“You’re one tough broad,” my friend told me. I recognized this as a compliment. Maybe you have to come from New York or New Jersey to “get it,” but I got it. “Tough” includes brave, determined, and hard to kill…. Read More ›
Words
DO WRITERS NEED TO VACATION FROM WRITING?
Blogging Insights NF # 65 — Holidays for writers/bloggers? “A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.” – Eugene Ionesco When I was writing professionally, I needed a periodic break… Read More ›
THE MONDAY PEEVE – DON’T YOU HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS?
Where did my pictures go? So here’s the scenario. I have my card in its reader in my computer. Instead of doing what I usually do — copying the pictures from the card to the newly-created photo folder, I use… Read More ›
IF IT WORKS, IT IS WHAT IT IS
Blogging Insights – NF # 64 : Writing Advice “The only truly universal writing advice is ‘If it works, it works.’ ” – Audrey Driscol Or, to put it another way, “It is what it is if it works. It… Read More ›
THE ART OF THE HEADLINE
Blogging Insights NF # 55 — Headlines “On the average five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.” — David… Read More ›
BALLS, NERVE, AND חוצפה
“You’re one tough broad,” my friend told me. I recognized this as a compliment. Maybe you have to come from New York or New Jersey to “get it,” but I got it. “Tough” includes brave, determined, and hard to kill…. Read More ›
EMPATHY
FOWC with Fandango — Empathy I know almost everyone takes these words and uses them as part of a sentence or story. In this case, empathy is a word that is frequently misused, so I thought I’d point out the difference… Read More ›
WRITING IS…
Blogging Insights — # 45: What writing is Writing is all the things we’ve talked about, including: “Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.” – Isaac Asimov Yes, it’s definitely thinking through your fingers. All the initial ideas… Read More ›
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
FIBBING FRIDAY – July 8, 2022 I actually have a few books about these dating back to my college days when many of you hadn’t yet been born. Some of these “real” ones are centuries old, but many are new,… Read More ›
INTUITION VERSUS PLANNING
Blogging Insights # 43 —A Writer’s Intuition “Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.” — Ray Bradbury I hate to always be the one who says “both” to yes/no questions, but writing isn’t an “either/or”… Read More ›
WHY I BLOG, BUT YOU PLAY GOLF
A friend asked me why I blog. I asked her why she plays golf. 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… Read More ›
GETTING PAGES IN ORDER
I write most of the posts for this site, but Rich writes a lot (and has taken over when I’ve been too sick to do it!). Garry writes, sometimes Tom writes, and I hope one of these days, Ellin will… Read More ›
BLOGGING: NOT ROCKET SCIENCE?
Blogging Insights — It ain’t rocket science? Okay, here’s my joke du jour: When is a blog not rocket science? How about never? Not funny? Oh well, I tried. I guess stand up comedy isn’t going to be my medium…. Read More ›
THE PROBLEM WITH BLOGGING
As a group, we spend a lot of time pumping ourselves up about the how great blogging is and what we can (should) do to keep enjoying it. There are a lot of great things about blogging or none of… Read More ›
NATIONAL “SPEAK IN COMPLETE SENTENCES DAY” AND ALSO WRITING IN COMPLETE SENTENCES
There is a day for everything, but I could not let this one slip by unnoticed. MAY 31st is national speak in complete sentences day. I think this means writing in complete sentences, too. I know I’m a day ahead… Read More ›
IN JAPANESE, THERE IS A WORD FOR IT
When talking about photography, English doesn’t quite cut it, but as it turns out, Japanese does. They have a word for everything. I just learned “Komorebi. It means sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees,” and by extension, the natural filtering… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 