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STATES ON THE PODIUM FOR AN OREGON BLOG ABOUT NOTHING

May 2, 2017 by David Gillaspie

These states read a blog about nothing. Is yours on it? The biggest problem with people coming to America is they show up without a good grip on their new place. How can anyone expect immigrants and refugees to know American states? Some of them come running for their lives. They’ve been on the track […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: about nothing, am writing, Amazon, American shores, American states, Bill Gates, blog, blog about, blog about nothing, blog map, blog readers, blogger territory, boomerpdx blogger, boomerpdx writer, democrat, domestic tranquility, Google analytics, hacker, immigrants, Jeff Bezos, microsoft, nick huzar, offerup, Oregon, OREGON BLOG, oregon blog readers, oregon blogger, oregon readers, President Nixon, refugees, republican, single writer, single writer blog, social code, world peace, writer, writing

LETTER TO ENGLAND, IN ENGLISH. ENGLAND WRITES BACK

January 19, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Who writes a letter to England? Before you scroll off to other click-bait, consider this: Write one letter to the person or place of your choice. One letter. Start with the usual, “Dear.” Then send it. If your letter sends death threats or rings fire alarms, this isn’t for you. Instead, call it […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, blogger, BOOMER, England, English, letter to england, Oregon, oregon baby boomer, oregon blogger, OREGON'S BOOMER BLOGGER, write, writing

WRITERS, WRITING CLASSES, ENGLISH DEPARTMENTS

January 14, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Best advice from writing classes? College freshman might change their major. More than once. But over and over? Relax, it happens. And it’s not pretty. Finding yourself in college is expensive. Even if Major Changer milks it long enough they finish with a degree others call worthless, as in, “what were you thinking?” That’s […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: art history, Baby Boomers, boomers, college days, college freshman, content, education, English, english department, freshman year, grammar, history, learning, Sociology, spelling, structure, writers, writing, writing classes

BLOGGER NIRVANA NUMBERS REACH ONE

October 4, 2016 by David Gillaspie

The biggest number in Blogger Nirvana? The number one. The comparisons are endless: You’re not a runner if you don’t run. You’re not a walker if you don’t walk. You’re not a student if you don’t study. Not a rocker if you don’t rock. Agreed? And you’re not a writer if you don’t write.

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: blog audience, blogger, BLOGGER NIRVANA, Blogging business, boomerpdx, facebook, three dog night, viral post, writer, writing

WRITING CLASS: THOMAS WOLFE ON BOOMERPDX

August 30, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Who needs a writing class? Everyone needs a writing class. Written by a baby boomer blogger, this writing class strikes to the heart of communication in written words. It’s a Writing Class, not talking class. Talking comes after writing class. First think about what you are writing, then write. Afterwards find someone to talk about […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: asheville north carolina, baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, bunkum stone, Thomas Wolfe, thomas wolfe writing class, writing, writing class

BOOKS ON A SHELF YOU CAN’T TALK ABOUT

May 11, 2016 by David Gillaspie

You Need To Read Books On A Shelf Before You Talk About Them. It only makes sense to read books on a shelf before you talk about them, but it doesn’t always work out that way. At a writers gathering the speaker showed up in all of their writer regalia geared to wow the young […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: books, books on a shelf, boomerpdx, edgar allan poe, iowa writers workshop, Seth Godin, stanford, talk, wallace stegner, writers room, writing, writing down the bones

WILWRITE 1, TRAIL BLAZERS 0

May 4, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Picking two winners on the same night? Good luck with that. Tuesday night was Willamette Writer, WilWrite Night, for WordPress at Portland’s Old Church, and Game 2 in the NBA playoffs in California. Which one to focus on? With time for one or the other, which one to choose: a power point presentation on WordPress, […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER, Sports Tagged With: Baby Boomers, BLAZERS, boomers, NBA, nba playoffs, Portland Trail Blazers, Trail Blazer fan, Trail Blazers, WILLAMETTE WRITERS, wilwrite, wordpress, Wordpress fan, writing

WRITING FROM THE HEART (WHAT TO LEAVE OUT)

February 10, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Do you practice writing from the heart, or even plan to? Romance writers practice writing from the heart, even when their stories take a turn for the worst. Action writers do it, writing from the heart, just to remind you they’ve got one. Adventure writers fill pages with writing from the heart to make you […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: #amwriting, #written, action writer, adventure writer, good readers, Kurt Vonnegut, readers, roaring twenties, romance writer, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, The Great American Novel, The Great Gatsby, validation, writers, writing, writing feelings, writing from the heart

ON WRITING WELL, pt. 1

November 16, 2015 by David Gillaspie

One idea is to write a lot, just not about writing well. As a youth I enjoyed reading about writers and their lives. Their work? Not so much. Writers’ biographies were more interesting than anything they wrote at the time. With the idea that living like a writer would make a better writer, those biographies […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: Baby Boomers, boomers, brooklyn, New York City, NYC, Portland, relationship, writing, writing well

A LAKE OSWEGO FOOTBALL COMMENT

October 15, 2015 by David Gillaspie

Warning: Adult Language And Profanity Regarding Lake Oswego Football. Last year Lake Owego football suspended ten players for team rules violation. This year LO suspended thirty players for conduct outside the team rules agreement they signed. I see it as a type of non-disclosure statement, except it’s between the players and the team. A BoomerPDX […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: blogger, blogs, boomerpdx, football, lake oswego, lake oswego football, sports, writing

LETTER TO ENGLAND, IN ENGLISH. ENGLAND WRITES BACK

WRITERS, WRITING CLASSES, ENGLISH DEPARTMENTS

BLOGGER NIRVANA NUMBERS REACH ONE

WRITING CLASS: THOMAS WOLFE ON BOOMERPDX

BOOKS ON A SHELF YOU CAN’T TALK ABOUT

WILWRITE 1, TRAIL BLAZERS 0

WRITING FROM THE HEART (WHAT TO LEAVE OUT)

ON WRITING WELL, pt. 1

A LAKE OSWEGO FOOTBALL COMMENT

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