still is you are inferior from these so called group of "White supremacist." Truth be told.
- November 17, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Corey Schwartz said...
As a rhyming PB author, my greatest fear is that I will go press with a glitch in meter! YIKES! I would die. Ha.
- November 17, 2010 at 1:15 PM
- Hannah Jenny said...
Never finishing a book. And, yep, haven't beat that one yet :(
- November 17, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- John said...
Right now my biggest fear is that I'll send out query letters and never get my book into the hands of an agent.
That I'll never be evaluated for my writing and the 90,000 words of blood, sweat, and tears will be wasted to the system.
I'll move on to my other fears when they're relevant.
- November 17, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Stephanie McGee said...
My biggest fear is that I'll actually be a raging success. I would rather be solidly midlist with a devoted following who helps keep my sales numbers steady enough to keep selling books to publishers than a J.K. Rowling or Stephen King.
I know it sounds weird. But that's my fear. I know that if it's in God's plan for me to get a book (or more) published, I will. I just have to do everything I can to work toward that goal. Beyond that, it's out of my hands.
- November 17, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- Gretchen said...
I am afraid I will never actually finish my book. There are so many steps after that one, and I'm sure I'll be afraid of those too (never getting published, publishing something no one reads, publishing something everyone says is crap, etc.) if I ever get that far.
- November 17, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- Gina said...
That's easy... that every agent I query will reject me and I will never get published.
It's a horrible feeling to create something you're proud of and not be able to find anyone who believes in it the same way you do.
- November 17, 2010 at 1:39 PM
My biggest fear is that I won't have the courage to be completely and utterly transparent in my work. If I'm going to put myself out there, I don't want to be boring.
- November 17, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- Marilyn Rodwell said...
I suppose that one of my greatest fears at this point,is not enough people in the book market interested in my story, which is about the plight of Indians in the Caribbean in the early 20C.
- November 17, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- Star-Dreamer said...
There could be a lot of things that frighten me as a writer. One of them happened just recently: my computer broke down and I hadn't updated my back-ups yet. very scary.
Then there is, of course, working so hard on something, rewriting, studying the genre and technique, growing in your writing style, sending it off to be looked at...
only to get the response that your writing is a piece of crap. That hasn't happened to me yet, thank god. I hope it never will. *shivers*
- November 17, 2010 at 1:59 PM
That I'm delusional about my writing talent.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:05 PM
That the world ends....
- November 17, 2010 at 2:12 PM
That everyone will tell me to my face that my book is great then laugh behind my back :(
- November 17, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Emily White said...
Whatever form that takes. Whether my writing wasn't good enough, I never get published, my stories don't reach people's emotions the way I want them to.
I'm simply terrified I'll be a failure.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:19 PM
Being average. Especially: being average because I let what's popular push me to write averagely (sic).
- November 17, 2010 at 2:22 PM
- Emily Anderson said...
To be published, fail miserably, and end up back where I started, but worse. At least on this end there is hope. If publishers won't publish you because they haven't had success selling your work, what is there to dream for?
Strangely enough, my second big fear is to make it huge. I would hate to make celebrity status. Somewhere in the middle would be nice.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:22 PM
- Travis Erwin said...
At this point I gotta say it is that all those people are correct. Me selling a novel is nothing more than a pipe dream. I wanna prove them wrong but more and more I have trouble convincing myself they are wrong.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:22 PM
- Sarah said...
Right at this moment, having checked my email and found nothing, it's the fear that none of the book proposals I've got currently with publishers will get accepted (two were being 'presented' at a meeting ten days ago) and that I won't be able to think of anything else, and that the other projects I have in mind I won't be able to write well or complete, or write at all. So I'll have to drop this trying to write full time nonsense and go back to trying to make a living.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- Feywriter said...
That my writing will never be good enough to make a career out of.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:33 PM
- A.C. Tidwell said...
Honestly? My family has a history of Alzheimer's. I wake up every morning with hundreds of ideas leaking to the surface and that is exciting and beautiful. But I know it's only a matter of time before I can't remember them anymore. That is my greatest fear.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:35 PM
- Maggie said...
My greatest fear as a writer is becoming discouraged and quitting. My current manuscript might never get published and my second one might never get published either, but if I let rejections and failures get me down, I will probably give up, and then, I will most certainly never ever realize my dream.
I know that with time and practice I will improve as a writer and maybe even produce something worth publishing, but if I get discouraged or lose my passion, I will most certainly fail.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:36 PM
- Ulysses said...
That I'm good. Conversely, that I'm bad. One carries the burden of expectations, the other the weight of unfulfilled hopes.
Also: insurance salesmen.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- T. Anne said...
Biggest fear is that the call will never happen. I'm working with someone right now, and I'm anxiously awaiting that moment. It would be nice if I could get the call before the holiday's and fend off my well meaning albeit prying relatives with the response 'yes I finally have an agent'. But a part of me thinks, what if the agent just isn't interested, and the call just never happens? It's tuff to think about.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Ulysses said...
Oh, yes...
You don't get away with asking a question like that, Mr. Bransford, and NOT providing some answer yourself.
You've been unpublished, published, contracted and marketed. At this point in the business, what's YOUR greatest fear?
- November 17, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Sue Roebuck said...
Boring the living daylights out of your readers, and then boring them to death with the continuous "pimping" of the writer's platform. Guilty as charged.
- November 17, 2010 at 2:58 PM
- Chris Phillips said...
Feeling like I've wasted my time or I could have done something to get published, but just didn't.
- November 17, 2010 at 3:01 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Fair enough. My greatest fear is overcommitting myself and not being able to keep up.
- November 17, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- Becky Wallace said...
I know we're supposed to write because we love it, but I really hope there is a light at the end of this very dark, long, twisty tunnel. Because really, if I never get published I will stay in the claustrophoic darkness FOR.EV.ER.
Oh crap...anxiety attack.
- November 17, 2010 at 3:12 PM
All of the above .
- November 17, 2010 at 3:13 PM
- Savita Kalhan said...
Going out of print because you haven't understood the first law of being a published writer - publicise your book cos it's all about sales!
- November 17, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- Josin L. McQuein said...
I dread the moment, after the book is published, bound and on shelves, when I realize that it would have been so much better if I'd changed just one... more... thing...
(Hello, my name is Josie, and I'm a compulsive editor.)
- November 17, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Sierra Gardner said...
I'm really private and it takes me a long time to feel comfortable around people. So my biggest fear is the part of success that involves interviews, public appearances, etc. If I could be successful and obscure that would be amazing.
- November 17, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Ulysses said...
Nathan: Thanks.
I can see where that would be a concern, just judging from your participation here, your contributions elsewhere, your fiction writing, and the demands of a full-time paying gig on top of that. I've frequently been in awe of your ability to maintain your enthusiasm in the face of a workload I don't believe I could handle.
But then, all I know about balance is this: don't try to pick up a three-year old with one hand while holding a plate of spaghetti in the other. It doesn't end well.
- November 17, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- November 17, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- November 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- justinistired said...
Dying alone, but with lots of great prose at my side.
- November 17, 2010 at 3:59 PM
- Anita Saxena said...
I agree with Rick Daley. I also fear perceiving my writing is good when it's actually bad, or bad when it's actually good.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:09 PM
- Emily Cross said...
Spending your life writing. And never ever getting published. Because you can't write. :(
- November 17, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- Anna said...
My greatest fear is that no one will read my work. Or that I will die before creating my masterpiece.
John Keats was said to be so upset about his negative reviews that it aggravated his consumption and led to his untimely death.
Of course, he accomplished more in his 25 years than I have. In a few weeks I will be 26 and have yet to write anything particularly brilliant.
How's that for fear? Or maybe I'm just neurotic.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:17 PM
Good or bad. It doesn't matter. My work is my legacy. My biggest fear is not finishing it. And after that, drying up.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:17 PM
- Scars Beneath The Skin said...
That it's all a waste of time, I won't amount to anything, and I should be at the pub with my mates instead.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- wry wryter said...
My biggest fear is that all the effort, has been a colossal waste of time.
I am a published writer so I can at least say that but I would love the validation of a book.
Ms. Trite says:
Best be the dreams that come true, the ones that don't marry someone else.
I've been married thirty years so that dream 'between the covers' is set...I sure would like a couple of hundred pages between the other covers though.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- hannah said...
Every single idea I get feels like the last one. Every time I'm writing a book, there's a voice in my head going, "That's it. This is the end. You don't have anything else to say."
So two fears go hand in hand: that I'll run out of ideas, dry up, and never write again, or that I'll keep writing the same thing over and over because I don't have anything else.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:22 PM
- Jeffrey Beesler said...
My greatest fear is going a day or more without writing even a single sentence.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:28 PM
- Mira said...
I'm afraid of both success and failure, but my first fear is that my fear of those will paralyze me and I won't write my book.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- Matthew Rush said...
My greatest fear is that my dream agent will leave the business before I ever get to query him properly ... er, oh - wait a second ...
Just kidding. My greatest fear is that I will get so frustrated with the traditional publishing route that I decide to self publish, or go with a small press, and then end up mired in obscurity.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- Michelle said...
My biggest fear is remaining an aspiring author and never more than that.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- elczenius said...
That anything I get published will be reviewed as "just like [insert famous author]'s writing!" I'd hate to be known as a poor mimic of a great author I admire.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:46 PM
- wonderer said...
It's a toss-up between:
- never being published
- being published (in novel length) once and selling so poorly that I'm never published again.
- November 17, 2010 at 4:51 PM
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- November 17, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- See Elle Oh said...
Lots of things about writing scare me. Sometimes I'm afraid I don't read enough or widely enough or the right things. Other times I fear not having the stamina or the stomach to make a serious go of it.
My biggest fear, though, has to be that I'm not good. That somehow I managed to dupe all the people who ever complimented my work, or that the good stuff was a fluke.
All She Writ
- November 17, 2010 at 4:57 PM
- Ted Fox said...
I'm with you, Michelle--never dropping that "aspiring" moniker.
- November 17, 2010 at 5:13 PM
My greatest fear is that I'm kidding myself and maybe, I suck.
- November 17, 2010 at 5:19 PM
- Bryan Russell (Ink) said...
Hmmm... that's a tricky one. I'd have to say the worsts fears for me would be 1) never becoming as good a writer as I want to be, or 2) never having a chance to write all the stories I want to write.
- November 17, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- Jeanne said...
That I'll find out that while I'm good at expressing myself with words and relating descriptions of my observations, I suck at storytelling or coming up with innovative fiction.
It wouldn't be a total loss. I could focus on creative non-fiction. But would I still be able to dream of being a novelist?
- November 17, 2010 at 5:22 PM
- Shane said...
Fears? We don't need no stinking fears! (Said with a cheech and chong accent.)
Nothing. I fear no one or nothing. Well, except that guy who pointed a gun at my head once, I was in a bit of a pickle that day.
As a writer, nothing. Do what you love, love what you do and let the chips fall where they may.
Ok, enough trite, cliche's... TIME! Not enough time in the day to get the story out and on paper, err, disk.
- November 17, 2010 at 5:26 PM
- crow productions said...
I went as far as writing it, querying about it, sent it in to an agent... I haven't heard anything. What if they hate it?
- November 17, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Mine is exactly was Sabrina Shields said.
- November 17, 2010 at 5:38 PM
- Shayda Bakhshi said...
That all my blood/sweat/tears, careful research, and wordsmithing prowess will be no match for the powers of Bad Timing.
"I love this project, but I just recently sold something like it. . ."
"I'm not taking clients anymore. . ."
"I'm not a literary agent anymore. . ." *COUGH* ;)
(In all seriousness, you are awesome and I think it's cool you're doing something new and exciting! But I did have to throw that in.)
But yeah. That's got to be my biggest fear--doing everything right, but submitting at the wrong time/with the wrong project for the agents/market.
Although I'd be willing to bet that if I'm successful, I'll have a whole new slew of fears, which is both exciting and scary.
- November 17, 2010 at 5:40 PM
My greatest fear is that I've put the last 5 years of my life on hold for nothing...
- November 17, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Rane Anderson said...
My greatest fear is dedicating all of my time and energy and soul and hopes and...and.........
and then not arriving at the goals I've set for myself.
I try not to think about my fears about writing and publishing, though. It will only hold me back.
- November 17, 2010 at 5:59 PM
- Jodi Henry said...
That Stephen King will read my novel and tell everyone I am a hack.
Oh, wait, he's already done that to someone.
Okay new, fear.
That no one will read the things I want to write about.
Or if they do it will be in the bathroom for lack of anything else to read.
- November 17, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- G said...
My biggest fear is being ignored.
- November 17, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Katherine Hyde said...
1) That I will never publish a novel.
2) That I will publish something that I will later be embarrassed by--that I will fail to live up to my own internal standard of excellence.
- November 17, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- Susan Lewis said...
My greatest fear is that I'm not good at it and don't have the ability to be great.
- November 17, 2010 at 6:50 PM
That I'll never finish. Or if I somehow manage to complete a whole book... that it'll be crap.
- November 17, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Lillian Grant said...
I used to be terrified I would never get published. Now I am terrified that with one book out I will never get another one published. The time it takes to get a response to submissions in the publishing world doesn't help. It has me on the edge of a breakdown 24/7.
- November 17, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- johnvise said...
Never getting that first bloody book sold.
- November 17, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- johnvise said...
Though rationally, once that book is sold, I'm sure another greatest fear will develop.
- November 17, 2010 at 6:56 PM
My greatest fear as a writer is that no one will like my stories. I have been working of finding an Agent for almost a year now and still haven't had any luck yet. I have edited and revised but still no takers. Now I find that you are no longer an agent! I will keep trying and keep revising. But I fear I have edited as... much as I, a non professional, can do. I hope someday you are open to receiving queries again. Have a great day,
- November 17, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Henya said...
Paper cuts...number one on the list. Seriously...I'm afraid of success. That means going out there and having to talk about my book and, oh boy, about myself. I am not that interesting. I am not that good of a writer (Oh...the voices...the voices. They'll kill me).
- November 17, 2010 at 7:11 PM
I'm actually torn: I have two.
The first, obviously, is not getting published. That would be terrible.
The second is not expressing an idea where it would fit perfectly, like if I come up with some new scene that's just filled with crazyawesomeYEAH, but won't fit into the book where I am now, but rather at some later point. And then once I'm past said point, I look back and realize that I forgot to use that awesome scene I had envisioned, and that if I went back to rewrite it would make the plot's direction look like a squiggly line.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:12 PM
- Mariam Maarouf said...
I don't worry much about people liking my book - I can't please everyone and other people have already told me they liked it. But my greatest fear as a writer is people not liking my *writing* per se - technique wise.
I'm a science-lover, and I believe that everything, including writing, should follow some certain rules and guidelines, and if my writing doesn't follow it, it means that I, as a writer, have failed to make my writing worth reading.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:13 PM
"I really believe people who are creatively inclined tend to experience life, well, more intensely than other humans."
Some might think that's a little self-indulgent.
I remember a great line from an old film that went something like this: Some people drink because they are poets, some drink because they aren't poets.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:18 PM
- Kristin Laughtin said...
Lately it's been that my writing doesn't live up to my ideas.
If I were to be published, it'd probably be inadvertently writing something that can be interpreted as offensive and getting labeled as racist, sexist, etc. I know some people will not like whatever work I produce anyway, but I would hate to write something so poorly that it could be misinterpreted like that.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Heidi said...
Haha, paper cuts. Just kidding. I would have to say either that 1) I never finish anything properly or 2) my writing is actually terrible.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:20 PM
- JDuncan said...
This is a hard one. I think currently, my greatest writerly fear is finishing my three-book debut contract and having things go so poorly that I never sell again. It's that whole, "dreams achieved and then dashed" thing. It's an irrational fear and I don't think it will happen, but it's there nonetheless.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:20 PM
My antidepressant keeps me from writing well so I've just stopped taking it. Doing so has done leaps and bounds for my writing inspiration and output. I need to feel certain feelings in order to write what I have got to write. I fear both finding out that my writing is not worth putting my well-being on the line and also that putting it on the line is the only way to write.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:24 PM
- Jil said...
That my computer skills will not get my manuscripts out formatted in the way I have spent so many hours preparing them. The one time I did send something the rejection came advising me not to send things in pink! Pink?
- November 17, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- wheresmypencil said...
My biggest fear is putting all this time and effort into doing something I love and am acutally passionate about and discovering it's no good. I'm no good. That my writing, the story, everything is so bad my own family won't even pick it up. And yes, even though I'm on my third revision, no one but me as actually read what I've written.
This kind of failure I've never experienced in anything, and yet I'm more terrified of it than anything else because writing is the one thing that has and always will just be me; my thoughts, my words. And if they fail I'll have no one to blame.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:33 PM
- Magdalena Munro said...
I am deathly afraid of mediocrity....something that has plagued me since having been besieged by the happy bug for about a year now. (Yup...I'm one of those writers that writes best when wallowing in angst)
- November 17, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- StaceyW said...
While I was writing the first draft of my first novel, I experienced this fleeting fear each time I sat down to start a new section or a new chapter or even a new sentence that I'd somehow lost my touch.
That I no longer had the ability to craft strong sentences. That I'd lost the drive that kept my fingers flying across the keys. That I'd lost the ability to write, period.
It was irrational - and thankfully unfounded. I can still put a sentence together. I'm still driven. I'm still a writer.
And I completed the manuscript.
Now, my greatest fear is that it won't be published.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Lia said...
That I only had one good idea and I already used it up.
(Otherwise, what Sherri said!)
- November 17, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Niki Schoenfeldt said...
Working to hone my craft all this years only to find out I suck.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:44 PM
- Aimee Dearmon said...
That I'm kidding myself. That I'm one of those fools who considers themselves a writer, but can't really write any better than a British mute can speak Chinese.
Also, that my real endeavors are nothing but a huge waste of time.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:46 PM
- February Grace said...
Writing like a coward--meaning worrying too much what other people will think of the work.
It's been a new experience for me the past year, and only started once I began looking into the idea of finding an agent. I hate that.
I quickly realized I'm not cut out for the 'business' end of writing, and now, I just want my art back.
I'm trying to find my way back to fearless writing, but it's proving more difficult than I'd imagined in my nightmares.
My fear? Staying where I am now. I have to get beyond it.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:47 PM
- Bryan said...
- November 17, 2010 at 7:49 PM
- Becky said...
not finishing my novel after I told everybody I was writing one.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:52 PM
- Alex Adams said...
That the zombie apocalypse will start before my book hits the shelves. I don't think zombies are big readers.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- Harbinger of Truth said...
My greatest "FEAR" is spending an entire lifetime BEGGING literary agents like yourself to look at my work and being turned down, only to be discovered and become a raging success after I either commit suicide or get hit by a bus, because my death will make me "more marketable."
- November 17, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Becoming posthumous before my time.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:57 PM
There are 180 some odd responses before mine and the likelihood of this being read is low....so I will be completely honest.
My biggest fear is losing my ability to write.....my voice. I know the day is coming when Alzheimer's will silence me and yet I still have so much to tell the world.
- November 17, 2010 at 7:58 PM
For my writing to have just about as much substance and depth as a Stephanie Meyer novel.
- November 17, 2010 at 8:07 PM
My greatest fear is that I will stop writing. That I will lose time, or lose passion. That I will forget how great it feels to start a book and how great it feels to end one.
My greatest fear is that in a few years, I will look back and think "Why did I waste all of that time?"
- November 17, 2010 at 8:14 PM
I'm definitely most afraid that I'm just wasting my time with writing. I'm terrified that I suck, and that no one's going to tell me until I've spent hours writing and editing my novel. I've been told all my life that I'm a good writer, but these people are my friends and family. What if the moment I query an agent I learn that I'm a horrible writer with no chance of a career? Talk about depressing!
- November 17, 2010 at 8:17 PM
- M. M. Justus said...
Never being read.
- November 17, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Becca said...
My greatest fear is not liking what I'm writing myself. (however grammatically incorrect that sentence was.)
- November 17, 2010 at 8:22 PM


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Objective 1: Strategically expand the genetic diversity in genebank collections and improve associated information for priority Medicago, Trifolium, and Lotus genetic resources. Sub-objective 3C In cooperation with U. S. and Russian researchers, produce an Interactive Agricultural Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries which will be accessible on the internet and on CD-ROM. Sub-objectives 1A. Acquire samples and associated information to fill identified gaps in the NPGS collections of Medicago, Lotus, and Trifolium. Sub-sub-objective 1A1. Collect or obtain from the United States, the Mediterranean Basin, and Central Asia, targeted species. Sub-sub-objective 1A2. Survey existing holdings of Medicago truncatula genetic stocks (a model species for legume genomics) and acquire priority materials. Sub-objective 1B. Identify and establish in situ sites for endemic species of Lotus, and Trifolium. Sub-sub-objective 1B1. In cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service and other public land agencies, survey and identify in situ seed collection sites. Sub-sub-objective 1B2. Using a model trifolium species, define in situ conservation parameters needed for outcrossing, insect-pollinated wild legume species. Sub-objective 1C. Based on earlier research, collaborate with Kazakh researchers to identify and establish sites in Kazakhstan for in situ conservation of wild relatives of alfalfa. Objective 2: Conserve and regenerate priority Medicago, Trifolium, and Lotus genetic resources efficiently and effectively, and distribute pathogen-tested samples and associated information worldwide. Sub-objective 2A. Regenerate, conserve, and distribute more than 12,000 accessions of temperate forage legume genetic resources and associated information, emphasizing accessions with low germination, open-pollinated seed stocks, few seeds in storage, or those not yet backed-up at second sites. Sub-objective 2B. Increase to 90 percent the proportion of the collection backed-up at second sites, emphasizing critical back-ups of Medicago, Trifolium, and Lotus. Sub-objective 2C. Regenerate 150-300 accessions of Medicago, Trifolium, and Lotus per year, emphasizing controlled pollination of original or "next best" seed lots for Trifolium and Lotus, so as to systematically replace open-pollinated seed lots. Objective 3: Strategically characterize ("genotype") and evaluate ("phenotype") priority Medicago, Trifolium, and Lotus genetic resources for molecular markers, morphological descriptors, and key agronomic traits. Sub-objective 3A. With cooperators, apply newly developed DNA genetic marker data to phylogenetic and genetic diversity analyses of priority crops, especially M. truncatula, to develop core subsets. Incorporate characterization data into the Germplasm Resources Information System (GRIN) and/or other databases. Sub-objective 3B. Update and apply phenotypic descriptors for forage legume collections with an emphasis on capturing key floral, fruit, and seed characteristics of regenerated germplasm, and characterizing forage nutrient value.
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This project is under National Program 301, Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics, and Genetics Improvement and is aligned with National Program 301 Action Plan Component 1: Plant and Microbial Genetic Resource Management. Problem Statement 1A: Efficiently and Effectively Manage Plant and Microbial Genetic Resources. The work of the National Temperate Forage Legume Germplasm Resources Unit in Prosser, WA focuses on effectively maintaining and charactering a large germplasm collection in order to enhance the use and conservation of these important genetic resources. During the year we increased 360 accessions and completed germination tests on 275 accessions of temperate forage legumes including alfalfa, lotus and trifolium. We obtained over 500 digital images for the GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) database. We distributed 2,520 seed packets of cultivated and wild alfalfa, 1,425 seed packets of Trifolium and 356 seed packets of Lotus to researchers worldwide. We also worked on setting up and implementing a strategy to proof the 85,000 records of georeference for USDA plant germplasm accessions provided by the International Rice Research Institute, so they can be incorporated into the GRIN database. We also developed a preliminary inventory of crop wild relative species that are native or naturalized in the United States. The list contains over 2,600 species and is an important first step for developing a national strategy for conserving the important crop wild relatives that occur in our own back yard. We also completed an analysis of the genetic structure of a rare endemic plant species which will allow us to establish guidelines for conserving this native species in its native habitat.
4. Accomplishments
1. Acquisition of forage legume germplasm from Armenia and Georgia. Medicago truncatula is being used as a model legume species in genomic research, but collections do not include representation form all areas of the species distribution. ARS Researchers at Prosser, WA received 116 accessions of forage legumes from collaborators in Armenia, including 17 accessions of M. truncatula. One seed packet of M. truncatula was received from Georgia. We expect to receive additional perennial forage legume accessions from collaborators in Georgia later in 2010. These new accessions of M. truncatula extend the geographic representation of this important model species for legume genomics research.


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Over the past couple months, we have seen a significant amount of change in the world of social media: from the birth of Google+ to the constant transformation of Facebook. It's a testament to the fact that the world of social media will never stop evolving. To help keep you current on some of the things that are going on, I have made a list of five tips and tricks that I think you should add to your social repertoire. Here goes:
1. Google+ Hangouts Directly from YouTube – If you haven't heard, Google+ is the new social media platform that Google just rolled out last month to compete with Facebook. It is still in limited field-testing, so a finite number of users have been allowed to sign up. However, if you are one of the lucky ones that is already Google Plus-ing, here is a cool tip: If you are watching a video on YouTube (another Google product), you can start a Google+ hangout directly from the Share menu. (For those new to Google+, a hangout is an informal, impromptu video chat session. It's a way of saying, "Hey I'm online and ready to chat with whoever else is out there.") This allows you to watch and comment on videos with up to nine of your friends in real time – as if you were sitting in the same room. You can play, pause and stop the video you are watching and the action will be mirrored on your friends' screens.
2. Uploading Photos Directly to Twitter – Last week, Twitter announced a new, long-awaited feature. You can now upload photos to your Twitter feed directly from your Twitter profile instead of having to rely on third party applications like Twitpic and TweetDeck. All you have to do is click on the camera to add an image to your Tweet. If you are a current Twitter user, you should see this notification next time you log in to your account:
3. How To Customize Your Facebook Status Update Settings – We've all been there. The office gossip asks to be your friend on Facebook. You don't want to say Yes because you don't want everyone from work knowing your innermost secrets. But, you can't say No because it will cause tension with your co-worker. So, you begrudgingly confirm the friend request and begin the practice of meticulously monitoring and censoring all of your Facebook activity.
Shouldn't there be a better way? There is! You can customize who sees certain information on Facebook. Just go to Privacy Setting under the Account menu.
Under Sharing on Facebook, click on Customize Settings (refer to screenshot above). From this screen, you can control how and with whom every piece of information is shared on Facebook: things you share, things others share and your contact information. For each item, you can select to share with: everyone, friends of friend and networks, friends and networks, friends of friends, friends or you may customize a list (see below).
The custom list is where your power lies. This is where you can choose to share information with friends but then you can list anyone that you want to exclude from the list under the Hide This From section (see below). So all of your friends except for the office gossip will see your posts. Who ever thought Custom Privacy would be such a beautiful concept?
4. How To Customize Your Facebook News Feed Settings – On a related note, say that the office gossip posts twenty times a day about things that you could care less. You can't remove her (or him) as a friend because, as stated previously, you don't want to ruffle any office feathers. But, you can't stand having your News Feed cluttered with meaningless information. Here's what you do: Click on the "x" next to the post in question.
This will bring up a menu where you can specify one of the following: Hide this post, Hide all by [person's name], Hide all by [application's name], or Mark as Spam. If you choose to Hide all by [office gossip] you will no longer see any posts by this person. You will be happier and that person will be none the wiser. Everyone wins!
5. "On This Day…" Facebook Gets Nostalgic – I have saved the best for last today. There is a rumor floating around that Facebook has started rolling out an update to user profiles. Whenever you are on a Like page or another Facebook page other than your own, you will see a section on the right called On This Day. The section will show what the currently logged in user posted on the same day in a previous year (provided that you actually posted something). This feature could potentially be quite hilarious or severely humbling depending on the nature of your posts. Has anyone experienced this new feature yet?
So, there you have it: The Fab 5. I hope this has been informative, entertaining and/or insightful. Please comment below – I would love to hear what you think about all of these features.


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Doing his best to deal with the East Coast blizzard, 50 Cent was spotted shoveling snow in his driveway yesterday afternoon (December 27).
The "In Da Club" rapper looked to be in good spirits as he attempted to dig his way out of the massive amounts of snow that have fallen recently.
Making the most of the holiday weekend, Jennifer Love Hewitt was spotted bringing an end to the celebrations while out in Beverly Hills on Sunday (December 26).
Joined by her mother Patricia, the "Ghost Whisperer" actress looked geek chic in a pair of nerdy glasses and a sans makeup complexion while grabbing a bite to eat and taking advantage of the post-Christmas sales.
She's still living down her bong-smoking boo-boo, but Miley Cyrus seemed to be in great spirits over the Christmas weekend.
The "Hannah Montana" babe teamed up with her little sister Noah to film a video of well-wishes to her fans.
Finished up with a brief holiday getaway, Taylor Swift was spotted boarding her private jet in Turks and Caicos on Friday afternoon (December 24).
The "Mine" singer looked casual cute as she chatted with runway workers after closing out a two day trip to the island locale with her mom, Andrea, and little brother, Austin.
Getting her very first break from rehab treatment, Demi Lovato was picked up by her family for a Christmas Day outing in Woodridge, Illinois on Saturday (December 25). Looking stylish in an animal-print jacket with black attire, the "Camp Rock" star joined her loved ones for a bite to eat at A Hollywood Blvd Cinema Bar & Eatery on the wintertime holiday excursion.
Spending the holiday living the good life south of the border, Elisabetta Canalis showed off her amazing bikini body in Los Cabos, Mexico on Sunday (December 26).
The Italian stunner joined a few gal pals on the beach, flaunting her figure in a skimpy swimsuit while splitting time between basking on the beach and taking a dip in the cool waters.
Continuing along with her holiday getaway, Rihanna was spotted out on Sandy Lane beach in the Barbados on Sunday (December 26).
Wearing a grey beach cover over a black swimsuit, the "Love the Way You Lie" singer romped along the shoreline with family and friends after celebrating the Christmas holiday the previous evening.
Still living the good life in the islands, Paris Hilton and beau Cy Waits enjoyed the Hawaiian sunset on the beaches of Maui on Christmas Day (December 25).
Clad in a green one-piece swimsuit, the hotel heiress and her man wandered the sandy shoreline as they eased into their evening Christmas celebrations.


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Electrochemistry of Heteroleptic Tris(phthalocyaninato) Rare Earth(III) Complexes
Arnold, Dennis, Jiang, Jianzhuang, Ma, Changqin, Pan, Na, Sun, Xuan, & Zhu, Peihua (2004) Electrochemistry of Heteroleptic Tris(phthalocyaninato) Rare Earth(III) Complexes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2004(3), pp. 518-523.
The electrochemical characteristics of a series of heteroleptic tris(phthalocyaninato) complexes with identical rare earths or mixed rare earths (Pc)M(OOPc)M(OOPc) [M = Eu...Lu, Y; H2Pc = unsubstituted phthalocyanine, H2(OOPc) = 3,4,12,13,21,22,30,31-octakis(octyloxy)phthalocyanine] and (Pc)Eu(OOPc)Er(OOPc) have been recorded and studied comparatively by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) in CH2Cl2 containing 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium perchlorate (TBAP). Up to five quasi-reversible one-electron oxidations and four one-electron reductions have been revealed. The half-wave potentials of the first, second and fifth oxidations depend on the size of the metal center, but the fifth changes in the opposite direction to that of the first two. Moreover, the difference in redox potentials of the first oxidation and first reduction for (Pc)M(OOPc)M(OOPc), 0.85−0.98 V, also decreases linearly along with decreasing rare earth ion radius, clearly showing the rare earth ion size effect and indicating enhanced π−π interactions in the triple-deckers connected by smaller lanthanides. This order follows the red-shift seen in the lowest energy band of triple-decker compounds. The electronic differences between the lanthanides and yttrium are more apparent for triple-decker sandwich complexes than for the analogous double-deckers. By comparing triple-decker, double-decker and mononuclear [ZnII] complexes containing the OOPc ligand, the HOMO−LUMO gap has been shown to contract approximately linearly with the number of stacked phthalocyanine ligands.
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For the next three days, ESPN.com will be breaking down the nonconference schedules of each team in nine of the nation's top leagues. Let's begin with the Atlantic 10.
Toughest: Maui Invitational (Nov. 25-27), Ole Miss (Jan. 4)
Next-toughest: USC (Dec. 22), at Georgia Tech (Nov. 20), Iona (Dec. 19)
The rest: IPFW (Nov. 9), St. Francis-Pa. (Nov. 13), St. Francis-N.Y. (Nov. 16), Delaware State (Dec. 4), at Illinois State (Dec. 7), Central Michigan (Dec. 14), Murray State (Dec. 29), Winthrop (Jan. 1)
Toughness scale (1-10): 7 -- Archie Miller's program boasts one of the league's tougher nonconference slates. The Maui tournament is the core of the schedule. The Flyers will open the holiday tournament with a matchup against WCC favorite Gonzaga. Possible meetings with Baylor, Syracuse, Cal and/or Arkansas could add even more credibility to Dayton's lineup. USC at home and Georgia Tech on the road are solid challenges, as are mid-major opponents Iona, Illinois State and Murray State.
Toughest: Pittsburgh (Nov. 30)
Next-toughest: at West Virginia (Nov. 17), Robert Morris (Dec. 14)
The rest: Abilene Christian (Nov. 9), New Hampshire (Nov. 13), Albany (Nov. 20), UMBC (Dec. 4), Penn State (Dec. 11), St. Francis-Pa. (Dec. 17), UMass-Lowell (Dec. 21), at Texas-Pan American (Dec. 29), Appalachian State (Jan. 2)
Toughness scale (1-10): 4 -- So, there's Pitt. And then, this becomes a game of "Wait … what team?" A lot of relatively unknown opponents on Duquesne's nonconference schedule. Abilene Christian? Appalachian State? Robert Morris, which defeated Kentucky in the opening round of the NIT last season, will be one of Duquesne's toughest opponents. WVU likely will be mediocre again. Even Pitt, the star of the slate, lost a lot from last season, so this isn't the typical Jamie Dixon program. Can't get too excited about Duquesne's first two months of 2013-14.
Toughest: at Syracuse (Nov. 12), Harvard (Dec. 28)
Next-toughest: at St. John's (Dec. 7)
The rest: St. Francis-Pa. (Nov. 8), Lehigh (Nov. 15), Sacred Heart (Nov. 23), at Manhattan (Nov. 26), Furman (Dec. 4), at Colgate (Dec. 10), Howard (Dec. 14), at Monmouth (Dec. 21), Loyola-Chicago (Dec. 23), Siena (Dec. 30)
Toughness scale (1-10): 6 -- For an Atlantic 10 contender, this would be a decent slate. A lot of power at the top (Syracuse, Harvard, St. John's) and a bunch of filler the rest of the way. But for a Fordham squad that's expected to finish near the bottom of the conference standings again, this is not an easy path. Syracuse could win the ACC in its first year in the league. Harvard returns the top players from an NCAA tourney squad and adds veterans Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, who were suspended last season.
Toughest: Diamond Head Classic (Dec. 22-25)
Next-toughest: Oklahoma (Dec. 8), Northern Iowa (Nov. 16), at Iona (Nov. 23), at Princeton (Nov. 26)
The rest: American (Nov. 8), at Lamar (Nov. 12), St. Francis (Pa.) (Nov. 19), Rhode Island (Nov. 30), South Florida (Dec. 4), Penn (Jan. 2), Old Dominion (Jan. 4)
Toughness scale (1-10): 7 -- George Mason kicks off its first year in the Atlantic 10 with a somewhat challenging nonconference lineup. The Patriots will play Iowa State in the opening round of the Diamond Head Classic. Georges Niang and Co. are a dangerous crew. And a possible championship matchup against Mountain West contender Boise State is intriguing. Games against Oklahoma and Northern Iowa are interesting, but the rest of the slate isn't exactly breathtaking. And they'll have to do a lot of work to reach the later stages of the Diamond Head Classic. Can't give them too much credit for this one.
Toughest: Wooden Legacy (Nov. 28-Dec. 1)
Next-toughest: Maryland (Dec. 8), at Kansas State (Dec. 31)
The rest: Radford (Nov. 8), Maine (Nov. 12), at Manhattan (Nov. 16), Delaware State (Nov. 19), Rutgers (Dec. 4), Boston University (Dec. 11), UMBC (Dec. 21), Hofstra (Dec. 28), Georgia (Jan. 3)
Toughness scale (1-10): 7 -- George Washington won just 13 games last season. With a solid group of programs anchoring its nonconference slate -- remember, this is all relative -- boosting that win total could prove difficult. The Wooden Legacy will be a gauntlet for GW if it advances with a win over Miami in the opening round. Marquette, San Diego State, Creighton and Arizona State are all potential opponents. And Maryland awaits in early December. The rest of the schedule is average, especially because GW probably won't face the premier programs in the Wooden.
Toughest: at Villanova (Dec. 15)
Next-toughest: Paradise Jam (Nov. 22-25), at Miami (Dec. 22), vs. Temple (Jan. 18 at the Palestra)
The rest: Manhattan (Nov. 9), Quinnipiac (Nov. 12), Siena (Nov. 16), at Penn State (Nov. 19), Hartford (Dec. 4), Stony Brook (Dec. 7), Wagner (Dec. 19), at Penn (Jan. 4)
Toughness scale (1-10): 4 -- In March, La Salle shocked the nation with a rally to the Sweet 16, where it lost to another Cinderella, Wichita State. This isn't exactly the strongest follow to that run. The Explorers' toughest nonconference opponent will be Big 5 rival Villanova, an NCAA tournament team a year ago. The Paradise Jam field is weak overall. Potential matchups against Maryland and Northern Iowa, however, could pay dividends down the line. Maybe. Miami was a great opponent for last season's RPI, but lost every major contributor from its ACC championship squad. Far more risk than reward with this schedule.
Toughest: LSU (Nov. 12), Charleston Classic (Nov. 21-24)
Next-toughest: BYU (Dec. 7), Florida State (Dec. 21), Providence (Dec. 28)
The rest: Boston College (Nov. 10), Youngstown State (Nov. 17), at Eastern Michigan (Dec. 3), Northern Illinois (Dec. 14), at Ohio (Dec. 18), Miami-Ohio (Jan. 4), at Elon (Jan. 18)
Toughness scale (1-10): 6 -- With Chazz Williams returning, UMass could make its first appearance in the NCAA tournament in more than a decade. The team's nonconference slate possesses a few opportunities that will impress the selection committee if it wins. The Minutemen will face LSU in just their second game of 2013-14. A matchup against New Mexico in the second round of the Charleston Classic is a possibility (have to get past Nebraska first). BYU, Florida State and Providence could be interesting games to look back upon on Selection Sunday.
Toughest: NIT Season Tip-Off (Nov. 18-19, Nov. 25-29), at LSU (Jan. 4)
Next-toughest: at SMU (Nov. 11), George Mason (Nov. 30), at Providence (Dec. 5)
The rest: Maine (Nov. 8), North Carolina A&T (Nov. 15), UMass-Lowell (Nov. 23), at Detroit (Dec. 8), New Hampshire (Dec. 22), at Brown (Jan. 2)
Toughness scale (1-10): 6 -- Danny Hurley's program still faces a variety of unknowns in its nonconference slate because so many things could happen in the NIT Season Tip-Off. But that's the Rams' best chance to make some noise before Atlantic 10 competition starts. The rest of their nonconference slate is lukewarm but appropriate for a program that could finish near the bottom of the league again. A road game at LSU could be one of Rhode Island's toughest games in 2013-14. And the program has to finish a nonconference series with George Mason with one more game, even though it'll face the new A-10 member in conference play, too. The Rams will also play a surging SMU team in early November. Not a killer nonconference slate, but it makes sense for this program.
Toughest: Hall of Fame Classic (Nov. 23-24), at Florida (Jan. 4)
Next-toughest: Belmont (Nov. 11), Minnesota (Nov. 16)
The rest: Delaware (Nov. 8), Hofstra (Nov. 19), at Air Force (Nov. 27), James Madison (Nov. 30), at William & Mary (Dec. 4), at Wake Forest (Dec. 7), Coppin State (Dec. 14), Ohio (Dec. 22), Old Dominion (Dec. 28), at Northeastern (Dec. 31),
Toughness scale (1-10): 8 -- Richmond went 4-13 away from home last season. That subpar streak could continue in 2013-14. The Spiders will kick off the Hall of Fame Classic with a matchup against ACC contender North Carolina. Either Louisville or Fairfield awaits in the second game. In early January, they'll travel to Gainesville to face a Florida squad that could challenge Kentucky for the SEC crown. Home games against Minnesota and Belmont could end in defeat, too.
Toughest: Creighton (Nov. 16), Old Spice Classic (Nov. 28-Dec. 1)
Next-toughest: Villanova (Dec. 7)
The rest: at Vermont (Nov. 9), Marist (Nov. 13), Temple (Dec. 4), Drexel (Dec. 18), at Loyola-Md (Dec. 21), Boston University (Dec. 29), Binghamton (Dec. 31), Denver (Jan. 4), Penn (Jan. 18)
Toughness scale (1-10): 8 -- Phil Martelli's program is still searching for its first NCAA appearance since 2008. Its 2013-14 nonconference slate will present plenty of quality win opportunities to assist in that effort. But they could be roadblocks, too. Doug McDermott and Creighton could win the new Big East title. Martelli's team will open the Old Spice Classic against a revitalized LSU team and a matchup against a deep Memphis squad could follow. The top contributors from Villanova's NCAA tourney team are back, too. It won't be an easy opening run for the Hawks.
Toughest: Wichita State (Dec. 1), Cancun Challenge (Nov. 26-27)
Next-toughest: Indiana State (Dec. 18), at Vanderbilt (Dec. 30)
The rest: Southeast Missouri (Nov. 8), at SIUE (Nov. 13), at Southern Illinois (Nov. 16), Oral Roberts (Nov. 21), Bowling Green (Nov. 23), Rockhurst (Dec. 3), at Valparaiso (Dec. 7), Wofford (Dec. 14), North Carolina A&T (Dec. 21), Yale (Jan. 4)
Toughness scale (1-10): 7 -- Jim Crews' Saint Louis squad has the talent (four senior starters are back) to contend for its second consecutive Atlantic 10 title. This nonconference stretch should prepare them for the challenge. The Billikens certainly have a few easy games on their nonconference stretch. But they'll face Wisconsin in the inaugural Cancun Challenge before playing Final Four participant Wichita State a few days later. A home game against Indiana State could be a bad idea. The Sycamores are tough. The rest of the menu features a bunch of rebuilding, unproven squads. But the contenders that anchor the slate will give the Billikens all they can handle prior to conference play.
Toughest: at Iona (Dec. 14)
Next-toughest: at Wake Forest (Dec. 17), Delaware (Dec. 30)
The rest: South Dakota (Nov. 9), Abilene Christian (Nov. 11), Canisius (Nov. 16), at Siena (Nov. 19), UMass-Lowell (Dec. 3), at Buffalo (Dec. 7), at Niagara (Dec. 21), Cornell (Jan. 4)
Toughness scale (1-10): 4 -- Even for a St. Bonaventure squad that lost multiple key contributors and continues to seek its footing since Andrew Nicholson turned pro a few years ago, this nonconference slate is unimpressive. The Bonnies' toughest game could come on the road against an Iona squad that lost Momo Jones (No. 3 scorer in the nation last season) but returns four starters. Delaware? Wake Forest on the road? Umm, probably a 2 and a 3 three on the difficulty scale. Sure, the Bonnies are expected to struggle. But a bunch of games against lackluster opponents will serve one purpose -- to boost the team's win total (possibly) before conference play.
Toughest: Puerto Rico Tip-Off (Nov. 21-24), at Virginia (Nov. 12)
Next-toughest: at Belmont (Dec. 1), at Northern Iowa (Dec. 14), Boston College (Dec. 28)
The rest: Illinois State (Nov. 8), Winthrop (Nov. 16), Northeastern (Nov. 29), Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 5), Old Dominion (Dec. 8), Wofford (Dec. 17), Virginia Tech (Dec. 21), Stony Brook (Jan. 3)
Toughness scale (1-10): 8 – Shaka Smart probably possesses his most talented roster at VCU. And this nonconference slate will prepare the Rams for the Atlantic 10 schedule and beyond. In the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, VCU could face Florida State, Michigan and Georgetown. Tony Bennett's Virginia squad is stacked and the Rams travel to Charlottesville for that matchup. Away games against Belmont, Northern Iowa and Boston College (Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.) are the kind of matchups that could disrupt momentum if VCU takes one or more losses. This is a legit lineup. If the Rams stumble in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, however, their nonconference slate strength will decrease.


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Two Aboard Small Banner Plane Injured During Crash At UF
Firefighters and fire rescue responded to an airplane crash in Flavet Field on campus at about 4 in the afternoon Saturday. This small aircraft bounced, flipped over and crashed into an unoccupied silver truck. The pilot and passenger were both hurt, as they had non-life threatening injuries however they were able to avoid hitting tailgaters, preventing a mass casualty incident.
Gator fans tailgating at Flavet Field for the football game against Arkansas, weren't expecting to also witness a plane crash. The single engine plane was pulling an advertisement banner prior to the Florida football game, when it started experiencing some problems.
Linda Stump chief for the University of Florida Police Department said, "It appears that he was looking for a clear space to put the plane down... He had enough room over the horizon. He probably did a pretty good job of alerting people to get out of the way."
According to UF Police, there were no fatalities. However the two people inside the plane were injured. The fans that were out here tailgating tell me they feel fortunate as things could have been worse.
Karen Guffey who saw the whole thing unveil said, "It was obvious that the pilot knew it was going to happen and so he should get a lot of credit because he avoided a lot. He went straight, must've still had some control of the plane... I am sure he lost it when he hit the car and the fence and flipped... But up until that point, it was obvious he was trying to avoid things."
The plane is owned by Beach Banners, out of Jacksonville. The pilot, Graham Hill and the passenger Ian Conrad are both from the Jacksonville area as well. A staff sergeant visiting for the gator game says the community came together to help amidst the chaos.
Jett Bryan a Staff Sergeant for the Air Force who was also there during the crash, said, "As many people as they could, rushed to the scene. There was no lack of people that wanted to help, so that is the most important thing I think. Because that's the biggest thing in the military when you hear gun fire, which way are you going to run? And everybody ran towards the sound, so I think that's a good thing."
The reason for the crash is not known yet. The Federal Aviation Administration has asked the Alachua County Sheriff's Office to gather information on the case and forward it to them, as opposed to investigating it themselves. The government shutdown may have something to do with that.
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E-Mail To The Front: One Wife's Correspondence With Her Husband Overseas
"6/9: Evidently I wasn't supposed to put so much oil in the mower. The smoke went away fairly quickly, though. Connor even got to go for a ride in the fire truck."Alesia Holliday has survived scenes like this and more while her husband, a naval flight officer, has been away on military duty. They have forged a different kind of marriage-one that the 1.5 million current active-duty service members and their families will identify with. E-mail to the Front has a large built-in audience that boasts a camaraderie strengthened by shared difficulties and discoveries. E-mail to the Front consists of short commentaries by Alesia and an e-mail dialogue between her and her husband while he was on deployment. In text filled with empathy, gut-level honesty, humor, and unflinching support, chapters cover everything from "Departure: Only 183 Days to Go" to "Rebellion of the Appliances" to "It's Like Being a Single Mother, but I Can't Date." E-mail to the Front will appeal to everyone who appreciates the courage of those who choose to serve their country, the families who are meeting the challenge of military duty, and those who love and support them. Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry has written a cover quote for the book, and best-selling author Suzanne Brockmann said "This book should be required reading for all Americans."
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Rated 4 / 5 stars
I really enjoyed the bassline portion of this, but I personally think it'd be better to exclude the rapping, but the female vocals are really nice, i would make them louder.
I just think u need 2 get laid, cuz the girl IS rapping. LOL.
Rated 2 / 5 stars
at first i was thinking 'if i didn't wretch every time i heard pop music i might like this', then i heard the ending which i had hopes for saving it...then underperformed personally. Didn't hit hard enough and went out with a fizzle instead of a bang.
Rated 2.5 / 5 stars
I was digging the intro, but everything after was pretty iffy. Don't like the vocals at all.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
What? i dont even know. but this is awesome.
You have awesome taste, and there's gonna be plenty more for ya.
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
This song rocks! I've listened to it a bunch of times in the past two days. The rhythm of the lyrics really pop especially at the Kanye part. The first time I listened to this song the lyrics made me bug. The only part I hated was when the song slows down and you sing "What do you want?" It just did not sound good on my ears. You should have added some distortion or something. I think its just that you sound better rapping than singing. The girls voice sounded really good too. The pitch of her voice made what she was saying funnier too. Sounds like one of those bitchy girls that ends every sentence with a question.
So even though I didn't like that one part it didn't stop me from listening to it many times. You also dropped the beat really well.
Preciate it, bruh! Got plenty more comin.


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Following the launch of its Ambassador programme which features popular Nollywood stars, Nollywood movies streaming service, iROKOtv.com has released series of video adverts from the best of Nollywood.
The videos introduce iROKOtv as a new method of watching Nigerian movies online and wants you to sign up and start watching.
Nollywood mega-stars, Tonto Dikeh, Mercy Johnson, Oge Okoye, Mary Remmy, John Dumelo, Jim Iyke, Frank Artus, Uche Jombo, Patience Ozokwor (Mama G), Uche Ogbodo, Eniola Badmus and John Okafor (Mr Ibu) are seen endorsing the new online platform of Nollywood movies.
The platform which launched earlier last month has the sole rights to distribute all of Nollywood movies online with over 1800 movies currently on its database.
It is expected that these stars would help the platform's vision to 'improve global acceptance and distribution of Nollywood to standards and create the most awesome Nollywood experience ever.'
Watch Tonto Dikeh use the pidgin language to introduce the iROKOtv platform below:
Check out more videos on iROKOtv's Youtube page.


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MOSCOW – Russian divers Wednesday pulled from a murky lake in the Urals a half-ton rock they suspect is part of a meteor whose shock wave injured 1,200 people in February.
The dramatic recovery operation came eight months after a piercing streak of light lit up the morning sky in the central Russian region of Chelyabinsk in scenes that made some locals think of the onset of a nuclear war.
The meteor broke up into myriad pieces — some no bigger than the size of a fingernail — that scientists are still finding across the remote region to this day. Much of the debris landed in a local lake known as Chebarkul, from which the divers pulled the suspected meteorite Wednesday in an operation broadcast live on national television.
Footage showed the team pulling out the 1.5-meter-long rock after first wrapping it in a special casing while still underwater. The boulder was then pulled ashore and placed on a massive scale for the all-important weighing — an operation that quickly went wrong.
The scale broke the moment it hit the 570-kg mark and the rock crumbled into several smaller as scientists maneuvered it via levers and ropes.
"The rock had a fracture when we found it," one unnamed scientist told the lifenews.ru website in a live broadcast. "It weighed 570 kg before the pieces fell off. And then the scale broke.
"We think the whole thing weighs more than 600 kg," he said.
Experts warned it will take time before scientists can certify that the rock they pulled from the lake did indeed come from outer space.
The Vesti 24 rolling news channel reported that divers had already recovered more than 12 pieces from Lake Chebarkul since the Feb. 15 incident. Only four or five of those pieces turned out to be real meteorites, the channel said.
But researchers at a local university seemed confident about their latest find.
"Based on our initial observations . . . this is a part of the Chelyabinsk meteor," Sergei Zamozdra, a lecturer at Chelyabinsk State University, told the Interfax news agency. "This is the largest fragment of that meteor.
"And, most likely, it will be one of the 10 largest meteorites ever found," he said.
The meteor weighed a whopping 10,000 tons when it exploded a few kilometers above ground with a force equivalent to 30 times the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, at the end of World War II.
American scientists said an object that large usually approaches Earth only once every four decades.
Residents of Chelyabinsk — once a part of the Soviet Union's industrial heartland that has seen a dramatic slide in living standards of late — have been trying to use the meteor to draw tourists to their isolated region.
A special council made up of scientists and prominent residents this week urged the local government to erect a six-storey-tall statue in honor of the space rock. Chelyabinsk media reports said the council is also hoping to set up special hiking trails for foreign tourists interested in visiting the lake and other spots where debris was found.


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Arranger: Russian Piano Classics
Series: Russian Piano Classics
Department: Piano, Keyboard & Organ - Piano Solo
Instrumentation: Piano (Russian Piano Classics)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes (London)
"This edition includes all of Rachmaninoff's Preludes from op. 23, op. 32, and also the intensely popular op. 3 no. 2 C-sharp minor prelude. This completeness is not found in many other editions. The printing is clean, well-spaced and big, and the ink is dark. The cover is very high in quality, and the binding is secure. As a bonus, the edition includes a brief background to the composer and the pieces, as well as some extremely brief commentary on the pieces including editorial notes. If there was one thing I could wish, it would be that the page didn't flip itself so easily. All said, likely the best edition of Rachmaninoff's Preludes published to date."
Rating: 10/05/2010