Authors Online: The Social Media Dance
How do you feel about the current expectation for authors to be their own publicists? What dance is comfortable for you?
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Writer, Interrupted
“I wasted time by reading emails whenever they came into my inbox. I noticed that once I had started reading the name of the sender, I read the first line of the text. Once I mastered that, I continued reading the entire message, and once I got to that point, I felt compelled to respond …
Bookmarkable Friday
It’s Bookmarkable Friday! A few bookmarkable blog posts and websites I’ve come across this week. Penny Jar’s Throw me Thursday: Memoir Mash-ups If you need a quick, creative, and fun writing exercise to start off your day, please visit E. Victoria Flynn’s Memoir Mash-ups post on her Penny Jar blog. “This week’s writing prompt is …
Living Offline: Would you? Could you? Do you want to?
Could you live without the internet for a week? For a month? That’s the prompt for today’s WordPress Daily Post challenge. Could I? Absolutely. More than ever, I’m grateful that my teaching job precludes being connected, at least during class time (and when I’m not logged on in order to show something online). I don’t …
Protecting Ourselves from Overstimulation
“The worst thing for me is overstimulation. Checking e-mail manically can do it. Getting on the phone really can do it. I have learned that I must protect myself from that overstimulation and get to the page…” ~ Dani Shapiro This weekend I finally sank in my reading chair with the latest issue of Wisconsin’s …