Hello, dear Reader, and Happy Monday (or whatever day upon which you are reading this). I thought it would be good to share a few things you should know about me. Now, if you’ve been following my blog for a long time, maybe these items won’t surprise you. If you’re […]
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
I know writers and readers who embrace every kind of social media but still can’t stand the thought of twitter. I wrote this two years ago on another blog and I still think it’s true… 1) You exercise your writing and editing skills. It’s…
To start off this post, please vote in the poll here and then read my post. Please also share by reblogging, tweeting, etc. Thanks a bunch 🙂 I think I’ve gotten in over my head. Maybe because I’m such an introvert, I think that having multiple social media accounts is […]
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…the miracle of the instantaneous communication world I’m now plugged into is that this ol’ Jurassic can hardly go to the washroom minus the Blackberry without feeling bereft… the immediacy of the 24/7 cable news channels tell me what’s going on, sometimes even before it…
Another fascinating post from Interesting Literature. If you’ve been enjoying these reblogs, then please consider following Interesting Literature so you don’t miss a single post! Interesting Literature The word ‘tweet’ – meaning to post a message or item of information on Twitter – has this month (June 2013) been added […]
In some venues, the freedom to tweet, tag, or snap is being denied. Clubs are denying entry to anyone who takes pictures of other groups at the club and then posts them to Facebook. A storytelling venue prohibits tweeting during the show. An article in this Sunday’s NY Times talks […]
The Saturday Evening Post has “revamped” and is looking for new fiction. With the dwindling newspaper and magazine market, this is a bold effort by the Post. Hopefully, readers will be rewarded by good, fresh writing. Click here for the Post’s submission guidelines. My thanks to fellow blogger, Georganna Hancock […]
No, I’m not going to bash Twitter. The application, like Facebook, is great in and of itself. But how these apps are used begs the question of mundanity. See Matt Bai’s essay in today’s New York Times: “The Chatty Classes.” Bai poses the irony of how, back in 2004, presidential […]
I’m starting to think that it’s not Sunday unless the New York Times has an article on Facebook. This week’s story gives a pretty balanced view of the latest controversies with the young whipper-snapper, the absolute latest being Facebook’s lovely (not!) new layout. But, first, what’s great about Facebook? Well, […]
Here’s one of the side benefits of Twitter: The discovery of writing tools proven to do what they profess to do: get you and keep you writing. (Is it OK to have two colons in one sentence?) Check out Dr Wicked’s Write or Die, a web-based tool for writing. It […]
