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BLOG PLATFORM, WRITER PLATFORM, LAUNCHES MEMOIR

We’ve got a joke, or more accurately my blog efforts get ridiculed, around the keyboard. Goes like this: “Why do you always write about yourself, or put yourself into every post?” I answer by spelling memoir, as in memoir blogger. “M-e … m-o-i-r. You can’t spell memoir without M and E.” Hilarity is supposed to […]

WRITING THE BOOK I WAS DESTINED TO WRITE

An English major joke goes like this: I like to write poetry, but I suck at writing poetry. So I wrote a short story that was worse than my poem. To fix the problem I wrote a novel and it’s the worst yet, and this explains the deluge of bad writing.

WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID. IT’LL BE FUN, 2

What is the goal of writing a book? To get readers to turn the page. Such a modest goal. Should there be any other? I call it a building block, that’s what I call goals. What happens when you achieve your goals, when you have readers turning to the next page. Write another […]

WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID, IT’LL BE FUN

Long form writing is like a walk in the woods with no map. In the dark. With animal noises. And cliffs on both sides of the trail. If that isn’t a picture of adventure, what is? And all you need to do is sit down and write. And stay down. For a long […]

SOCIAL MEDIA SUPER STAR IN THE WINGS

News reports about social media and the ‘new awareness’ we all need to observe will never keep grandma from posting new baby pictures. ButI think I get the point of the warning. From my census training I learned how to gather visual evidence at the door if a citizen didn’t want to interact […]

BoomerPdx Blog Update, November

The numbers aren’t good, but they are surprising. Australia found boomerpdx and lead the world outside America in racking up hits here, which makes me happy. Twenty seven other countries made the hard trip here along with twenty eight American states. I’m glad to see the number of states and countries keeping pace with […]

Dylan Song For 2018 Mid-Term Elections

Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway Don’t block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There’s a battle outside And it is ragin’. It’ll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin’.

SASQUATCH BIG RIG vs REAL LIFE RIG

How does the Sasquatch Music Festival pull off a three day stand without the drama of conflict and violence? It is America, but no violence? How can that happen? The rest of the world needs to know and maybe they can tamp down the problems in their neighborhood. It starts with […]

WRITER EVIDENCE IN THE HOUSE OF BOOMERPDX

A hard rule among writers: avoid talking about a writing project. So what do writers talk about in writer meetings? Last night while attending a Willamette Writers meeting I saw writer evidence all over the place across a crowded room. I scanned the crowd from a plush chair inside Tabor Space on […]

BLOG PLATFORM, WRITER PLATFORM, LAUNCHES MEMOIR

WRITING THE BOOK I WAS DESTINED TO WRITE

WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID, IT’LL BE FUN

BoomerPdx Blog Update, November

Dylan Song For 2018 Mid-Term Elections

Health Writing? Start With Cancer And Drill Down

SASQUATCH BIG RIG vs REAL LIFE RIG

WRITER EVIDENCE IN THE HOUSE OF BOOMERPDX

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