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 ›
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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 ›
IF YOU DON’T READ, YOU PROBABLY CAN’T WRITE – Marilyn Armstrong
Blogging Insights # 34 – Reading QUESTION Do you think that reading is an important prerequisite for writing well? If so, what kind of reading material inspires or affects your writing? I never took a writing course. .I never wanted… Read More ›
NAMES CAN NEVER HURT YOU – GARRY ARMSTRONG
A while back, Marilyn wrote a piece using the word chutzpah. This is a word I’ve always badly mangled when I try to say it. It’s just a word, what the heck? That was my take for many years until… Read More ›
GIVING UP, NOT IN – Marilyn Armstrong
I almost quit any number of times. I didn’t smoke a lot. Less than a pack a day and eventually I got it down to five or six a day and sometimes less. The problem with cigarettes is that one… Read More ›
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE AND WHAT ARE YOU NOW? – Marilyn Armstrong
#Openbloghop: What did you want to be when you grew up versus what you are today? I always wanted to be a writer though before I got the idea of writing, I wanted to be The Lone Ranger and be… Read More ›
WHERE’S MY SHIP? By Marilyn Armstrong
I was out in Arizona talking to a Blue Corn Navajo lady who made jewelry. She had carefully given me her tribal affiliations and all I had to say was “Eastern European Jewish,” which lacked panache. I don’t seem to… Read More ›
WILL WORK FOR PIZZA – Marilyn Armstrong
There is a rumor, perpetuated by television shows, that bloggers earn a living. By blogging. Someone in Hollywood seriously thinks people like me make money doing this. I am depressed to admit it, but not one cent have I ever… Read More ›
RERUNNING AND REWRITING ONE’S OWN MATERIAL – Marilyn Armstrong
I’ve written more than 10,205 posts. I have rewritten several dozens of these and reblogged a few more. After rewriting, most of the posts are so altered I barely recognize them. A few others I rerun because I like them…. Read More ›
