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Rhyme of the Networking Addled Author
Little I ask, my wants are few…I just want to write stories for you. Network! Network! Be brazen. Be Bold.That’s how readers find you, new authors are told. So I make a tweet here, send a retweet there,try to collect comments on my ability to communicate with wisdom and flair. I encourage readers to follow me, stalk me around the web, adding @’s, likes, and +’s to what I’ve said. I have to make my Klout, PeerIndex, and mozRank numbers climb.Will it earn me more clicks if I write blog posts that rhyme? I’m not sure I’ve mastered this networking thing yet.My listing as a baseball expert (???) doesn’t lend…
Sunday Scribblings: Woodland Homecoming
Blue Heron and Deer by hart_curt on Flickr photo sharing It’s a homecoming of sorts, after a long winter away. I turn off the smooth highway and onto the buckled and pocked asphalt of a country road. Asphalt quickly gives way to gravel, which turns into a rutted clay track leading down to the lake’s edge. Deer dart from a sun-splotched meadow, into the deep shade of the woods. A pair of doves linger by a puddle until the last possible minute, skimming over the tall grass with a lazy flap of wings. The guardian osprey has already spotted me by the time I carry my kayak to the lake.…
Don’t Get Caught Without Your Beach Essentials
Over at Passionate Reads we’re ready to help you stock up on that most essential take-along for Sizzling Summer fun– Hot Books! We’re giving away Amazon gift cards and a Kindle. Hop on over to our contest page and find out how you can play along. It’s never too late to get your name in the drawing.