http://www.allthingsgirl.net An ezine created by women, for women Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:42:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Halloween (my favourite holiday of the year) is just around the corner and with it, ShadeWorks (a horror zine), is preparing for a big Halloween issue. If you are a writer of horror or dark fantasy, you really should submit your work (artwork is accepted as well). Submissions are open ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/link-worthy/attention-horror-writers/ I am a virgin. To blogging that is. Officially I am not because I schlog which means that I schlep words for a living. This is my very first blog so technically this makes me a virgin. I'll get to the—why I prefer schlogging part later, after I experience ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/womens-issues/im-not-a-feministbut-women-need-to-break-the-glass-ceiling/ From the time I was a little girl I remember hearing stories of Martha Carrier, my grandmother 9 generations back, who was hanged for a witch in Salem in 1692. My mother and grandmother spoke often of the history of the witch hysteria as well as the bravery and ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/guest-post/guest-post-on-writing-the-heretics-daughter-by-kathleen-kent/ The fifth book in Colleen Gleason's Gardella Vampire Chronicles comes out just after the first of the year, and she's offered one lucky reader an ARC (that's "advanced review copy"), a couple months before the publication date. BUT, there's a catch. Colleen will be reading responses to this post, and she'll be ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/atg-giveaways/book-talk/ Well, this time yesterday, I thought I had a job - not the most challenging one, to be sure: working as a Receptionist in the financial district of Downtown Montreal.  Don't get me wrong - I was more than thankful for a steady paycheck, especially after the tremendous upheaval of ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/your-turn/silver-lining/ If you are a long-time reader of All Things Girl, the name "Patricia Wellingham-Jones" will certainly ring a bell.   Her amazing poems have graced our pages every issue for as long as I can remember.  Patricia is a breast-cancer survivor and her poetry about the process of her diagnosis and ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/arts-books/patricia-wellingham-jones/ Eglantyne Jebb was born in 1876 and was one of six children. Forty-three years later she and her sister Dorothy, co-founded the Save the Children charity. In between these times she went to study at Oxford, which was quite unusual for women in 1895. She not only enjoyed political science ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/inspiring-women/inspiring-women-eglantyne-webb/ A while back I joined the gym just to use their pool. I'm on a mission to lose weight and swimming is great exercise. I go 5-6 times a week and sometimes twice in a day (a 20min swim can be great in the afternoon to release tension and stress). ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/sound-advice/sound-advice-haircare-for-swimmers/ Though at first glance you might think “autumn”, the theme of “Harvest” has so many more interpretations than the straightforward thoughts of horns-a-plenty and falling leaves. It brings to mind the thoughts of full moons and camp fires, the planting of seeds of all sorts which bring us fruits of ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/atg-news/from-the-editor-welcome-to-harvest-septoct-2008/ A friend of mine mentioned Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Granola Bars on Twitter while I was away earlier in the month, and on our first grocery shopping trip after I got home, I had to buy some so I could see what all the fuss was about. I ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/product-reviews/product-review-nature-valley-sweet-salty-nut-granola-bars/ There are two books in my briefcase right now that have kept me company as I've traveled from the shining shores of the Potomac River to the beautiful desert of Arizona:  The One Hundred by Nina Garcia and Note to Self by Samara O'Shea.  These seemingly different books are, in ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/book-talk/book-talk-books-to-indulge-in-for-the-long-weekend/ If you're looking for an insider scoop on DNC media coverage check out my writing group friend, Laurel Kallenbach's blog at www.LaurelKallenbach.com. Laurel is a media volunteer for the DNC, more specifically a press runner. Clocking aproximately 9 miles a day on a pedomiter she's getting a workout by delivering ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/world-issues/blogging-the-dnc-as-a-media-volunteer/ Some folk say that we should grow old gracefully. My mother would say we should grow old disgracefully but it seems to me we live in a world where being young is overvalued. It may be true that young people are more attractive, have more energy and can burn the ... http://www.allthingsgirl.net/your-turn/your-turn-gracefully/