Category: Entertainment
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How to Blog : Consent
People happily pay for things that help them. Back when I lived in Joplin and had a car, I happily paid for oil changes even though I knew how to do it myself because it gave me more time to work on my writing. I happily pay for delivery when I’m in a rush because…
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Make a Blog : Content VS. Substance
I hate the word content. And as an author, I’m not really allowed to hate words because I need all of them. But you’re going to make a blog. (…and I don’t want you to make a blog that’s awful.) So maybe I should say I hate the way we use the word content. I’d…
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Short Christmas Stories : I Gotta Idee by Elsie Singmaster
If you’re looking for short Christmas Stories, check out I Gotta Idee by Elsie Singmaster in this episode of The Best Christmas Stories: Featured download: learn how to write your own Christmas Story based on thematic protagonism a la Dickens’ Christmas Carol.
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Blogger — Why are you intent on becoming one?
Why do you want to be a blogger? If your idea of being a blogger is just to sell ads or product or to look famous like some of these mom and lifestyle bloggers out there, let me discourage you now: there’s enough selling of crap and commodifying of art and personalizing of fame out…
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My First Christmas Tree by Hamlin Garland
My First Christmas Tree by Hamlin Garland is today’s Best Christmas Story. Featured download: learn how to write your own Christmas Story based on thematic protagonism a la Dickens’ Christmas Carol.
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My Blog to Your Blog : Dissent
We’re doing a little series of short posts on why you probably shouldn’t blog. And if you insist on blogging as I have with my blog, this series will expose everything you should first consider before you start your blog. Questions welcome in an email. Featured Download: I’ve summarized this whole series into a checklist for you…
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Before You Open Blog : Intro
Confession: I’ve never thought of myself as a blogger. Many of you know my aversion to the word “blog,” my aversion to the false sense of immediacy created by that publish button, my desire for us all to reflect on language that has lasted and for us to spend less time spent gobbling up whatever…
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Christmas at Orchard House by Louisa May Alcott
If you’re curious about what Christmas looked like at Orchard House in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, you should check out this episode of The Best Christmas Stories: Featured download: learn how to write your own Christmas Story based on thematic protagonism a la Dickens’ Christmas Carol.
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Farewell Welfare Poem
My Farewell Welfare poem is from my poetry podcast. I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote between 2005 and 2017. Featured Download: For a quick tutorial on how to write your own poetry, click here.
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To Della Across the Veil Poem
To Della Across the Veil is from my poetry podcast. I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote between 2005 and 2017. Featured Download: For a quick tutorial on how to write your own poetry, click here.
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Inheritance Part 2 Poem
Inheritance Part 2 is from my poetry podcast. I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote between 2005 and 2017. Featured Download: For a quick tutorial on how to write your own poetry, click here.
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Home Poem
My Home poem is from my poetry podcast. I’m reading first from my book Inconveniences, Rightly Considered — a collection of poems I wrote between 2005 and 2017. Featured Download: For a quick tutorial on how to write your own poetry, click here.