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27 Reasons Why Jena Isle’s Inspirational Book Rocks

October 14, 2009

Keep a blog and you can call yourself a writer. Conventional wisdom has it, however, that you need to be a published writer to call yourself an author. Not in a magazine, not in a newspaper, but in a book.
For most of the contributors to Jena Isle’s inspirational book, “Inspirational Thoughts and Stories of Bloggers [...]

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Speed Limit: 500 Words

October 12, 2009

A Guest Post By George Angus
I‘ve got some writer’s block going on. I still write nearly every day. How can this be, you say? Well, it’s because my wall is made of 500 words.
You see, I’ve been blogging for over a year now and most every post is – you guessed it [...]

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My Top #FollowFriday People and Their Best Posts

October 9, 2009

In this post, I’m raising a toast to a bunch of excellent posts of my Twitter buddies. Yeah, it’s #followfriday love fest – a perfect excuse to say my thanks to friends who have helped me keep at bay this overstaying blogging funk.
My #followfriday shout-out has evolved yet again. It’s too constricting to confine this [...]

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10 Blog Lessons I Did Not Learn From Darren Rowse

October 5, 2009

Okay, maybe I’ve learned some of them from Darren Rowse himself. After all, in my ten months of blogging I did not exactly reinvent the blogging wheel, did I.
Seriously, do you celebrate the milestones in your blogging? I do, but not in terms of subscriber numbers or by any other metrics. I realize so much [...]

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After the Storm

September 29, 2009

Do you notice the marked stillness after a storm? Isn’t it remarkable? What purpose does it serve? Is it to make us better assess the finality and enormity of our losses?
It’s just the way it is, right? Nothing personal at all.
All I’m saying is that I’m still groping for form. [...]

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Surefire – But Often Ignored – Trick to Superb Writing

September 23, 2009

Reading broadens the mind. For writers, it’s as important as breathing itself. So the question I pose to you now is: what have you read lately?
If you’re anything like me, I’m guilty of feeding my mind with nothing but junk food lately. I’ve always postponed reading great books like a truant student.
Don’t laugh now but [...]

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How Blogging Affected My Offline Interaction

September 21, 2009

Without doubt, writing changes how a person perceives the world around him. This is already a given. But blogging? I have a sneaking suspicion it has added a monkey’s wrench into the mix.
Let’s examine the tell-tale signs of weirdness.
I’m talking with my elder sister at the dinner table. And this being [...]

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Thanks, You Lovely People

September 18, 2009

An amazing thing happened when I asked you to check out Brad Shorr’s content strategy consulting blog. You actually went there and left your comments. Some like Holly even parked herself by the water cooler in Brad’s home and chatted up with other readers like an oldtimer.
You guys are amazing.
And what thoughtful comments you wrote. [...]

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