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I want things private yet memorable for me and for some people close to me.
https://chewyzie.wordpress.com/2022/08/23/about-me
Want, Wanting, Wanted — All the Wants!
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I want things private yet memorable for me and for some people close to me.
https://chewyzie.wordpress.com/2022/08/23/about-me
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Who is it that wants to read my book? Anybody? Once I get around to pitching it for publishers, however that works, they will want to know that more people than just my mother will want to read it. I have some grand ideas which hopefully will draw in readers. I am seriously thinking about creating a Substack. All the cool kids are doing it. At first, I had an idea to create a devotional which now seems pedantic and hard and not much fun. Another idea I have, which will require more time to implement, is to offer serial stories. It worked for Charles Dickens, right?
https://professingtruth.wordpress.com/2024/01/11/progress-not-perfection
Keywords: amwriting , writer , writer advice , writer tips , writing , writing advice , writing community , writing tips
If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know I’ve done 30-day first drafts of my last three manuscripts. I LOVE this process, but now that I have a chronic illness, I may have to adjust this a little to make sure I’m taking care of myself.
https://valeriethewriter.com/2023/06/21/starting-a-new-story-the-basics
This is not some scene from Monty Python’s “Holy Grail”. [1]
It’s a storytelling exercise posed by Josepha. [2]
Here are my answers (or at least some ideas about what I think might be appropriate answers at this time [of writing] ).
For the following answers, I will revise the questions somewhat. “WordPress” is a meaningless string to me (AFAIK, it is a registered trademark, and therefore can only be defined by the owner of those legally protected rights (which are often referred to as “intellectual property” and the corresponding rights are commonly referred to as “IP law”). In her presentation, Josepha referred to the WordPress mission as “democratize publishing”. I wish to do more than that: I want to democratize all communications. I actually feel that it is something like a natural law that all communications must be democratized (as communications require the open source technology of natural language). It is not even possible (IMHO) to communicate without involving the participation of this open-source community. So in the above questions #2 and #3, I will replace “WordPress” with “natural language (open-source communications)”.
The new-and-improved (revised) questions (and answers) are:
R-Q2. What is the story that you want to be able to tell about your time with us in natural language (open-source communications)?
Many stories can be told, heard, listened to, shared, understood, inspired and so on. One very significant story seems to be the story (or stories?) of evolution. When we realize that evolution is always happening, then we begin to become aware that the distinction between “natural” and “artificial” (or “non-natural”) is perhaps moot — because nature itself is also always changing and adapting. There is in fact (?) no such natural law written in stone which is always true.
Likewise, developments do not go from plain good to plain bad or vice versa. Good and bad may not even exist at all. Martin Luther King drew attention to such phenomena when he spoke about the merits of being “maladjusted” versus the apparent value of being “well-adjusted”. Since the world is so complex, the number of variables which might serve as guideposts are so vast, they might as well be considered innumerable or even infinite.
Languages which serve some purposes well may do a poor job of serving other purposes. Which language we choose to use in one circumstance might be quite obviously sub-optimal in different circumstances. Since languages also evolve over time, we can rest assured that we will always have a broad spectrum of options available.
All we have to do is to keep the wheels well greased by incessantly exchanging ideas and practicing our communications in a wide variety of languages — we do not need to invent them on our own, in labs, in isolation from their natural environments.
R-Q3. What is the story that you want natural language (open-source communications) to tell?
I am no longer very sure how I want to answer a question like this.
If human languages prove to be maladjusted to their natural environments, then evolution will probably lead to these languages (and perhaps also humans themselves) to go extinct. Whether human extinction would be a good thing or a bad thing, I don’t know.
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I’m coming up on nearly a year since I seriously set out to see if I could make something out of writing. It hasn’t been smooth sailing all the way, and I’d be lying to say 2021 went like I had hoped … but it’s been enriching all the same, and I do have a modest sense of optimism going into 2022.
https://jehonakercom.wordpress.com/2021/12/30/into-the-unknown
Keywords: book marketing , writing resources , consistency , indie-publishing , marketing
I would like to publish three-four books a year, though I’m not 100% sure what those days and months will be.
https://vaniamargene.com/2021/12/20/buzzword-consistency
Keywords: firstnovel , mystory , poetry
Hello, I am Evah, this blog will be about my writing journey, how it started and the ups and down I have faced.
https://evahwrites.wordpress.com/2021/12/08/about-me
Keywords: literary agents , publishing , writing
I have so many really cool ideas in my head that I can’t wait to write, so maybe the next story will be my yes. Maybe it will be my golden ticket.
https://anag7.wordpress.com/2021/11/28/rejectionmaybe-the-next-story-will
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I am not going to be retiring off of self publishing, so there’s no point in thinking about gold stashes or living the high life with it.
https://jbwritesstuff.com/2021/11/18/penny-life-of-self-publishing
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Originally, I wanted to study English. My goal in life was to become an editor; however, I didn’t know exactly what I meant by that. Did I want to edit copy? Did I want to be the editor of a magazine? Did I want to work for a book publisher? In the end, I learned that being an English major required too much reading and too much abstract thinking. So, I switched my major to public relations, and I think it will get me farther in life than English ever could.
https://carolinebirdwell.org/2021/09/25/welcome-to-my-blog