Monday, January 3, 2005
So Someone Rubbishes Your Writing?
Can your ego take it? It surprises people that I flunked high school. It shocked me too because I did OK at school. But there I was - on the scrap heap in my teens. Or so I was told. You know the story surely. The pressure that is put on students for some examinations - "your whole life depends on...
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Sunday, January 2, 2005
Do You Read Well?
You think so? I'm not so sure. Do you notice when someone's writing takes a sudden turn for the better? I do. Several times, I have unwittingly come across plagiarists on Blogit. I have noticed it when a writer who can't spell for toffee in most of their posts suddenly turns out perfect text. Sadly,...
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Saturday, January 1, 2005
What Do You Make Of This?
"For New Year 2005 ‘Tis the season once again to take stock of one’s life, to reflect upon where we have been as well as where we’d like to go…as opposed to where it looks like we’re going. It is this refusal to acknowledge the present, the tendency to look at what’s happening in the world around us...
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Friday, December 31, 2004
Beware! This Post Criticizes
My flak-jacket is on. And hey it is about writing. There are some genres and styles of writing that I won't criticize or pass judgement on publicly although I form my own assessment of whether something works. One area I stay out of is POETRY. Unfortunately I never studied it closely and was not...
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As 2005 Nears I Ask ME Is My Work Done Here?
All the talk of departing colleagues has got me thinking off the top of my head about it too. I guess it's an end of year thing. How should I spend my time in 2005? I am exploring donating some of my writing time to charity causes. And besides have I said all I can say here? Why put up with the...
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Thursday, December 30, 2004
Are You Planning To Whoop It Up And Kiss Up Big?
Boisterous New Year celebrations never ring quite true for me although I have one friend who has a big celebration every year because it's her birthday on 12/31. I love to mark the passing of the year with a handful of close friends. What could be better? In the past couple of years we hosted small...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Pluck A Duck. What Bloggers Will Do For Publicity
I met a women at a beach a couple of years ago who was catching waves with her pet duck. She occasionally responds to requests for photo shoots in papers and on TV. She absolutely hates doing it but does so to get coverage for a cause about which she is passionate. That's what I call PR. Today I am...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2004
A Reason To Write
"To everything there is a purpose." The first line of Annie Lennox's The Hurting Times. I'm told these lyrics are drawn from Ecclesiastes 3:1. "There is a time for everything, and a purpose for every activity under heaven:" I have to wonder. I am not sure I go along with that line. But when it comes...
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Thank You To My Readers
Comments to my tsunami post were unexpected. I thought it was inadequate in it's presentation of facts about this series of catastrophes which have claimed more than 50,000 lives in SE and South Asia. But it showed me that even if a writer is not in possession of all of the facts that one can still...
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Sunday, December 26, 2004
A Tsunami Came Just Like He Said It Would
The images of the tsunamis which hit SE Asia on Sunday morning (local time) show scenes of total devastation. The toll will be high because this happened on a Sunday when many families would be heading out to enjoy themselves on the beach, boating, and in seaside hotels. Many tourists will have died...
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