Day 5 – The Myth of Writer’s Block
To continue the conversation started yesterday about myths, I would today like to attack a big one for writers, the myth of writer’s block. In our how-to guide, On Writing a Short Story, we touch on writer’s block and give strategies to overcome (or, more accurately, bypass) it. I’d like to go more in depth [...]
Day 4 – The Myth of Inspiration
I use the word “inspiration” a lot, but when I use it, I usually mean it in terms of wanting to achieve a greater good or aspire to a greater goal because of something or someone I have encountered along the way. Let’s use Nelson Mandela as an example. What he was able to do, [...]
Day 3 – Enlightened Criticism
In keeping with my post of yesterday, I want to continue the conversation about conversation, although in a completely different arena. In one of my many current incarnations, I am a theatre reviewer. I even have a site dedicated to small theatre in Los Angeles called LA Theatre Review. The discussion came up in our [...]
Day 2 – Why We like to Be in Communication with Our Readers
Ever since we started writing what became our best selling book, Weeping Willow: Welcome to River Bend, we have encouraged our readers to contact us, to start conversations with us. The book started as an on-line serial, we’d post a new installment about every four to six weeks. We put up a forum for the [...]
Connie Green’s 30 Day Challenge
Connie Green, a woman I really admire and would love to emulate, has challenged a large group of Internet Marketers to a thirty day challenge – write a blog a day for thirty days. The purpose of this challenge is manifold – to get her friends more of a presence on the web, to get [...]
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