Sylvia's Long Distance Relationship Blog

May update

2008-05-28T19:07:24Z

In a couple days I'll send out the first 50 pages of my manuscript to the person coordinating an intensive writing workshop in Chicago in July. It's been a rough month. Three of the four weeks I've been sick with cold or flu. I'm so burned out fr...

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A noble love song and some LDR support sites

2007-12-27T06:25:59Z

"After All" by Al Jarreau is one of the purest and heartfelt love songs ever written. I first heard it in an audiotape letter given to me 15 years ago. AFTER ALL By Al Jarreau There, there was a time I knew That no matter, come what may, ...

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Literary review & romantic DVD recommendations

2007-12-06T08:36:35Z

Today I received in the mail a literary review from Writer's Digest for my published book, The Long Distance Relationship Guidebook, for entering it in a worldwide contest (alas, I didn't win the Grand Prize:). The following are the Judge's comm...

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A Long Distance Relationship Interview

2007-11-27T05:57:12Z

Long Distance Relationship Interview The following questions and answers are based on an interview conducted by Cassandra Kapp, an award-winning first year journalism student at Northwestern University. What’s an LDR? An LDR is a relationshi...

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Hello enduring LDR couples!

2007-10-01T06:17:23Z

It looks as though I haven't written on my LDR blog for a month, but actually the comments on the last post have kept me busy with this blog lately, as well as the writing I've been doing on a historical fiction novel I'm trying to finish before ...

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Living apart after an incredible summer

2007-08-28T09:18:25Z

Two months ago I posted "Give Me One Good Reason," which listed 10 reasons for having an LDR. A young Belgian guy recently wrote to me, saying he had just spent a summer getting to know and falling in love with a young woman, then had to par...

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Poetry and romance

2007-07-08T18:51:01Z

When I was writing my book, The Long Distance Relationship Guidebook, I had originally intended to include some poems that underscored each chapter topic. In the end, I decided to go with the international flight theme and so the poems didn't fit...

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Arj and Poopy "Long Distance Relationship"

2007-06-18T15:04:44Z

Here is an adorable award-winning animation short I found on YouTube that is spot-on when it comes to having the pan-on-the-head epiphany that you have just fallen inexplicably in love with someone who lives far, far, away: This is Arj Barker's...

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Give me one good reason...

2007-06-12T09:38:43Z

to take the plunge into the intrepid waters of a long distance relationship. Okay, I'll give you ten good reasons! 1. How often does the possibility of a great love come a...

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Welcome to my long distance relationship blog!

2007-06-10T10:32:42Z

I've decided to start a blog for couples who wish to strengthen their long distance relationship. Years ago, when my own 6 1/2-year-long distance relationship was still new, there wasn't much information on the internet or in books that helped L...

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