Song of the Day: Thank You by Didohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TO48Cnl66w Hello all! How was the weekend? Mine was not so good. Have you ever felt like you were stretching yourself too thin? What about when you do a bunch of work…
Archives for June 2011
Friday Fives- What Gets the Creativity Flowing (via Paper Hangover)
Song of the Day: Let it Flow by Toni Braxtonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0xc1Rws7F0 Hello all! Time for Friday Fives again! Can you tell I’m excited? The blog Paper Hangover hosts it’s weekly segment titled, Friday Fives. Feel free to hop over there…
An Inspirational Encounter at My Writers Meeting
Song of the Day: Don’t Stop Believing by Journeywww.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUYuIVbFg0 Hello all! As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a member of a writers group called FWA (Florida Writer’s Association.) A few weekends ago, they held the monthly meeting which usually involves…
Opportunities in the Great Big Literary World- June 20, 2011
Song of the Day: It’s Not My Place (In the 9 to 5 World) by The Ramoneshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s2HY1PRSFA Hello all! How was Father’s Day weekend? We shouldn’t celebrate our fathers only one day out of the year (and trust me,…
Opportunities in the Great Big Literary World- June 13, 2011
Song of the Day: We are the Champions by Queenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogKUx_q7ig Hello all! How was the weekend? I must admit, this weekend wasn’t as productive as it should have been. I think I needed a little bit of a break….
Friday Five- Summer Reads! (via Paper Hangover)
Song of the Day: Summertime by Will Smithhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtDseXwpJ0U Hello all! Friday Again! You know what that means…Friday Fives! (And well, the weekend!) The blog Paper Hangover hosts its weekly Friday Fives. This week’s question: What are…
Response to V.S. Naipaul’s Comments at his Interview with the Royal Geographic Society
Song of the Day: Where is the Love by The Black Eyed Peaswww.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc Hello all! As I stated on Monday, I have a response to V.S. Naipaul’s comments about women in his interview with the Royal Geographic Society. I…
Time to Party- 150 Follower Contest!
Song of the Day: The Party Song by Blink 182www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI-56hf6O80 Hello all! Yesterday I blogged about the Wall Street Journal article on YA being too dark and tomorrow I’ll be blogging about the V.S. Naipaul’s comments about women. I thought…
Wall Street Journal Article on YA- My Views
Song of the Day: Wake up Everybody by John Legend and The Roots feat. Melanie Fiona and Commonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJgxJ6JrPkc Hello all! Hope everyone is having a great week so far. As I stated in my post yesterday, I have a…
Opportunities in the Great Big Literary World- June 6, 2011
Song of the Day: Heart of a Champion by Nellywww.youtube.com/watch?v=9jwZBqGPgVE Hello all! What was the weekend like this time? I had another productive one. I revised 60 pages of my novel, and also got a lot of other things…
Friday Fives- “But I don’t Wanna…” Excuses Writers Should Nix (via Paper Hanover)
Song of the Day: Excuses by Alanis Morisettewww.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Dy9YmMPUw The blog Paper Hangover hosts its weekly Friday Fives! This week’s question is: What are FIVE excuses you have to be ready to give up in order to be a better writer? …
Opportunities in the Great Big Literary World- June 1, 2011
Song of the Day: Dreams by Van Halenwww.youtube.com/watch?v=3Snf9oQ_ErM Hello all! This post is ridiculously late, but I got swamped yesterday and I didn’t get a free moment. I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. I usually discuss something writing…