http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Helping to make long distance relationships more enjoyable and meaningful en Vox Wed, 28 May 2008 23:07:24 +0400 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/may-update.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sylvia J. Shipp) http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/may-update.html?_c=feed-rss http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/may-update.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 May 2008 23:07:24 +0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/may-update.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143c26936a4700fa9679cb9c0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> novel writing write writer author synopsis http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/my-favorite-love-song-and-ldr-support-sites.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sylvia J. Shipp) http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/my-favorite-love-song-and-ldr-support-sites.html?_c=feed-rss http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/my-favorite-love-song-and-ldr-support-sites.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:25:59 +0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/audio/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398cc2aa10004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398cc2aa10004-50si" alt="Al Jarreau - After all" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "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, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/my-favorite-love-song-and-ldr-support-sites.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398cbfd990002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> favorite romance google books amazon love health communication helpful al jarreau songs advice problems dating loving romantic relationship love poems inspirational innocent guide barnes & noble ldr love song song lyrics borders love quotes heartfelt long distance relationship after all the long distance relationship guidebook sylvia shipp the center for the study of long distance relationships tips. locution dr. gregory guldner david zinczenko audiotape letter support links support sites http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/writers-digest-review-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sylvia J. Shipp) http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/writers-digest-review-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/writers-digest-review-2.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:36:35 +0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4ee040005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4ee040005-50si" alt="The Holiday" /></a> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4d82e0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4d82e0002-50si" alt="Bridget Jones&#39;s Diary" /></a> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4ede80005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4ede80005-50si" alt="Ladyhawke" /></a> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4f3d80003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4f3d80003-50si" alt="Say Anything" /></a> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4f3830003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4f3830003-50si" alt="French Kiss" /></a> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4d7b00002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4d7b00002-50si" alt="The Horseman on the Roof" /></a> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4e5690004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4e5690004-50si" alt="Before Sunrise" /></a> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4f3720003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4f3720003-50si" alt="The Princess Bride (20th Anniversary Edition)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/writers-digest-review-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c4d22c0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> romance dvds john cusack kevin kline love films say anything romantic ethan hawke princess bride hugh grant couples jude law joan cusack bridget jones's diary matthew broderick colin firth before sunrise olivier martinez meg ryan juliette binoche writer's digest cameron diaz michelle pfeiffer french kiss ladyhawke the holiday the long distance relationship guidebook sylvia shipp the horseman on the roof literary review published book ione skye julie delpie rene zellweger http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/a-long-distance-relationship-interview.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sylvia J. 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An LDR is a relationshi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/a-long-distance-relationship-interview.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143c26936a4700e398c19cba0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> romance love college relationships interview advice dating bond couples students respect long distance relationships challenges determination author ldr interlock openness northwestern university long distance mentally ldrs academically interweave emotionally the long distance relationship guidebook personally bernice johnson reagon sylvia shipp socially cassandra kapp financially braided rope non-ldr http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/hello-enduring-ldr-couples.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sylvia J. 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Shipp) http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/arj-and-poopy-long-distance-relationship.html?_c=feed-rss http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/arj-and-poopy-long-distance-relationship.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:04:44 +0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/video/6a00d4143c26936a4700cd97372ad94cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700cd97372ad94cd5-50si" alt="Arj and Poopy: Long Distance Relationship" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/arj-and-poopy-long-distance-relationship.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143c26936a4700d41442d81b6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> travel love video flight long distance relationships determination courtship long distance relationship answering machine http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/give-me-one-good-reason.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sylvia J. 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How often does the possibility of a great love come a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/give-me-one-good-reason.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4143c26936a4700d09e76d82cbe2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> romance travel love excitement communication generosity romantic passionate long distance relationships bittersweet spirit courtly love twosome khalil gibran long distance relationship emotional courage ldr couples wikipedia commons the long distance relationship guidebook inner qualities romantic abandonment ten good reasons verbal and physical expression codex_manesse_reinmar_der_alte.jpg http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-my-long-distance-relationship-blog.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Sylvia J. Shipp) http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-my-long-distance-relationship-blog.html?_c=feed-rss http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/post/welcome-to-my-long-distance-relationship-blog.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:32:42 +0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sylviajshipp.vox.com/library/book/6a00d4143c26936a4700d4143fec056a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d4143c26936a4700d4143fec056a47-50si" alt="The Long Distance Relationship Guidebook" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've decided to start a blog for couples who wish to strengthen their long distance relationship. 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