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ONE WRITER’S RESPONSE TO BLOGGING BLOGGERS

Phillip asked about blogging bloggers, and which direction to take. Comments are a load of fun to read…on other people’s blogs. When you get questions about blogging bloggers and where to start on your blog, it’s gold. Phillip came in on the post with this blog comment: Wonderful blog! Do you have any hints for […]

BLOGGING FOR ASPIRING WRITERS

The difference between an aspiring writer and a blogger? Story. A recent boomerpdx reader sent this comment about aspiring writers: Superb blog! Do you have any suggestions for aspiring writers? I’m planning to start my own blog soon but I’m a little lost on everything. Would you recommend starting with a free platform like WordPress […]

A LITERARY PANEL FOR WILLAMETTE WRITERS

Three literary journal editors address Willamette Writers in Portland. Nothing cramps a writer’s brain more than one question: What is the secret to getting published in a literary journal? If you’re looking for the gold standard of publication, literary journals shine bright. Get a piece of writing published there and you join the literary crowd. […]

A Gathering Of Oregon Sports News Writers

Part Of The Oregon Sports News Writing Crew. According to legend the most difficult task for online people is climbing out of their basement and actually going someplace. A google search doesn’t qualify as ‘going’ someplace. Meeting others at a particular time and place qualifies as going someplace. Joel Stein, writer for Time Magazine, understands […]

WHAT DO WILLAMETTE WRITERS AND THE PCC CLIMB CENTER HAVE IN COMMON

According to his son Zane, Ken Kesey’s goal was making today different than yesterday. Was yesterday different from the day before? Today makes the cut if you’re not doing the same things as yesterday. It seems so easy, but there is a penalty. Log two similar days in a row and you’re off the bus. […]

Author Jill Kelly Speaks To Willamette Writers

She Tells Her Truth, The Writer’s Truth, Inside The Old Church. What do you buy a know-it-all for Christmas? Not an encyclopedia. What do you give a writer? A membership to the Willamette Writers always works. If that was a present to the writer in your life, then the first Tuesday in January would have […]

Portland, Boomer Writer Magnet

Boomer NW Introduces Courtney Pierce. Like iron shavings on a magnet, baby boomer writers cling to Portland. Why? It’s not because flavorwire.com lists 20 great American cities for writers. Not when Portland, Oregon comes in 17th with Jersey City, NJ and Iowa City, Iowa on either side. If you were a Milwaukie novelist where would you meet a […]

Boomer Writers

Willamette Writers Meet In The Old Church Everyone has a story to tell. The group who meet once a month at Portland’s Old Church have a story to write. From the looks of them, it’s a non-denominational crowd, but the spirit is present. Last night was no different, except the speaker had more than a little preacher […]

OREGON DUCKS, #1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL, BUT . . . ?

The Oregon Ducks show no signs of slowing down. They’re not migrating, not flying south for the winter, not going anywhere. No problems in Duck-land?

ACCEPTING FAILURE? LESSONS FROM LeBRON

If you’re good at accepting failure, it means one thing: You tried, given it your best, and it wasn’t enough. You’ve done it, I’ve done it. If you haven’t done it, it’s coming. Accept failure to get better, and who doesn’t want to get better?