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(Culled from My WriteWell Magazine by Arthur Zulu. To read the
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, the bard of Avon couldn't sign his name,
yet possessed the highest vocabulary of the English language.
JONATHAN SWIFT, author of the satirical blockbuster, Gulliver's
Travels, was a madman, and before he died set aside funds for
the building of a hospital in Ireland for "lunaticks & idiots."
JOHN BUNYAN, the village pastor, wrote, The Pilgrims' Progress,
the most widely read book on earth after the Bible, when he was
jailed for twelve years and six months in Bedford as a
non-conformist by the Anglican Church of England.
JOHN MILTON, the tyrannical father, dictated the classic
Paradise Lost to his hapless daughters because the poet was
blind.
J.K. Rowlings, the single mother who wrote herself out of the
dole with the Harry Potter books, is richer than the Queen of
England.
THEY WROTE WELL
CHARLES DICKENS, the best novelist England has ever produced,
and the author of the autobiographical work, David Copperfield,
known for his exaggerated narrative style.
CAMARA LAYE, the Guinean born writer of the masterpiece, The
African Child, for his pathos.
TOM WOLFE, the man in white, author of A Man In Full, for his
effective characterization.
LEO TOLSTOY, the Russian author of the best novel in the last
century, War And Peace, remembered for his graphic description.
CHINUA ACHEBE, writer of the internationally acclaimed Things
Fall Apart, for his dramatic prose.
NEWS FROM THE WRITING WORLD
Cartoon of Prophet Muhammad Sparks Protest
Twelve caricatures of Prophet Muhammad that appeared in the
best-selling Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, has incited a
wave of Muslim protes worldwide. The offensive caricatures in an
ilustration book by Krae Bluitgen, had the Prophet brandishing a
sword in one cartoon and carrying a bomb in another.
Many people have lost their lives in the protest and world
leaders have been calling for calm.
Fifth Harry Potter for Movie
Millions of fans across the world are eagerly awaiting the
adaptation of Rowling's fifth book -- "Harry Potter and The
Order of the Phoenix." Stay tuned.
Liking Wins Noma Award
The 25 th Noma Award for publishing in Africa was won by a
Camerounian writer, Werewere Liking. The winning entry, La
Memoire Amputee (Broken Memories), published by Nouvelles
Editions Ivoirien nes, Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire in 2004, beat 898
other titles from 12 African countries.
"Werewere Liking's novel" says the jury's citation "is a
remarkable achievement illustrating the potential of African
literature to renew and regenerate its form."
The award presentation is scheduled for June 17--20, 2006 in
Cape Town, South Sfrica, at the venue of the first Cape Town
Book Fair, under the auspices of UNESSCO.
The Noma Award, named after its founder, Shoichi Noma, was
established in 1979 with a mission "to promote writing and
publishing in Africa and give a voice to the continent from
within,"
The cash value of the award is $10,000.
CRACK YOUR RIBS!
Loud, mad, or sad The psychology instructor had just finished a
lecture on mental health and was giving an oral test.
Speaking specifically about manic depression, she asked, "How
would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming
at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping
uncontrollably the next?"
A young man in the rear raised his hand and answered, "A
basketball coach?"
Giving sad news to a troop The Captain called the Sergeant in.
"Sarge, I just got a telegram that Private Jones' mother died
yesterday. Better go tell him and send him in to see me."
So the Sergeant calls for his morning formation and lines up all
the troops. "Listen up, men," says the Sergeant. "Johnson,
report to the mess hall for KP. Smith, report to Personnel to
sign some papers. The rest of you men report to the Motor Pool
for maintenance. Oh by the way, Jones, your mother died, report
to the commander."
Later that day the Captain called the Sergeant into his office.
"Hey, Sarge, that was a pretty cold way to inform Jones his
mother died. Couldn't you be a bit more tactful, next time?"
"Yes, sir," answered the Sarge.
A few months later, the Captain called the Sergeant in again
with, "Sarge, I just got a telegram that Private McGrath's
mother died. You'd better go tell him and send him in to see me.
This time be more tactful."
So the Sergeant calls for his morning formation. "Ok, men, fall
in and listen up." "Everybody with a mother, take two steps
forward." "Not so fast, McGrath!"
WAKE UP CALL!!
"The greatest trouble with many of us is that we do not believe
enough in ourselves."--Orison Sweet Marden
"No one is ever defeated until he has accepted defeat as a
reality."--Napoleon Hill
"God can only bless you plan and direct you in accomplishing it
if you have one."--John L .Mason
"Men who sit on the fence stand the risk of being crushed from
either side."--Chinese proverb
"Tough times don't last but tough people do."--Robert Schuller
"Success is moving from failure to failure without losing
enthusiasm."--Abraham Lincoln
"Acts of the Apostles was written because the Apostles
acted."--Anonymous
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