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01/25/2013 Leave a comment
This week, my wife and I finally started the blog we have been talking about (check us out here). This is a perfect opportunity to sit back, contemplate, cogitate, and commentate on our experience as we go.
One thing I finally figured out: How to create a break where you click through to the rest of the post! Read more of this post
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12/31/2012 Leave a comment
Vacation followed by the holidays is a great way to fall behind on your blogs and writing.
I thought about doing Nanowrimo. How much did I end up writing in November? About one day’s worth of words.
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Just posted this on Tumblr, and it was suddenly a hit. Lots of people noticing it, liking, reblogging. Well, “lots” being more than one. So, what do we learn? Read more of this post
09/11/2012 3 Comments
So I have been on Twitter a bit now, and there is some great community-building that happens. I have self-listed as a writer, and have started getting some writers and writing groups following me. This is awesome. This is stuff I would like to check out and keep up with.
However, how do you keep up with things on Twitter? Follow a few folks, and suddenly you’re drowning in posts! I have a few actors, not so interesting sometimes; a few comedy ones, which I could take or leave; a few blogs, which I really probably don’t need because I go to their sites; a few celebrities who seem to talk to each other so it’s a bit amusing; and then the writers who might be saying something I should pay attention to.
Phew!
How do people keep up with Twitter? Multiple accounts depending on what you want to read about? Skip blindly over things? Constantly sitting and reading what people are writing?
How do you interact with Twitter? Did you try and give up? What are your thoughts, oh reader?
Filed under Thinking Tagged with Community, Content, Social Media, Twitter
09/07/2012 Leave a comment
So, if I am going with my initials as my identity on the blog, I think it needs more of a personal touch. Also, as I begin thinking about splitting my content, an identity forms here. Splitting between a Tumblr, with mainly writing and thoughts and such about writing… a WordPress here, which will be about writing, and geekery, and my thoughts… and my wife is working on starting a blog, and I will be contributing.
But more on that later. Read more of this post
Filed under Introverted Tagged with Blogging, Changing a Blog, Content, Introduction, Social Media
08/26/2012 1 Comment
Hi all,
I am reminded of the things I have learned so far about blogging and community. I have a bit of one here. I just started a Tumblr – and have none there. Like, literally none.
But what do I do? I go and ask a question. Which no one has answered. And which I actually kind of would like other peoples’ thoughts on.
I shared on Facebook, no answer. I shared on Twitter, no answer.
Maybe no one has an answer. That’s fair. Or really scary, actually.
But I thought I would ask here.
The short version of the question? What would science fiction written by the presidential candidates – or their parties – look like? In other worlds, what is the future world that they are hoping to build?
See the full version, and feel free to answer with your thoughts, here. Or leave a comment below.
Filed under Intuitive Tagged with Blogging, Community, Content, Introduction, Learning, Politics, Science Fiction, Social Media, Writing, Zombie Apocalypse
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