Saturday, November 13, 2004
Blogger Knocked Out Cold
The battle was bloody, intense and to the death. With a couple of well-timed punches from the editor it was all over for the reader. This violent fight took place in a ring close to home - my mind. It is part of a running battle and it is sparked when I read some posts here. You see I read them just...
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Friday, November 12, 2004
Now There Is Someone Who Can Write
I don't want to be cheesy but some people have it. My other half (MOH) went to the city the other day to replace the artwork which was damaged at the show. He came back with a treat - cheese - exotic, wonderful cheeses which reminded us of time spent in France, home of the world's best cheeses (no...
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Thursday, November 11, 2004
Me, Myself and I**. Self-Obsession Overload
You are so self-obsessed. How fascinating is that to me? All that we write says something of ourselves. And yet often the words belie the feelings and intentions of our words. I am certainly self-obsessed but that is not news. We all are. But I believe that my emotions and beliefs are of no interest...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Dream Occupation: Freelance Writer
So say bloggers in their "About Me" pages. I always wonder two things about the bloggers who dream of this. First, are they doing anything constructive to move toward the dream? Second, what is the picture they have formed in their mind of life as a freelance writer? People keep asking members of my...
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Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Commenting Is A Thankless Task
The other day, fool that I am, I spent two hours commenting. I did not post. I read and commented working through my favorites, then prowled about the new posts, and a couple of my preferred categories. I also joined in the conversations in the comments section. In that time no one said a word until...
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Monday, November 8, 2004
Anyone Can Be A COLUMNIST Now. How?
Columnists are nervous. They trawl the world of web-logs search for ideas, and what do they see? Amid piles of unreadable and unread posts, they see talented people who could replace them in a flash. But naturally the columnist says nothing. Today's protege could be ousting them tomorrow so they...
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Sunday, November 7, 2004
Do We Fail As Writers If We Never Publish A Book?
Snobbery abounds in the world of writing. Sometimes I sense that people are seen as somehow falling short if they don't write books, or more accurately, be published. There also seems to be a greater value placed on having a work of fiction published rather than other forms of writing. I could be...
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Saturday, November 6, 2004
Is This The Writers' Karaoke Bar?
Does your writing sing? Who is the "judge" of the real talent? If there is one thing I have learnt from being part of Blogit it is to be less hasty in determining who has the talent. In Klara Robert's comment section yesterday, Talion likened Blogit to a karaoke bar. The only karaoke bar I want to...
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Wednesday, November 3, 2004
You CAN-CAN Put The World To Writes
Fiction never looked better. Why live in someone else's world? Of course we must speak up as best we can about what is going on in the world. We must be counted. I am one of the lucky few who sees their words in print and I never take that for granted but I confess some fatigue with writing about...
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Man Seeks New Line Of Work
Well how wrong can you be? According to the psephologist who I referred to in my previous post, John Kerry should have been enjoying a landslide victory by now. Who would be a psephologist? You wait four years for a bus to roll into town and then when it does, you miss it. Does it matter that a...
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