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When I retired after 37 years teaching I started this blog, partly with the intention of putting forward my views on education. It has now become a way of putting forward my views on just about everything, hopefully in a mostly positive way. It is a way of thinking things through for myself, and is also a small compensation for missing the endlessly interesting chat of the staffroom.
https://markoblique.wordpress.com/about
Keywords: Author , book marketing , Book Reviews , Creative Writing , Independent Publishing , Organization , Self Publishing , Target audience , Writer , Writing Tips
It is so easy to get overwhelmed by the marketing and publicity process, and as an author those skills aren’t necessarily in line with your greatest strengths. But they are necessarily if you want to get your books out there. It may cause you to drift away from the act of writing, and I have realized just how important it is to keep writing in amongst all the business. To have a piece that does not have a deadline, maybe not even a purpose, just something that allows you to express your love for the written word, and have fun. To stay in touch with the reason why you are doing all the other stuff in the first place.
https://katekelsen.com/2016/06/17/getting-back-to-what-you-love
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I already have a million writing projects I’m working on, so why am I doing this again? Maybe it’s because as much as I love writing, I love writing about my writing just as much, maybe more. Also, this is a pretty exciting summer for me and I really want to keep a record of it, but I’m never disciplined enough during the summer to actually write in my hard copy journal. Mostly, this will be a more permanent and explained version of what I put on facebook.
https://missmystra.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/more-writing-seriously
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I no longer wish I have written, a delusion I’ve held onto for years. I just write. I don’t wait for that crazy feeling in my stomach that tells me I must put this on paper. I just write.
https://mackycruz.com/writing-wounded
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Did I mention front end work gives me a headache? An hour of prodding at the WordPress stuff and I had to change focus. But we return to the dance, now attempting to put some semblance of structure on this blog. I know what I want, and in theory it should be pretty simple. The real question is if I can convince things to look the way they should… I suppose by the time this post is up, you will know what I settled on. I will say, I have a memory of templates being a lot more interesting than what I was finding as I set things up. In some ways this version of WP is far more powerful than I expected. The ease with which I could upload an image, and set the alt-text if required was fantastic. But trying to figure out where to change the theme which in theory manages which templates I could use for a page or a post? That ended up being somewhat beyond me. Once again, foiled by my desire for simple things to be simple.
https://pippah.net/2024/11/21/all-i-wanted-was-a-blog
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As a person with several mental health issues, I want people to know they are not alone, there is help. It is kay to talk about it and things you are going through. We lose people every day to mental illness and it needs to stop being so hushed and thrown in the dark corner of a room.
https://ambersthilaire.wordpress.com/2023/03/30/marketing-what
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I miss writing on my blog everyday. I appreciate my longest writing streak was about 12 days in February and that was after a break of about a year so I am not exactly the most consistent blogger you may follow *understatement* but I really enjoyed the sense of achievement that came with hitting publish everyday for nearly two weeks. I always intend to write but honestly i’ve not been feeling like it. I follow tons of blogs which actually do give me inspiration to write but when I get the chance to sit down and type my mind goes blank and I just think to myself who cares anyway? And that my dearest reader is the problem. Without noticing I fell into that sad trap of caring about likes and follows. I stopped writing about what interests me just for the enjoyment of writing. So I am going to try and do better.
https://nicolajayne.blog/2023/06/05/like-comment-follow-or-none-of-the-above
Spring is in the air, and I’ve decided that it’s time for another post from me! 😀
Yesterday I heard about something that happened on March 19, 1525 (and it occurred to me that 1525 was pretty much exactly 1/4 of the time back to the times of Jesus Christ [from our world in the here and now] ). Maybe it was a day or two earlier, or maybe a day or two later. In any case, a bunch of people published a publication that became an instant bestseller. It ruffled some feathers — and Martin Luther was motivated to write the following:
They set up twelve articles, some are which are so just that they bring shame to you before God and world. But almost all of them are in their favour and not drawn up to the best. […] But it is unbearable to tax and slave-drive people like this forever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Twelve_Articles#Martin_Luther_and_the_Twelve_Articles
What do we want to improve? Ourselves? The world? This blog?
We can improve all of the above by clicking here [ https://wants.blog/join ] and making an application to do so! 😉
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but we decided we shouldn’t play it because it could get copyright-struck and we don’t want to get the episode … we don’t want anybody to have any sort of way to get it down …
https://podcasts.video.blog/2024/10/28/if-im-a-little-off-im-gonna-blame-you
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I can only hope for the best for my fellow scribes. It’s a lonely journey, writing. Other writers are a reminder that whether you’re stuck or in motion, it’s worth it to look up for a second, listen, and relate over a cup of coffee.
https://girls-got-guts.com/2022/10/31/a-writer-walks-into-a-coffee-shop
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