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WRITER’S BLOCK… BRAINSTORMING… MIND-MAPPING… STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS I moderate a small “writers e-group” and one of the members suggests a single word every couple weeks, which the other members are to take and turn into a poem, story, article, bit of humor, or what-have-you. As the group moderator, I should no doubt set a . . . → Read More: writer’s block… brainstoming… mind-mapping… stream of consciousness
fun at the Similkameen River by Red Bridge 24 April 2010 This morning on the “weekend morning news” on Global BC TV news, the “small town feature” of the day was Keremeos, where we lived a few years ago. The TV anchor person told watchers to email pictures of Keremeos, so I sent in three, and . . . → Read More: today stuff …. and lots of work on my “writing business” 7 April 2010 In my journaling lately, in terms of conversation with You, I have actually found myself thinking about and writing for the “blog audience,” instead of focusing on our conversation. For the audience’s, dare I say, entertainment. Wanting them to agree with me, nod their heads approvingly. And yet, that is not . . . → Read More: for what, to whom, why, am I writing? April 3, 2010 Well, I was up till almost midnight last night, plowing enthusiastically through the Creating A Website book (by Matthew McDonald), after finally – hurrah! – dumping my “joomla” project and switching from Filezilla to WebCEO for FTP purposes. And I got the old anotherchance okanagan.com site back up and running (now hosted by . . . → Read More: trying new web design tools … Penticton writers… April 2, 2010 I love the idea of selling IDEAS! Whether those ideas are presented as fictional stories or as non-fictional articles or books, they convey information, values, beliefs, and even entertainment which the customer doesn’t just consume and then toss away. Because, if the ideas are well presented and of true value, they will be carried . . . → Read More: selling ideas! March 31, 2010 Beautiful sunny morning at Another Chance street ministry! Lots of people out. Wonderful time together. Back home, I spent a good chunk of the day listing sites (from Google) using my website keyword lists. What a lot of work! But I am really coming to understand how all this works. . . . → Read More: figuring out my “business” 26 March 2010 Well, today I must get to work on that Another Chance Ministries website… and update my blog… and finish reading the Query book, and check out those other new books I got from Amazon. And I can’t wait to start sending out some queries… oh, and I really, really want to read those . . . → Read More: Getting excited about this whole “new business” March 25, 2010 My entry (the long version… had to do a synopsis version for the actual entry!) for a contest at chrisguillebeau.com …. The summer I turned 45, I celebrated by leaping, 45 times, the 30 feet from Red Bridge into the chilly, glacier-fed waters of the Similkameen River. That was ten years ago. Today, . . . → Read More: The entry! 25 March, 2010 Checked email, facebook, some news items. Updated my facebook groups (my high school alumni group, and my Writers group). Also checked out my local Writers yahoo e-group. For much of the afternoon, I read about three-quarters of the How to Write Attention-Grabbing Query and Cover Letters book (by John Wood). . . . → Read More: Building my business bit by bit! 24 March 2010 Yesterday I got an email from a friend encouraging me to start a writer’s e-group. He said: “A writer’s E-group is a wonderful idea! I would be very interested in being part of your project. I have YEARS of accumulation of writing for which I would love to have some . . . → Read More: Wonderful, encouraging, inspiring emails! thanks! |
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