Tracy R. Franklin
Tracy R. Franklin is a poet, freelance writer, and editor. Her poetry has been published in SubtleTea, Pen Himalaya, and A Little Poetry, as well as in other journals. Angst, Anger, Love, Hope, her first full collection of poetry, was published by JMS Books LLC in late 2010. For more information, please visit her blog at http://www.tracyrfranklin.com/.
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We Can Still Feel the Disorders that Others Can't SeeThe author is exploring one of the particular difficulties faced by those with physical disabilities known as invisible illnesses. -
Then, NowI did not have a bathtub,and I gripped hope in both my fistsand prayed for it to leave.I had a shower door waterproofed with duct tape.
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Then, NowAngst, Anger, Love, Hope, the author's first full collection of poetry, is available in print through JMS Books LLC and Amazon, and available electronically through numerous retailers. -
Stripped PokerIt takes five seconds to speak this fifteen-syllable sentence. Five seconds face to face is more than enough time to risk it all with naked gambling.Deal: I killed someone ten years ago.Deal: I'm HIV positive.Deal: Are you having an affair?Deal: I want you to leave m
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Stripped PokerAngst, Anger, Love, Hope, the author's first full collection of poetry, is available in print through JMS Books LLC and Amazon, and available electronically through numerous retailers. -
Faux Flowers Tacky? Says Who (and Why Do Their Opinions Matter)?Browse a number of wedding forums and it quickly becomes apparent that one topic that just will not go away is the question of whether artificial flowers are tacky. The consensus is capricious.We know the arguments each way, so I won't rehash them here. What I'd like to address instead is the spirit
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Faux Flowers Tacky? Says Who (and Why Do Their Opinions Matter)?Whether your wedding flowers are silk, paper, or natural is just not that important. -
The Rarest of the Rare? (The Ordinary, Excruciating Steps of Those Traveling the Road to Diagnosis)After thirteen years of symptoms problematic enough to interfere with daily living, I have finally been diagnosed with a genetic disease called, depending on the specialist or the paper, sodium-channel myotonia congenita, sodium-channel myotonia, atypical myotonia congenita, or acetazolamide-respons
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The Rarest of the Rare?How can we possibly call disorders rare when patients who should be tested for them aren't taken seriously?
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What Does POD Really Mean?Print on demand is a business technology, and publish on demand is a business model. It's important for readers and aspiring writers to understand the difference. -
Alcohol and Your Wedding - a Look at the IssuesAre dry receptions okay? Are cash bars ever acceptable? The issues are often more complex than simple etiquette guidelines indicate. -
The Lie of Wedding "Averages"Wedding "averages" don't necessarily reflect the median or mean amounts couples spend for their nuptials. Data is skewed toward the affluent end of the spectrum before it is even gathered.
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Frenemies and TechnologyI've recently had a full collection of poetry released by a small, independent press in Virgina, JMS Books LLC. And though the listings for the Kindle, Nookbook, and other electronic versions of my book name JMS Books as the publisher, the listing for the print version of the book names it as Create
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Of Rings and DreamsWhen my now-husband and I first began discussing marriage, he and I lived several states apart, and my parents lived one state away from me. Aaron and I didn't really get the chance to shop together except to sometimes pick up dinner ingredients.When we discussed engagement rings, I made it clear th
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Hey, This Is a Lot Like WorkI've been writing for about ten years now. I've earned a little money freelancing under a pseudonym, but I'm primarily a poet. And a largely unsuccessful one, at least until now. (And maybe still a largely unsuccessful one, though it's hard to say what success as a poet actually means. Poetry is a s
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Pennsylvania Marriage LawThere are a couple of areas of Pennsylvania marriage law that can get confusing. The first concerns the use of wedding ministers that have been ordained online, and the second concerns the use of self-uniting marriage licenses. Let's take a thorough look at both issues.Can ministers ordained online
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User Post: The Lie of Wedding "Averages"Quite often we'll hear quotes for the average wedding cost. The figures usually seem to fall somewhere between $20,000.00 and $30,000.00, and they get thrown into the public forum by all manner of newspaper, magazine, and television journalists. Why is it that I've never seen any of these commentato
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A Celebrity Planner, a TV Show, and a Conflict of Interest?My family has the "extended basic" cable package. We TV is not one of the channels we get, so I don't see We TV's wedding shows unless they become available on On Demand. One show I'd never seen before last week was My Fair Wedding, starring celebrity wedding planner David Tutera.The basic premise i