Thursday, January 20, 2005
The UnBold And The Beautiful
Why are women prepared to put with so much crap? A while back I confided to a couple of others here about a situation I was experiencing with someone being a nuisance. I expected a reaction different to what I got. I guess I expected them to give "my" reaction. It was suggested to me that perhaps I...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Some Here Are Not Fools
Would you blog for $3000 per month? It seems that Howard Dean hired some bloggers as consultants in the run-up to the election. Are you convinced that this didn't happen on both sides of the fence? It would be naive to imagine otherwise. I recall reading some of the posts here pre-election and...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2005
It Is Not Friendly Here Today
But luckily the real world is not like this. The more I comment, the less the response. Perhaps that's true, or, perhaps it's only true for me. Or maybe when you comment more the natural balance gets out of sync. In many ways although my blog does very well here, I don't fit in and never have. I...
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Monday, January 17, 2005
People Won't Even Read About Criticism Any More
I am in the debt of a woman who is a demon with the scissors and who knows a thing or two about color. With a smile she politely brushes aside my sillier ideas about style. This glamorous blonde woman is a hairdresser and a genius. She makes me look better than I am. I wouldn't be where I am today...
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BLOGIT REVIEW POST. So Give It To Me Straight
This post is for the Blogit Review. Ten times she had made this journey. Ten times her shoes had clicked across the white tiles along that corridor. Her complexion looked sallow under the fluorescent lights, as if she had flown not three hours but 18. But this time was different. She was not a...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2005
My Short Story Is On Its Way
All entries will be destroyed - unless they are successful. Mine will end up in the shredder but you know what? I don't care. All I care about is that I feel able to write, fit to enter. That is a prize in itself.
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Bloggers Reveal ALL At Their Peril
Readers often want us to tell more about ourselves. I have always been guarded about that for a couple of reasons. First, you never know who readers are and who will develop a thing against you, or, for you. Second, I had this desire, strange as it may seem, to keep my job. If I revealed who I was I...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005
I Am Going To Let Them Have It
I have held back for too long and I think a lot of people here are just the same. You sit and dream and blog and this replaces action. This week I am putting the final touches to a short story which I am entering in a competition. An editor had said she would look at it on spec but then I decided I...
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Monday, January 10, 2005
Writer Rankings Can Really Screw You
How do I compare thee to a summer's day*? It tells me nothing. If I compare myself to you, or you compare yourself to me, it is meaningless. You can learn a lot by reading. Read good writers and you will find ways of improving. Read all standards and you will soon come to recognize what writing...
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It's Definitely Not "Definately"
Just thought I'd mention it. We have an epidemic on our hands.
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