Blogging on My iPhone

Yes, you can write blog posts, quite efficiently, on a smart phone. I learned how to blog on my phone by accident recently, when I had planned to keep up with blogging at the AWP 2012 conference. However, I had difficulty finding a reliable connection for my WiFi-only iPad. Since I already had with me …

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You don’t have to do everything: Thursday afternoon at AWP

Here are a few links and takeaways from the two sessions I attended Thursday afternoon at the AWP Conference and Book Fair. A Reading from the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop Instructors The readers’ websites and information: David Baker Nancy Zafris Rebecca McClanahan Carl Phillips Listen to “Annual Conference: 8,000 Writers Expected,” by Rebecca McClanahan The …

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Sunday Links for Writers

Complacencies of the peignoir for your Sunday morning… From The Creative Penn: Don Draper on Social Media A guest post from Steven Lewis on what Don Draper would make of (and do with) today’s social media. The Book Designer: Carnival of the Indies #17 An excellent collection of recent blog posts and articles “related to writing, …

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New Psychology Today Post: The Hedgehog’s Dilemma

This week’s Psychology Today post is titled “Social Media: The Hedgehog’s Dilemma”: “One cold winter’s day, a group of hedgehogs crowded together for warmth so as not to freeze to death. However, the pain from the mass of spines soon caused them to separate again, until the cold forced them back together, and thus they continued, …

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Why you should take the time to write a good Twitter bio

I try to follow back all Twitter followers who are real people and who don’t seem to have spam potential, so I always take a quick peek at people’s profiles, especially their bios and recent tweets,  before clicking “Follow.” Sometimes, though, profile pages can be misleading. This morning, one follower’s profile had no bio, and …

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