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Go Forth and Market Thyself – Socially
In the past year I have been running into an interesting “type” of writer. The writer who loathes social networking so much (s)he avoids it like the plague because (s)he feels it hampers productivity too much. Many of these folks also tend to be the types who are against any type of self-marketing because they’ve read so many articles warning against doing the…
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To the Interwebs!
Sometimes I feel a bit out of touch with the modern world despite the fact that I consider myself technologically “progressive”. I grew up with a Commodor Vic 20 and an Atari 2600 in the house. My favorite game on the latter was Q*bert. I grew up around the time disco died, hair bands were king, and electronic music was…
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Ending the Competition
I’ve never been a competitive person. In my younger years I used to ride in horse show competitions. Not because I wanted to compete with others, but because I wanted to push myself. Besides, it was all in good fun. By the time I was fourteen, I found myself soured by competition. Humans can be rather ruthless, and none more…
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Noise
It’s time for a rant. Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of noise from pagans who are upset at how the media portrays witches, magicians, and/or pagans. Especially with shows like American Horror Story: Coven, and Witches of East End, among others. Or I see my FB feed rampant with how this group or that group makes everyone else in…
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Find the Right Community
Online writing communities can be vast oceans difficult to navigate if you’re new to the scene. The wrong community can cause aspiring writers to give up, while the right community can help nurture a writer’s creativity, or boost them toward publication. The first question you want to ask yourself is, “What are my long term goals?” If you love writing…
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Surreal Tales of Social Networking
Social networking is a rather curious thing. It compels people who don’t even know each other to make connections. In the case of writers (especially niche writers), it often attracts folks who are friend-collectors. I think what annoys me most about friend-collectors is they often don’t stop to at least find out who you are before sending that friend request.…
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#edcmooc Can Online Learning Be Overwhelming?
I think this is a very real concern. In all the pre-course prep I’ve watched fellow learners build everything from Wiki’s, Twitter accounts, YouTube accounts and blogs, to Google Plus groups, Facebook groups, and everything else. What I found even more interesting is that I already had accounts in place to take advantage of all of these things. It made…
