Thursday, December 9, 2004
Are You Blog-Lite Or Full STRENGTH? How Do You Define POSITIVE Writing?
There have been calls for more positive writing, for fewer insults. I couldn't agree more. In fact I've been saying that for ages so I am pleased that others are at last following suit. But what is positive writing? Is it banal stories, giggles and a sea of platitudes? Is it turning the other...
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How We Respond To Differences Is The Mark Of The Blogger
I am left at the same point of dismay I was a week or so ago. And I am wondering if the biggest cause of offense is when others don't listen to us or pay us as much attention as we want? Could there be something in that? Do we get offended if someone doesn't bolster us or give us attention? I'll...
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Friends, Bloggers, Countrymen Lend Me Your Ears
(with profuse apologies to Shakespeare and dear Decshak). A campaign has been mounted this week by someone who is keen to be top dog of this place. In my opinion they are already dominating our airwaves and while all this is going on many other posts are going through unnoticed and unremarked upon....
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Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Who Controls What YOU Write?
It's the age old question. In all of the places I worked as a journalist I found local newspapers to be the most restrictive. The proximity to the people we wrote about and our reliance on them to buy our product so that we might survive, alongside our desire to tell the real story (as we saw it)...
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Has My Advice Been Taken?
No, I don't flatter myself that much but it occurred to me that what I wrote in my, "Use Your Blogging Dollars Wisely", post last Thursday to my "Boggling Blogging" blog is coming to pass. A section of the post said: "To be honest I would like nothing more than a variety of people at the top [of...
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Tuesday, December 7, 2004
I Hate It When It Gets Like This On Blogit
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Blogit Battles Matter Little
Unless you let them. This week we are witnessing a tussle at the top of the Blogit rankings. I don't mind how it pans out. I've said many times that I prefer to see constant change at the top. The downside to that is if we get endless posts shouting down anyone with the barefaced cheek to hold a...
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Monday, December 6, 2004
A Nobody In Galaxy Blog
Another literary agent likes the book idea. Now I am excited. Cautiously so. Last week I received an email from this agent suggesting I call her. She even suggested times which seemed a good sign to me. We spoke for 25 minutes. She gave some advice about ghost-writing. (Last week another agent said...
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Sunday, December 5, 2004
Hypocrites Are Everyone
Contradictions are rampant. You are a hypocrite. I sure am. Even here on Blogit I keep noticing when I make comments that appear to contradict what I said five minutes before. And yet it is not that I have changed my opinion, it just that every point one makes is subtly different in tone and...
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"Will They Ever Be Found By Someone Who Will Love Them?"
"What would you say to the abandoned children?" On the radio the other night I listened to a talk-back debate about international adoption. Among the callers were people who had gone to extraordinary lengths, unraveled miles of red tape, sunk their life savings and dedicated their time and love to...
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