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November 30, 2009
Being a writer, thirty minutes at a time
Thanksgiving break, a time for family, feasting, celebrating, and fighting for every writing second you can grab.
You bring your journal with you into the bathroom and lock the door, ignoring the knocks from your kids who ask, "What are you doing in there, Mommy?" You stay up past midnight revising your novel, even though you're so tired you keep erasing and rewriting the same sentence over and over. You prop your lap top on the edge of the steering wheel while you sit in the parking lot of t...
You bring your journal with you into the bathroom and lock the door, ignoring the knocks from your kids who ask, "What are you doing in there, Mommy?" You stay up past midnight revising your novel, even though you're so tired you keep erasing and rewriting the same sentence over and over. You prop your lap top on the edge of the steering wheel while you sit in the parking lot of t...
November 28, 2009
New CD from anthology contributing band, Right Arm of Wyoming
All kinds of people contributed to the anthology: gay, straight, conservative and liberal.
Writer Michael W Dean's band, Right Arm of Wyoming, has just released a new CD, which they call
"libertarian, gun-nut punk rock"
The CD is called "Cling to our guns." Out now, and available to order from Libertarian Punk.com
And check out Michael's essay in the punk anthology, "Punk Rock Saved my Ass," launching Jan 2010, from Medusa's Muse.
Writer Michael W Dean's band, Right Arm of Wyoming, has just released a new CD, which they call
"libertarian, gun-nut punk rock"
The CD is called "Cling to our guns." Out now, and available to order from Libertarian Punk.com
And check out Michael's essay in the punk anthology, "Punk Rock Saved my Ass," launching Jan 2010, from Medusa's Muse.
November 27, 2009
On Vacation. Back to the blog soon
My muse and I are enjoying a break from running the press and editing manuscripts. Am currently eating leftover Thanksgiving pie and playing with my daughter. Will return next week.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
November 23, 2009
Is there anybody out there? Yes, as a matter of fact, there is.
Thinking about what I should write for my 300th blog post gave me a case of bad writer's block. I've been staring at this blog since Thursday, fingers hovering above my keyboard, thinking, "300th post. Better write something good to celebrate." Something good... uh oh...
Then Heidi, a friend of mine on the Medusa's Muse Facebook fan page (see side bar) suggested I write about the way time relates to writing. "How much time it took you to write all those posts that you weren't using for somethi...
Then Heidi, a friend of mine on the Medusa's Muse Facebook fan page (see side bar) suggested I write about the way time relates to writing. "How much time it took you to write all those posts that you weren't using for somethi...
November 19, 2009
Blog Post 299
My Muse is grinning. "Do you know that you've almost reached 300 posts on your blog?"
"Really?" I look at my list of posts on Blogger and see the total is up to 298. "Wow. How did that happen?"
"Well done. You should be proud."
I shrug. "It's only a blog. It's not like I sold 298 books, or wrote 298 stories."
"Just a blog?" My muse crosses her arms. "It's more than just a blog. And what is wrong with writing a blog? It's still writing, you know."
"Yes, I know, but..."
"No buts. Are you writing?"
"Ye...
"Really?" I look at my list of posts on Blogger and see the total is up to 298. "Wow. How did that happen?"
"Well done. You should be proud."
I shrug. "It's only a blog. It's not like I sold 298 books, or wrote 298 stories."
"Just a blog?" My muse crosses her arms. "It's more than just a blog. And what is wrong with writing a blog? It's still writing, you know."
"Yes, I know, but..."
"No buts. Are you writing?"
"Ye...
November 18, 2009
Ultra Marathon Library guest post challenge
Here's an interesting idea.
Josh Hanagarne of The World's Strongest Librarian wrote about his experience as a guest blogger. Feeling that he had fallen into a writing slump, he challenged himself to find 60 blogs where he could be a guest. The blog host chose the topic.
The response was overwhelming, and crazy making. Read this post to see how he dealt with the onslaught of requests and how the experiment helped his writing.
Could you write 80 different blog posts?
Josh Hanagarne of The World's Strongest Librarian wrote about his experience as a guest blogger. Feeling that he had fallen into a writing slump, he challenged himself to find 60 blogs where he could be a guest. The blog host chose the topic.
The response was overwhelming, and crazy making. Read this post to see how he dealt with the onslaught of requests and how the experiment helped his writing.
Could you write 80 different blog posts?
November 17, 2009
The Marketing my Book more Effectively Challenge: Ezine Articles
The best way to market a how-to book like What You Need to Know to be a Pro is to build your credibility as an expert. The best way to do that is to attend conferences and give workshops on your chosen subject, using your book as your "calling card." Seeing as traveling and attending conferences is impossible right now, and teaching workshops is almost as difficult, I am using the internet to build my expert cred. That's why I've begun posting work on Ezine Articles.
I chose Ezine Articles bec...
I chose Ezine Articles bec...
November 15, 2009
Ode to my Mac Air
A poem to my Mac Book Air, returned from the shop. Oh how I missed you!
Oh lovely machine that you are,
returned to me from afar,
humming strong and gleaming bright,
too long kept beyond my sight.
Who can resist your metallic gleam,
you light as air, fast, thin machine?
I write my worst (as you can see)
but your long battery life sets me free.
Am I insane to love you so?
You are such a joy to know,
but you are just my writing tool
and adoring you makes me a fool.
I don't care! I love you, Mac Air.
No other...
Oh lovely machine that you are,
returned to me from afar,
humming strong and gleaming bright,
too long kept beyond my sight.
Who can resist your metallic gleam,
you light as air, fast, thin machine?
I write my worst (as you can see)
but your long battery life sets me free.
Am I insane to love you so?
You are such a joy to know,
but you are just my writing tool
and adoring you makes me a fool.
I don't care! I love you, Mac Air.
No other...
November 11, 2009
Collage
Being forced to be creative outside of your comfort zone is difficult. Without my laptop, I feel that I am trying to juggle five balls with one hand tied behind my back. My creative productivity has plummeted.
I am obviously too dependent on creating words on my laptop.
And that is why, two nights ago, my Muse handed me a stack of magazines and said, "Remember that dream you had two weeks ago? The one with the little girl and the stream and the large rock you waded out to."
"There were dragonf...
I am obviously too dependent on creating words on my laptop.
And that is why, two nights ago, my Muse handed me a stack of magazines and said, "Remember that dream you had two weeks ago? The one with the little girl and the stream and the large rock you waded out to."
"There were dragonf...
November 9, 2009
My Amazon.com Author Page
Here is my author page on Amazon.com. A basic, no frills page, with my picture, bio, and link to my book. There's also a section for discussions, and I'm currently setting up a feed from my blog to show posts on the Amazon site. I'll let you know if I run into any problems.
Right now I am steadily selling 2-3 copies a month of What You Need to Know to Be a Pro. Laura's book, Traveling Blind, continues to sell very well after two years in print and is ranked at 232,058, up from the 700,000's th...
Right now I am steadily selling 2-3 copies a month of What You Need to Know to Be a Pro. Laura's book, Traveling Blind, continues to sell very well after two years in print and is ranked at 232,058, up from the 700,000's th...
