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Five Experiences Writing Fiction Gives You (That Other Things Can’t)
Posted on June 8, 2014 | 6 Comments Today’s post is meant to celebrate the uniqueness of creative writing as a pastime and a calling. I don’t mean to imply that writing stories is better than doing other things; just that it has its own place and that it’s as worthy a calling as […]
The Ego is Not Your Amigo – Part 2 of 2
Originally posted on mira prabhu:
Harish Johari I first began to consciously pursue the destruction of my own troublesome ego when I lived in hectic Manhattan. At the time, I had just begun to plot a novel based on eastern philosophy (Whip of the Wild God: A Novel of Tantra in Ancient India), and was…
Free images for bloggers
Helena Fairfax Penguin from Pixabay When I first started this blog I’m ashamed to say I took a very cavalier approach to illustrating it. I copied and pasted quite a few images that weren’t mine to take (I know, I’m sorry!) It’s so easy to see a great photo on another website and think, oh […]
13 Strategy-Altering Blogging Stats
Originally posted on Beyond the Mind Maze:
I’ve decided to reblog this amazing blogging infographic posted on Red Website Design Blog, as my blogging experience attests to its validity. When I posted my top post “5 Ways New Writers Chase Away Potential Readers” which garnered over 70 comments and almost 1,000 views in just a…
The Ego Is Not Your Amigo – Part 1 of 2
Originally posted on mira prabhu:
Arunachala One twilit Sunday evening, a friend and I embarked on the 14-kilometre Giripradakshina trek. In this specific case, Giripradakshina refers to the ancient practice of circumambulating the sacred hill Arunachala—which rises majestic from the center of the intriguing ancient temple town of Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, south India. Taking off from Ramana Ashram, we…
Why blog? And what the heck is a writer’s platform?
Originally posted on Susie Lindau's Wild Ride:
A few years ago, a friend made a comment which changed my life. “You really should write these stories down,” she said after laughing at one of my wild tales. This began a whole new adventure. The germ of an idea for a humorous non-fiction book about…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 