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Monthly Archives: February 2011
The Hole in the Ground
When you are stuck underground for a long time, in the darkness, under the grass and dirt and flowers, not dead but fully alive, all vital signs working except for your sense of reality, your first sighting of a pinhole-sized … Continue reading
The One Essential Writing Question
There are so many blogging and writing conferences nowadays, that it is getting a little crazy. And what good are they? They take us away from our families and cost too much money. Wouldn’t it be nice if one of … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Sophia!
One of the guilty pleasures of TV watching when I was with Sophia, besides All My Children, The Bachelor, and Professional Figure Skating, was “Poker After Dark,” a nightly show of high stakes No Limit Texas Hold ‘em mini-tournaments, featuring … Continue reading
Memoirs
There was a recent outcry amongst writers online in reaction to an article in the New York Times Book Review by Neil Genzlinger, which savaged the art of the memoir. The piece started with fighting words – “A moment of … Continue reading
Your Fashion Questions Answered
Have you ever noticed that whenever there is fashion advice given in a woman’s magazine, it is always written by… a woman? I find this discriminatory, as if 50% of the population had no opinion on the matter. In honor … Continue reading
Not Self-Esteem, But Arrogance
I’m the last person in the world to be giving anyone any self-help advice, and I don’t trust those who usually do in blog posts, but I’ve been feeling braver and confident in certain aspects of my life lately, which … Continue reading
That’s My Brand
I have this running dialogue going on with Bon of “Crib Chronicles,” who besides being a wonderful writer, is doing post-graduate work on digital identity and cyborgology (!), which are fancy words for investigating social media in more academic terms. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging and the Internet
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A Mini Writing and Blogging Retreat Idea Before BlogHer
This is an idea for a mini writing and blogging retreat that I had yesterday, and I think it could work on the day before BlogHer, since so many bloggers are converging on San Diego anyway. This is just an … Continue reading
“Make Your Own Super Bowl Commercial” Day
Posted in Advertising and Marketing
Tagged commercials, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl
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One Week
I’m going to take another week off from blogging next week, in order to nurture some friendships both offline and online, and to do some work on another project. There’s also something about the endless crowds of people online that … Continue reading