F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography

  September 24, 1896—December 21, 1940 He was the voice of a generation. He expressed the yearnings, exuberance, and impatience of young Americans entering the modern age. Timeline He introduced the country to a generation of young women who set a new standard for women’s independence and defined the 1920s as the Era of the Flapper.   Long before “sex, …

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Scott & Zelda: Marriage on Fire

  By Ron Hogan F. Scott Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre while he was stationed in Alabama, serving in the United States Army during the First World War—just as Jay Gatsby first meets Daisy in the backstory to The Great Gatsby. In the novel, Gatsby loses Daisy to Tom Buchanan for a while, but unlike Gatsby, Fitzgerald was able to marry …

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Sun-kissed Conspiracy!

I look back on the nightmare that happened last year and wonder if it was all a dream. There are days when I still can’t believe that on that beautiful summer day, my wonderful, happy life with the man I loved—was turned upside down. That morning, my husband, Carson, and I decided to go up to Evergreen Lake, where we …

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Real Beauty Sketches

Imagine a world where beauty is a source of confidence, not anxiety. Women are their own worst beauty critics. In fact, only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful.  So Dove decided to conduct a compelling social experiment to prove that all women are more beautiful than they think because most women are their own worst beauty critics. …

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We Have A Winner!

Congratulations J.C. Sullivan of New York City!  You are the FIRST PLACE WINNER  in our Bad Boyfriend Writing Contest. Judith Vance of Olympia, WA is our SECOND PLACE WINNER. J.C.’s bad boy story, Wife Beater Takes On A Whole New Meaning, scored her some much deserved cash–$350. Close to 1400 people voted for their favorite Bad Boyfriend Story. Your votes …

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Bogart & Bacall: An Everlasting Love

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Humphrey Bogart was born on December 25, 1899 in New York City. By passing up a career in medicine, Bogart followed his love for the sea and enlisted in the United States Navy in the spring of 1918. He recalled later, “At eighteen, war was great stuff. Paris! French girls! Hot damn!” Bogart was said to be a model sailor who spent most …

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Vote For Your Favorite ‘Bad’ Boyfriend Story

All the entries are in for our ‘Bad’ Boyfriend contest which officially ended on March 18. And boy, did we get some juicy stories! Now it’s your turn to vote for your FAVORITE STORY (just once per person and just only for one story) and our judges will select the two winners (1st place $350, 2nd place $150) from the …

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Gable and Lombard: Birds of a Feather

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When Clark Gable dropped out of high school at 16 and went to work at a tire factory in Akron,Ohio, he figured he was probably just going to follow in his father’s path of long hours of manual labor. His dad was an oil driller and farmer, and his mother had died during his infancy. One evening after a long …

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Gatsby Girls Press Release

  BROADLIT IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICATION OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S GATSBY GIRLS, A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY ONE OF AMERICA’S GREATEST AUTHORS This anthology features Fitzgerald’s short stories with gorgeous original art taken directly from the pages of The Saturday Evening Post  Los Angeles, CA – May  7, 2013 – BroadLit, a romance Transmedia company, in partnership with …

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F. Scott Fitzgerald and His Independent, Impetuous, and Amazing American Girl(s)

  By Jeff Nilsson, Saturday Evening Post Historian By the time he published The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald was already one of the best-known authors in America.  His fame had begun years earlier with the bestselling novel, This Side of Paradise, which sold out in 24 hours and went through 12 reprintings. But his reputation rested on more than …

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