Kind of reminds me of the old talkin’ blues — “I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like!” I don’t know — or care — if the blogs I follow are great, greater or greatest. It’s… Read More ›
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PLANNING? PANTZING?
Blogging Insights–Planning or Pantzing ? TODAY’S QUESTION: Do you outline your posts (planning) or do you roll by the seat of your pants (pantzing) ? When I started this blog, I was ending a forty year career as a technical… Read More ›
OPEN LIVE WRITER WHILE HANGING ON TO YOUR SANITY
I’m going to pass along this comment from Tish Farrell. First, however, a brief introduction on how to actually get “Open Live Writer.” INTRODUCTION: GETTING “OPEN LIVE WRITER” NOTE: While this does not work on the Mac, I understand with… Read More ›
WHAT GREAT NEW STUFF DO WE GET FROM THE BLOCK EDITOR?
NOTE: I found a way to twitch the headers and crawl back to the “old” version. It is awkward, but at least it exists. So now I have a separate link for “posts” that has the option to use the… Read More ›
TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG, THAT IS THE QUESTION
Fandango’s Provocative Question #109 From Fandango comes this question with which I’ve been wrestling for some months and to which I really don’t have answers. Just more questions. “I don’t know about you, but I typically spend about four to seven… Read More ›
THE CARROT RANCH RODEO FOR SUE VINCENT
Originally posted on Carrot Ranch Literary Community:
by H.R.R. Gorman Here at the Carrot Ranch, we take the business of 99-word literary art seriously. Those who participate in the Ranch prompts or yearly Rodeo saddle up to TUFF (The Ultimate…
FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #106 – WHAT YOU SAY VS HOW YOU SAY IT?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #106: What you say vs. How you say it Obviously it’s important what you write about because if there’s no content, no one will bother to read it no matter how brilliantly you write. On the other hand,… Read More ›
TELLING YOUR STORY – RICH PASCHALL
Finding Your Own Voice, by Rich Paschall What is the best way to relate something? When do you communicate well? What is it that gets your point across? When does your voice stand out in a sea of voices? How… Read More ›
ONE MILLION ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY SIX HITS
I promise not to do this every day, but I’m enjoying watching the numbers get bigger. I’m at 1,001,426 Hits and I think I should get a few days to enjoy it. That’s a lot of hits. It was also… Read More ›
YOUR HOBBY VERSUS YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #15: HOBBIES From Fandango, here’s the question: Today’s theme is “your hobby or hobbies.” Do you have a hobby? Do you collect things? Do you work on model airplanes? Do you whittle things from wood? Do… Read More ›
READ OR WRITE? HOW ABOUT RIGHTING?
I never “decided” to write. When asked “what are you,” I never say I’m a wife, mother, grandmother — or even a woman. I automatically say “I’m a writer.” Being a writer is embedded in my concept of “self-hood,” if… Read More ›
LIVING IN REAL-TIME
When I was little, I had imaginary playmates. I talked to them. They followed me around. I was never bored because I had friends who really understood me. After I started school, my shadow friends left, never to return. Instead,… Read More ›
