Entries from January 2010

January 31, 2010

OK – As Promised….The Dollar Store Wedding Gown…

Look What You Can Do With $10 Worth of Dollar-Store Stuff:
Look closely at the dress.  Can you tell what materials Myrlin used? I think this is the coolest of the cool – a test of the imagination!  Check this post to read about how Myrlin went about this project, and what she used.
Oh, BTW, Myrlin [...]

January 30, 2010

How Creative Can One Person Be?

I recently met a woman online who has apparently been blessed with the creative gene from head to toe.  Myrlin Ambrosia Hermes (and she says Yes, that is her real name) has written a novel based on the premise that Hamlet was gay.  Shakespeare Gone Topsy-Turvy as she calls it. The book was just released from Harper [...]

January 16, 2010

Is the Self-Published Author World Connivingly Indie-Cent?

I recently responded to a blog post from someone who was accusing all Indie authors of  foolishly “banding together,” even though some of their fellow Indie-authors’ work was crap.  Well…
As I see it, Indie authors are just like any other group with common goals – they tend to congregate together and support each other because [...]

January 9, 2010

Are Your Goals Stuck on the Corner of Desperation and Despair?

 

I don’t know about you, but when I really, really want something, I tend to push, push, push to reach my goal.  But more likely than not, it seems the harder I try, the more elusive my goal becomes.
                                               How is that?
A wise friend recently told me – thanks K.W.!  (and we’ve had this conversation several [...]

January 7, 2010

How Does One Become Sophisticated At Using Twitter?…

Beats the livin’
crap outta me!!!
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January 6, 2010

I Wish I Had the Power…

I was thinking just this morning that I wish I had the power to make an impact in the world in a very big way.
You know, through my writing, or in a social services job helping others.
And then it just dawned on me – a lightbulb lit up my brain: 
I do have the power, and [...]

January 1, 2010

New Magazine for Independent Authors is On Its Way…

For those of you interested in the work of Independent Authors, there is a new web magazine that’s going online -
The Indie Times.
Please check it out.  It is being published by the operator of The Book Journal (Indie Book Reviewer) and IndiePendentBooks (online bookstore for Indie Authors). 
So spread the word, and help give Indie [...]

January 1, 2010

On “Being Normal”…

Just What Does It Mean To Be Normal???
I hate the word NORMAL.
What does it really mean? And isn’t it just a matter of perspective?  After all, what may be normal to you may not be normal to me.
When a person it told to just be normal, there is obviously the implication that they are [...]