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Interview your dog, Alex. Write an interview from his point of view. Think of stuff we do that we don't question or expressions that are dumb. They loved the articles about being on the spectrum- write an article about great minds who were on the spectrum that nobody realized
http://kerrymagro.com/10-famous-peopl...
Make it a routine. Set aside a small amount of time twice weekly where you devote time to an observation and turn it into a story.
Great job, Ted.
Dale wrote: "D.J. wrote: "Medium is sending me $34.06 this month. That's the most I've had so far. Thanks everyone who took the time to clap and interact with my posts."Congratulations! I'm getting $22.93, pl..."
Great news, Dale.
Love the middle finger comment-
Congrats Debz-that's wonderful!!!! So proud of you- It's writing and if those were kindles- how many would you have sold- it's impressive any way you look at it!!!!
Nice story, Sam. I liked the singing bird.
But who says any slave could be happy? That illustration alone could be a lesson on slavery- What was the price for a slave showing anger or hurt in any society? Slaves were subject to their captors and as such had to use any means to survive- that picture alone could be used as a lesson of understanding horrible circumstances.
I had a similar issue with reviewers with some of my "If You Were Me and Lived in... historical books." I covered time periods when girls married at 13 (many time periods), there were slaves in Ancient Greece, Mali, and Viking Europe- to name a few. Women had little to no rights or opportunities. (Some of that is even recent history for me)-I had to defend myself for presenting history the way I saw it from critics who warned readers about my insensitivity. Others got it. I was NOT justifying history or excusing it. - I was putting a child in the shoes of a person from the past so they could understand the milestones and sacrifices that were made so that changes could occur. MY father was a slave in a Nazi concentration camp. Believe me- I am sensitive to anyone having their rights taken away or forced to work- He was taken from his parents who were shot and gassed along with his two sisters barely nine years before I was born.
Any person who reads a book has to consider the time and place as well as the POV of the author. Go read a James Bond book now and compare the perception of women.
I was horrified when I watched a recent download of Disney's Peter Pan- The children were NOT diverse, the crap that came from Wendy's and other characters mouth's- downright offensive. Cringeworthy racial stereotypes and comments about Native Americans ran through the entire film. It was horrifying and I realized how slanted society was in the fifties when it was made. If you look at the film as a historical statement- we realize how far we've come as a society. Watching it and realizing how one dimensional we were in the last century made me proud of how far we've come in society- Progress is too slow, heartbreakingly slow- but if we forget real history - are we doomed to repeat it? If we aren't diligent to report the truth as we see or understand at the time rather than sanitize it- do we let down our guard and miss warning signs? Certainly- the book showing Washington's 'happy slaves' is an offensive idea- and must be addressed- as much as our role in displacing natives from their land or incarcerating Japanese because of a war. BUT- when you are trying to address the times in THAT moment- isn't accuracy more important? Should I have had my little girls in my histories defy their fathers or judge the lifestyle of their society with our twenty-first-century sensibilities? Do I rewrite history so that everybody was a rebel? Maybe we aren't going far enough today on some things and when there is more modern perspectives in the future- we will be shamed by what we thought was enough or correct? BUT how will we even know if there is no real account of how people felt at the time?
It was a great show, too!!
Great news. Congrats!!!
I’m impressed with what u wrote!!!! But arcs are getting hard. You spend the money to send them and son won’t publish the reviews :(. The only good thing is u may get some blog mentions or a goodreads review
sounds like fun. I hate the edits.
This was sent to me by another indie- Check out your accounts to make sure you haven't been hacked.*IBPA ALERT*
Yesterday and today, IBPA received messages from members telling us their CreateSpace account was hacked.
The first message came from Carla King of Misadventures Media who wrote those on her email list to let them know she'd received an automated message from CreateSpace that informed her that her royalty payment information was updated. She didn't make that change and, after logging into her account, discovered that an Ivan Evdokimov had updated her direct deposit info to go to his bank account. Carla immediately changed the direct deposit information back to her banking information and changed her password.
Since Carla's message, several other IBPA members, including Gail Woodard of Dudley Court Press, have come forward to say their CreateSpace banking information was changed, as well.
You can read about the issue here.
WHAT TO DO: If you have a CreateSpace account, please check to be sure your payment information is still as you'd like it. Then, change your password, making sure it is both unique (i.e., not the password you use everywhere else on the web) and long enough that it's hard to guess.
If you find you've been impacted by this hack, please let me know. I'm certain Amazon will make good on any losses due the hack, but it would be helpful to track how widespread the issue is within the IBPA community.
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haha
Thanks!!
I was wondering where you were.
Congrats Dale!!!
