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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Books About Writing
May 26, 2009 – 12:16 pm
I may have a slight addiction to writing books. Not writing books, but writing books. Like Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing, and Arthur Plotnik’s Spunk & Bite: A Writer’s Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style. I have Stephen King’s On Writing, Brenda Ueland’s If You Want to Write and Elizabeth George’s Write Away. Natalie Goldberg’s contribution is Writing Down the Bones, and Julia [...]
Subterfuge
May 26, 2009 – 10:30 am
noun Deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade. A deceptive device or stratagem.
Onomatopoeia
May 18, 2009 – 2:48 pm
Bang! Pop! Crack! Kapow! Meow. Bark. Rip. Splash. Clunk. Smack. Mumble. Murmur. Screech. Slurp. Ooze. Squish. Plunk.
harbinger
May 18, 2009 – 2:27 pm
noun a person, event or thing that announces the apporach of another; a forerunner; an omen.
Twitter? What’s in it For ME?
May 10, 2009 – 12:14 pm
The other day, my friend Richard asked me what twitter could possibly offer him. He sees it as another update-requiring, time-sucking obligation. “I just got on Facebook. I thought I was covered, and now this? I can’t keep up!” Naturally I followed by asking if he has a blog, just so I could see his reaction. [...]
The Social Aspect of Social Marketing
May 2, 2009 – 3:58 pm
This week I attended two events—one actual and one virtual—where I didn’t know anyone prior to going. Rather, I had not met anyone yet. I knew plenty of them, though—through social marketing. The first was a tweetup, a social event that comes about through twitter.