To survive, you must tell stories. | |
— Umberto Eco | |
[There is a saying that you “live” as long as you are remembered. I wonder if blogging counts? — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | Stretched Today? |
2014 | Outta Here |
2013 | Getting Words Right |
2012 | There’s A New Dog In Town |
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is | |
2011 | A Conservative Is… |
Posts Tagged ‘On Blogging’
Sit, Put, Until…
Posted in Other Blogs, Quotes, Writing, tagged http://writersfield.wordpress.com/, Neil Gaiman, On Blogging, On Writing, Other Blogs, Quotes on December 5, 2013| 2 Comments »
This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It’s that easy, and that hard. | |
— Neil Gaiman | |
[Found at one of the blogs I follow: http://writersfield.wordpress.com/ | |
The specific post is: http://writersfield.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/13-reasons-to-start-or-keep-on-writing/ | |
— KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | Lessons For My Son |
2011 | Reaching The Right Audience |
2010 | Christmas Trees and Profession of Faith |
Keep Writing Your Truths
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Writing, tagged http://thebambooprinciple.wordpress.com, On Blogging, On Writing, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes on September 13, 2013| 10 Comments »
And to you, dear WordPress land, keep writing your truths. Because it has to count. It has to mean something that we reach more people with our own sense of humanity, vulnerability, power and compassion. Because here, I think, the world is starting to make sense on ‘paper’. | |
Found on one of the blogs I follow: http://thebambooprinciple.wordpress.com | |
The specific post is: http://thebambooprinciple.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/on-paper-dear-wordpress/ | |
[Well, virtually, if not on ‘paper’. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | The Victor |
2011 | Forging Away At My Deadlines |
2010 | Try This With Your Shoes… |
Corollary
Posted in Humor, Quotes, Writing, tagged Frank Zappa, Humor, On Blogging, On Journalism, On Writing, Quotes on September 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Definition of rock journalism: People who can’t write, doing interviews with people who can’t think, in order to prepare articles for people who can’t read. | |
— Frank Zappa | |
[I sometimes wonder if there might not be an internet (blogging) corollary to this observation. Myself, included. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | Working Retired |
2011 | The Web Is Not Authoritative! (Really?) |
A Good Post
Posted in Quotes, tagged John Shaw Billings, On Blogging, On Writing, Quotes on October 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »
First have something to say, second say it, third stop when you have said it, and finally give it an accurate title. | |
— John Shaw Billings | |
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