Recent Posts Tagged With 'events'

• Thanks to September Commenters

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 07:56 in comments, events, thanks

      Thank you to the 182 commenters who left 256 comments in August. This is more comments from more commenters than in August, when I still allowed comments from keywords. I’m glad to see that requiring names didn’t slow...

• What I Learned from Limits

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 01:32 in events, stroke, limits, wilf

  The topic of this month’s groupwrite project at Middle Zone Musings is What I Learned from … Limits. The most significant limits I’ve faced in my life were the physical limitations that followed my stroke. As I described in Nationa...

• Supporting Domestic Violence Awareness Month

  Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 23:33 in events, abuse, dream or destiny, domestic violence awareness month

  When I started writing Dream or Destiny, I didn’t plan on having domestic violence as an important part of the story. However, the characters took over. David let me know that he and Barbara had been abused as children and Barbara had also been...

• Thanks to August Commenters

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 00:27 in comments, events, thanks

    Thank you to the 142 commenters who left 213 comments in August. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest. 25 of those commenters left only keywords and no names. They are liste...

• What I Learned from Laughter

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 00:51 in humor, events, stroke, laughter, wilf, groupwrite project

  What do a paralyzed woman, a hospital stretcher without rails, two nurses’ aides more worried about their jobs than their patient, and a trip across a pot-holed parking lot have in common? They’re the elements of my entry in this month...

• International Literacy Day

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 00:36 in events, bloggers unite, international literacy day

  Reading—for entertainment or education—tops my list of favorite things to do. Books, blogs, bulletins, blurbs, ballads, brochures, broadcasts, blather, buzz—I love all forms of the written word. Yet according to UNESCO, 20% of adults are illite...

• Post #600

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 00:52 in events, blogging milestone

  This is post #600. Just thinking about writing 600 posts makes me tired, so I think I’ll go take a nap. Seriously, I love blogging and have enjoyed writing each of those posts. I just hope you enjoy reading my blog a fraction as much as I enj...

• Mission Impossible: Book Trailer for Dream or Destiny

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 23:25 in events, group writing project, confident writing, joanna young, book trailer, dream or destiny

  Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com This post is an entry in Confident Writing’s Mission Impossible group writing project. Joanna Young challenged us to post something on our blogs that we’ve never done before. I’ve wanted t...

• Thanks to July Commenters

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 00:28 in comments, events, thanks

  Thank you to the 184 commenters who left 263 comments in July. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.     Top Contributor (18 comments)   C McCoffee The Coffee Bump     M...

• What I Learned from The Plant World

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 23:03 in events, plants, wilf, what i learned from

  I grew up on a farm so you would expect me to know something about plants. However, south Texas was experiencing the worst drought in history for much of my childhood. Though the drought we’re in right now is more severe than the 1950s drought,...

• Thanks to June Commenters

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 13:28 in comments, events, thanks

    Thank you to the 210 commenters who left 322 comments in May. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.     Top Contributor (20 comments)   C McCoffee The Coffee Bump Â...

• What I Learned from a Blooper

  Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 22:09 in events, bloopers, mistakes, rehab, embarrassing moments, wilf, what i learned from

  The theme for this month’s group writing project at Middle Zone Musings is What I Learned From Bloopers, Mistakes, and Embarrassing Moments. While I’d like to say I’ve never experienced any of those, you’d know I was lying. T...

• Thanks to May Commenters

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 11:48 in comments, events, thanks

  Thank you to the 195 commenters who left 295 comments in May. I responded to every one of them. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest. Top Contributor (16 comments) Pat & James Taylor On the Wings of t...

• Sizzling Summer Sweepstakes at Books We Love

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 06:14 in contests, events, books we love

  If you’re an avid reader who enjoys contests, stop by the Books We Love Sizzling Summer Sweepstakes. Books We Love (BWL) will be giving away one basket of three eBooks and two autographed print books every week for the entire summer from June t...

• Lillie’s Q&A at Ask Wendy

  Posted on Wednesday May 27th, 2009 at 00:11 in events, interview, ask wendy, wendy burt-thomas

  This seems to be my week for interviews. Today, I answer ten questions for Wendy Burt-Thomas on her blog  Ask Wendy – The Query Queen. I hope you’ll stop by and say hello. In a few weeks, I’ll be interviewing Wendy about her latest bo...

• Story Behind the Story at Writer-in-Progress

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 11:49 in events, dream or destiny, beth morrow, writer-in-progress

  Beth Morrow at Writer-in-Progress interviewed me for her feature “The Story Behind the Story.” Stop by to say hello and learn how Dream or Destiny came into being.   If you’re not a regular reader of Writer-in-Progress, you’...

• Virtual Writers Conference

  Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 12:00 in events, virtual writers conference

  How would you like to attend a writers conference and learn from a couple dozen authors, editors, publishers, publicists, and marketing experts? You may think such a conference is too expensive and would require too much time away from work. If so, ...

• Writer’s Worth Day

  Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 00:15 in events, freelance rates, writer's worth day, lori widmer, words on the page

  Lori Widmer at Words on the Page has declared today, May 15, as Writer’s Worth Day. Lori is on a mission to educate writers that they deserve to be paid a reasonable rate for their work. I know my readers are interested in this subject. Every t...

• Guest Post at Confident Writing

  Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 02:41 in events, tenacity, confident writing, joanna young

  Today I have a guest post at Confident Writing on Stick-to-it-iveness. Joanna Young is conducting a writing seminar in Sardinia–don’t you feel sorry for her? During her absence, she invited other bloggers to guest post on the themes she...

• Thanks to April Commenters

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 06:43 in comments, events, thanks

  Thank you to the 125 commenters who left 175 comments in March. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.     Top Contributor (12 comments)   wilson Will You Mind     Major Contributor (9 comments)   Srir...

• Lessons from Community

  Posted on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 15:45 in events, community, what i learned from

  A few years ago, when you talked about your community, you meant one of the first two definitions at Dictionary.com: 1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and his...

• Bloggers Unite for Hunger and Hope

  Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 00:08 in events, hope, hunger, bloggers unite, food for the poor, heifer international

  Chances are if you have the resources to be online, you can’t imagine being hungry. Yet, according to Bloggers Unite for Hunger and Hope: More than 15 million children die of hunger every year. World Health Organization estimates that one-thir...

• Thanks to March Commenters

  Posted on Friday April 17th, 2009 at 10:41 in comments, events, thanks

  Thank you to the 159 commenters who left 243 comments in March. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.     Top Contributor (12 comments)   Sriraj Sriraj.org     Major Contributor (10 comments)   wilson...

• Adversity? What Adversity?

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 04:04 in events, adversity, wilf, what i learned from

  The theme for this month’s group writing project at Middle Zone Musings is What I Learned from Adversity.  If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you might think I have plenty to write about. I’ve been through a number of e...

• Lemonade Award

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 06:02 in events, lemonade award

  Deb S. at Media by Sistrunk honored this blog with the Lemonade Award, which ”recognizes sites that show great attitude and/or gratitude.” I’m especially grateful for this recognition because I wasn’t familiar with Deb’...

• Thanks to February Commenters

  Posted on Monday March 23rd, 2009 at 00:02 in comments, events, thanks

  Thank you to the 126 commenters who left 194 comments in February. Your comments extended the conversation and added value and interest.     Top Contributor (15 Comments)   Wilson Will You Mind Major Contributor (7 Comments)   Jennifer ...

• Ultimate Blog Party at The Bluestocking Guide

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 19:31 in events, book giveaways, ultimate blog party, bluestocking guide

  The Bluestocking Guide is participating in an Ultimate Blog Party this week. I’m honored to be one of the fourteen authors she is hosting during the party. There will also be 9 book giveaways, including an autographed copy of Dream or Destiny,Â...

• Free E-Books for Read an E-Book Week

  Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 03:39 in events, e-books, free e-books, read an e-book week

  Read an E-Book Week is here … and with it the chance for you to learn more about e-books and to  download free e-books. Let’s start with free e-books—everybody likes free—then we’ll get to resources to learn more about e-books...