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EVERYDAY BLOGGER, EVERYDAY WRITER OUT LOUD

March 29, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Hardly a day goes by that I don’t add another brick to the wall, another blog post into the black hole of the blogosphere. As an Everyday Blogger, with help from my sharp readers leaving comments that become blog posts, I focus on finding a better communication form than writing. But wherever it’s found, the […]

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CONTENT WRITER, STORY TELLER, BIG LIAR, OR SOME OF ALL

February 29, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Content writer defined by twitter: A content writer writes copy for MSM, magazines, blogs or web sites. Also: Marketing content, as in blogs, ad copy, magazine articles, etc. And: Anything posted online.

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WRITERS DREAM HOUSE NEEDS A DREAMY INTERIOR TOO

December 29, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Everyone has a ‘Dream House.’ They know it when they see it. “That’s the house of my dreams.” Two blocks later it’s another house. I could drive around town all day looking at dream houses, but which one is the dreamiest?

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WRITERS’ BUNDLE: WHAT TO LEAVE OUT

December 9, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A writers’ bundle joins other bundles in saving time and money. Time and money is what you spend writing, so why not bundle. Here’s a pencil, some paper, and a desk. All set? What else do you need?

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BLOG WRITER EXPLAINS ‘WHY BOTHER?’

“The arts … are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow … Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well […]

KEEP GRINDING, WRITERS

August 14, 2023 by David Gillaspie

“Keep grinding’ is the message all writers tell themselves, but not out loud. Instead, what they say is their word count for the day. Maybe it’s a thousand, maybe more. The message they send is keep grinding.

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HOT WRITER IN A HOT AIRPORT BOOKSTORE: COLLEEN HOOVER

August 5, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The hot writer is who I pay attention to. I may not read their work, but I notice their books. Colleen Hoover was hard to miss in the airport bookstore. How hard?

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HOMETOWN WRITERS MISS THE BOAT?

June 22, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Hometown writers miss the boat when they think everything’s been said about where they grew up. Then, to save their careers the turn their focus to their hometown. More like they use a sense of home to lure readers in. Like Thomas Wolfe.

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PEOPLE UNITED BY GIVING WRITERS

June 8, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Needy people? You see them all over the place? So do I. I’m one of them. Oh, and so are you. We need things we don’t have. Writers give some of those things, or at least the feeling of giving. So what?

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WRITER ENCOURAGEMENT: WHY IT MATTERS

May 23, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Writer encouragement works like this: “I just read a book so good I will stop writing forever.” That’s encouragement if you read between the lines. Read a book that moves you to feel something. My favorite book?

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