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My Seven Links

MyTripBase started the My 7 Links project. It’s a blog meme but you can...

Offalings Not Accepted Here

Guest posting is not worth the time it takes to moderate, edit and argue...

How to Write Your Own Advice Column

Writing an advice column sounds fun and easy. Until you think about being responsible...

What to do with your Old Books

It’s very hard to part with an old book, or a book you mean...

Offalings Not Accepted Here

Guest posting is not worth the time it takes to moderate, edit and argue about it. Why do all...
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ASCII Art is a Useful Skill for a Writer

We are told to bring something extra, unique, something people will remember to each query we sent for our...
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Writing Exercises

MyTripBase started the My 7 Links project. It’s a blog meme but you can just pick your seven links and pass the idea along, or not. On Twitter, search for the #My7Links hashtag. THE GOAL To unite bloggers (from all sectors) in a joint endeavor to share lessons learned and create a bank of long...

Great Things to do While Unemployed (or Underemployed)

I read a sensible post about things you can do while you are unemployed. It was sensible. Probably practical even. But, it did not deal with the issue of keeping your soul alive, your spirits up and your creative energy high while you go through the ups and downs of being unemployed. Being without...

Real Book Lovers Make their own Bookmarks

I became more interested in bookmarks after my friend, Deanna, asked to use one of my drawings for a bookmark she wanted to print out for the First Annual Bookmark Collectors Virtual Convention. Before that I never put a lot of thought into bookmarks. I had a few, I lost a few and a few...

Avatar-Making for your Online Profile

An avatar gives you a face when you fill out a profile online. There are endless places you can use an avatar on the web: email signatures, blog comments, forum profiles, HubPages or any other site you create an account on. For this post I am focusing on sites which let you create the...

How to Find Penpals (Pen Pals)

My niece wants to write to penpals, just as I used to do when I was a much younger person. I started looking for sites where she and her Mother could find another child to write to, somewhere in the world. Friends by mail.

Writing Help and Creative Writing Inspiration

I seem to have too many ideas. I’m missing the focus and time I need to get them all from my brain and onto the page (or the virtual/ digital page). I make notes for myself with ideas as I get them. I try to use a notebook rather than bits of paper which...

Forever Caught in the Machine

I haven’t had obvious spam from another Twitter account in awhile. But, no big deal. I did not click the link. Instead, I always go look at the profile. There she was, her name unknown but her photo forever caught in the machine. Things like this are far spookier to me than ghosts in...

One Hundred Things to Help Inspire Creativity

This was originally posted to HubPages. When it became mothballed due to their no-index policy I pulled it and brought here to rescue it from content scrapers and give it a second wind. 100 Creative Ideas This will be my 100th post to HubPages. I actually joined years ago but didn’t start writing here...

TinyWeeFiction

How much can you put into a story of 140 characters? Take a look at TinyWeeFiction and try it out. Bonus if you can come up with a web graphic for it too. (I didn’t, the one here comes from the site for TinyWeeFiction). – I laughed at the idea of zombies. Now I’m...

Attacking Animals

I’m watching a TV show (on National Geographic) about animals who have attacked people. Most of the people are tourists who want to camp or swim in areas where there are known predators. So, they are choosing to take a risk. The TV show is making it all look so shocking, as if these...

Talking to Yourself Marathon

I do talk to myself and I don’t mind telling myself. What do you usually talk about when you talk to yourself? Would you write it differently? Try it.

Blog Standards and Acceptance Guidelines

I picked this up at Clever Girls. I’m not in the US so I didn’t join. But, reading the standards for blogs was interesting. It’s good to see what other people think, what goals they set. Your goals can be different, of course. As a side note, isn’t it ironic that when they say...

A Just Looking Fee?

Here’s what the sign says: As of the first of February, this store will be charging people a $5 fee per person for “just looking.” The $5 fee will be deducted when goods are purchased. Why has this come about? There has been high volume of people who use this store as a reference...

Who is the Big Winner in a Web Battle?

The end of Google Reader and the rush of new Feedly accounts has caused people to declare Feedly a “big winner” in the battle for picking up the sudden slack now that Google is closing Google Reader. I think it is early to call Feedly a big winner. For one thing, it is not...