Blogging Insights 3.0 # 12 — Reading I think we all learn to write or discover we want to write by reading. I can’t imagine any other way to discover you want to write. But the question of what to… Read More ›
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FRIED SPAM
Spam Comment of the Week — Week 21 2023 I got a bunch of them this week or maybe it has been a couple of weeks. I don’t look very often, so it could have been a month. Dooes yoᥙ sikte… Read More ›
PROFESSIONAL WRITING – BLOGGING INSIGHTS
For whom do we write? This is a great quote except that it goes under the assumption that writing is a hobby, fiction or blogging. It ignores the possibility of people who write for a living. They will write whatever… Read More ›
MEDIA WAR STORIES – EPISODE 14
And now, we are at Episode 14 shown on May 14th — Mother’s Day. It don’t think it’s a Mother’s Day special, but it is special. And funny. Yul Brynner’s story remains untold, planned for every week. Before they record… Read More ›
DISTRACTIONS!
5 Things that distract you from blogging (other than work, family or housework) I’ve been blogging for more than 11-years — closing on 12 — and for most of that time, I was so absorbed in blogging, everything else was… Read More ›
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO WRITE?
Blogging Insights 3.0 # 9 — Type of Writing These days, what I most enjoy writing is anything if I am not already exhausted. This morning, before I even got to my computer, I had fed the birds, watered the… Read More ›
WHY I BLOG, BUT MAYBE YOU GOLF
Blogging Insights 3.0 # 8 — Your Backstory We do what we do because we love it, need to do it, or both. Writing is like breathing. If I don’t write, I suffocate. My friend needs to compete, to be active…. Read More ›
MEDIA WAR STORIES – EPISODE 12
Today, it’s an even dozen! Yay to Tom and Garry who get better every week. Setting up for the podcast is about as simple as it gets, at least from my end. All the complicated stuff? Tom does that. So… Read More ›
MEDIA WAR STORIES – EPISODE 11!
Yes, it’s that time of week again. Another podcast — and we’re getting ready to hit a whole dozen! Imagine THAT! The topics of the day are how often nearly-famous people aren’t as nice as you expect and very famous… Read More ›
MONDAY MORNING GARDEN DAWDLING
The Garden Dawdler by Rory The week’s question are — I am taking my best guess here — about blogging. My only suggestion would be to suggest indefinite articles lack specificity. Maybe mention the subject and then move on to… Read More ›
THE GARDEN DAWDLER AGAIN
The Garden Dawdler – Middle of April We’ve had two exquisite days in a row. It was really hot yesterday, not so warm today but both days have been beautiful. Good days for photography. Great days just to be outside… Read More ›
A GOOD MORNING DAWDLE
The Garden Dawdler Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want? I try to do both, but mostly, I write what I feel like writing. I follow a few prompts because they can… Read More ›
SO WHAT ABOUT BLOGGING?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #207 This week’s question is interesting. As a writer, reader, commenter, photographer and now there is also the podcast which eats up a chunk of time — it seems to me that pretty much any time I’m not… Read More ›
A MORNING DAWDLE
No one is “exactly the same” on social media as they are at home. I’m not even sure it’s possible. The process of writing about your life changes it.
REVEAL TO CONCEAL
As much as we reveal in our blogging, we also intentionally conceal a lot. I’m sure it’s not just me. I prefer to not expose the rusting underbody of our lives to the world at large. I do not blog… Read More ›
A MONDAY MORNING DAWDLE
The Dawdler What’s a typical or average day look like for you from when you awaken to the day to when you retire for the night? I finally give up trying to sleep. I listen to whatever book I’m into… Read More ›
DON’T LET THEM NEAR A COMPUTER
From February 2015, this is a Flashback Friday post proving that nothing has changed. We are still complaining about WordPress. They still do whatever they want whether or not it has anything to do with people trying to manage their… Read More ›
IT HELPS IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
“Something to say.” — Blogging Insights 3.0 # 4 I would say it another way: “Writing is easy. Getting a book published is hard.” For many or most writers, they have no problem putting words on a page. Turning those… Read More ›
THE INTERCONNECTNESS OF THINGS
The late great Douglas Adams (who shared my birthday, March 11th — I’m sure that means something, but I have no idea what) created a character that I dearly love. Dirk Gently (also known by a number of other names, including… Read More ›
BLOGGING INSIGHTS: FIX OR BREAK?
Blogging Insights 3.0 — 1 “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” vs “Break the mold”: which of these do you believe, pertains to your blog? I think both things could be true, but neither currently is. I remember when… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 