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Check out this interesting article, “Digital books, the internet, and the future” by John H Armstrong. By the way, if you’ve been thinking of weeding your personal library a bit, and trying to sell some of your excess books, this article has some interesting information about why you might want to do that sooner . . . → Read More: digital books, the internet, and the future It’s been a long time since I posted here – almost 3 weeks. I was thinking about that the other day, wondering why its been so hard to get motivated the write, when I love writing. Here are my thoughts, which I jotted down in my journal: Aug 24, 2010 Right now, I just want to . . . → Read More: discouraged about writing – but still determined! Hello all! My apologies for lack of posting recently. I’ve been very busy with family visiting us, and now my daughter has just given birth, so I’m off to her home to . . . → Read More: lack of posting? Good reason! “It’s 1/2 as many steps to write a book than it is to not write one. Are you lazy? Then write a book. It takes half the effort of not writing a book.” (Chris Brogan on “How Not to Write a Book” … great post! check . . . → Read More: Are you lazy? write a book! July 28, 2010 Jonathan Swift summed up editorial work thus: “Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline; Be mindful, when invention fails, To scratch your head, and bite . . . → Read More: editing – humor Are you a beginning blogger, or just thinking of starting a blog? I read a good post today on basic ways to build and improve your blog. Kimberley Payne suggests: 1. Focus your blog You’ll definitely want to check out this “top ten books about writing” list … I’ve already read a couple of them, and considering how excellent those were, I’m certainly going to check out the others! You can find pictures, links, and reviews on all ten books at PasteMagazine.com (which, by the way, also has amazing top-10/50/etc . . . → Read More: Top ten books about writing Do you feel alone as a writer or publisher? Do you want to learn more about on-line writing and publishing? If you do, why not join our community of writers and publishers? Whether you are brand new to the online writing and publishing world, and have many questions; or you’re a seasoned pro and want to share . . . → Read More: Join our community of writers and publishers July 26, 2010 Afraid of on-line writing and publishing? The other evening I listened to the 2009 Dalton Camp Lecture in Journalism on the CBC Radio program, “Ideas.” The guest lecturer was Sue Gardner, who worked for CBC Radio for a number of years, and is now in leadership at the Wikimedia Foundation (which produces on-line “wiki” . . . → Read More: Calm your fears of on-line writing If you’ve been following this blog for awhile, you’ll know already that I’ve been trying to figure out what to focus on. And I’ve decided this will be my WRITING AND PUBLISHING center. Which of course makes sense, since it’s my “Pen and Paper Mama” site! I particularly want to encourage folks who enjoy writing, but are . . . → Read More: Writing!!! |
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