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Experimental Witch Project winners soon to be announced

The Experimental Witch Film Competition Trailer I am one of the 4,625 friends of Paulo Coelho at Facebook, so I got an email from him and learned from an article at NewStatesman that winners of the Experimental Witch project will soon be announced - on his birthday on August 24. So fans of Paulo Coelho out there watch out for this! Below is is his e-mail and excerpt of his article. Up close and personal, by Paulo Coelho To members of The Experimental Witch Dear Readers, "Despite my being in this remote region, I wasn't alone: people were travelling with me through the words of my blog." http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/08/readers-film-internet-despite Love, Paulo Share and share alike Then, one day last year in Geneva, after visiting the blogs of some of my readers, I had an idea: why not work together? From this simple thought emerged the Experimental Witch project. I extended an online invitation to participate in a f...

Paulo Coelho on Copyright and Internet

Paulo Coelho is one of those great writers that I admire the most. He writes so well that it empowers the soul. You get inspired by the characters and you get to experience being engaged in the story ’ s plot. His international bestseller “ The Alchemist ” was his first novel that I read. Not getting enough of him, it was followed by another romantic and spiritual novel "By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept". His description as Alchemist of Word is truly an apt title for all his wonderful works. His literary feat is truly of a magnificent magician. I never thought of him as a blogger and internet enthusiast. Since it is so rare for most of my favorite authors to be seen on the cyberspace. What you could only find online about them are the books that they've authored not even a chance to personally thank them of the inspiration and life changing influence they made to your life. But the case of Paulo Coelho is different. Thanks to the internet, particularly MYBL...