I awoke today to over 200 subscribers on my Stats report. Still doing Cyberland on foot without the airlift of tweets or Facebook (somebody, get me a GPS for FB). I thank my faithful readers for entering the story. Sharing the journey has been more enriching than I knew to expect as a new kid… Read More 50th Post, 200 Follows, Award, and More on Writing
I’m not asking Hamlet’s existential question. To be or not to be? To live or kill myself? It’s literal grammar. To eat –> She eats. To dance –> She dances. To be –> She be. She is. The verb TO BE conjugates, or breaks down, into the form is when referring to a singular third… Read More The Writing Process, Part 3: To Be or Not To Be
I’ve taught writing in both public schools and private settings. Years after their last lesson with me, I asked two very bright sisters (with diametric learning styles) what they remembered from their long season with me. Both answered, “Save spit.” Turned out, the pithy injunction had velcroed itself on their brain and conducted the papers… Read More The Writing Process, Part 2: Save Spit
There’s the uber exemplar. The blog pinwheels through cyberspace on steroid speed. If online success bore a currency, these bloggers would be the Donald Trumps on the virtual mountaintop. And there are those whose site (or gravatar) is attractive, who’re good at stroking egos or who trumpet outrageous claims. By common definition they’re popular. Do… Read More The Profile of a Successful Blogger [The Art of Writing]
A Holistic Journey 