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October 5, 2011
Respooling August and September
Time to catch up with my blog. August was spent in the wilds of Sweden near Norrtaelje living the simple life with no tv and no internet - just woods and mushrooms and water and collecting seeds for the spring. September was mostly Indian summer which is still continuing. A short stay in hospital which I made into some R&R and even managed to collect a sack of fresh walnuts from the hospital grounds. And a farewell to our lovely dog, Reglisse, adopted black lab/husky who almost made it to 17 ...
July 16, 2011
Kaffe in Katmandu calling
I trod carefully at first, not knowing what I would find in that place called Kaffe in Katmandu. Existentialists, Dada? I've always had an aversion to labels. But then I saw:
"our members believe the world's large enough to still many creative urges. urge begets expression – we do it daily, we don't kill nobody, we like it meta and we do it online."
Now that was something I couldn't resist. The stuff there is all over the place. And it all makes you think, dream, float. I'm really pleased that ...
"our members believe the world's large enough to still many creative urges. urge begets expression – we do it daily, we don't kill nobody, we like it meta and we do it online."
Now that was something I couldn't resist. The stuff there is all over the place. And it all makes you think, dream, float. I'm really pleased that ...
July 7, 2011
Slow down, please! More writing news!
After all the last ruminations on my hot and cold showers, I´m pleased with a grin from ear to ear that Twimagination has just tweeted my Mozartkugel story on the man´s chocolate balls.
And some more news - three of Merc´s Shorties (First Love, The Itch of Dust and The Frozen Tear - all from the Salway/Rees Your Messages project) have been accepted for inclusion in a charity anthology, Not in the Brochure.
And some more news - three of Merc´s Shorties (First Love, The Itch of Dust and The Frozen Tear - all from the Salway/Rees Your Messages project) have been accepted for inclusion in a charity anthology, Not in the Brochure.
Social Networking - a very personal take
Firstly, it´s great! The technology is there to get your stuff out there. And you have to be serious about it if your aim is make money.
There are wonderful books about how to go about things and here´s one recommendation, a book already translated into a swag of languages. Jon Reed´s Get Up to Speed with Online Marketing. Why do I recommend Jon Reed? Well, I like to actually meet people I "know" on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn et al . I´d been following Jon´s work even though I´m an...
June 26, 2011
Father's Day in America
When I saw a call to Red Room authors for a piece on Father's Day, my first reaction was to slip into my daughter's skin and write a letter to her Dad. But that wasn't what was wanted. Red Room's Gina Misiroglu was offering to shepherd pieces for consideration by Huffington Post's My Daily and they wanted personal essays on the father/daughter relationship, and Gina needed a complete rewrite within 24 hours to make the deadline. Thank heavens for time zones!
My piece, "Bisous Mon Papa", was in...
My piece, "Bisous Mon Papa", was in...
June 10, 2011
Novel in progress - Fremdenstrudel (German)
My novel , Fremdenstrudel, is now listed under my blogbooks on this blog.
It is written in German and is a work in progress.
The first five chapters are posted. Please start with Chapter 1, the first post. Comments welcome.
Thanks are due to my trusty editors for catching my lingering "der, die, das" and other problems.
It is written in German and is a work in progress.
The first five chapters are posted. Please start with Chapter 1, the first post. Comments welcome.
Thanks are due to my trusty editors for catching my lingering "der, die, das" and other problems.
June 3, 2011
More happy writing news!
I'm really happy that my story, "Riding the Killer Fish" will be included in New Sun Rising - Stories for Japan.
And I've also heard that two of my stories will be included in the anthology, A Long and Winding Road.
And I'm so pleased that my blog post, "My French Connection", is guesting over at Australiana.
And, to top it all off, I'll be guest blogging over at Women Writers, Women Books next week, so do come on by.
And I've also heard that two of my stories will be included in the anthology, A Long and Winding Road.
And I'm so pleased that my blog post, "My French Connection", is guesting over at Australiana.
And, to top it all off, I'll be guest blogging over at Women Writers, Women Books next week, so do come on by.
