What are the odds that out of 22 participants in Blog Book Tour’s Blog-A-Day challenge, three of us live in the Capital Region in upstate New York? And that one of those uses WordPress and offered me a live tutorial? (Most people in the BAD challenge are using BlogSpot.) Today I met Alexis Grant at Panera… [Read More]
Blogging as memoir
Tonight I attended the first in a series of group readings, part of “The Memoir Project” at The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY. Memoirs are tremendously “in” right now, and this series features classes and workshops as well as readings. By and large, the evening was engrossing, but a large part of… [Read More]
Feeling unprofessional and playing Spider
Thanks to all of you who responded to my professional vs. amateur question. I think Alan Chin sums it up best: “Profession and amateur are both labels. When we push the egos out of the way, we are simply all writers. Some get paid more than other, but pay is not the only conpensation. Bliss… [Read More]
A writer, yes, but professional or amateur?
Thanks to those of you who commented on my blog about gardening with my granddaughters. I consider myself blessed in having such a wonderful family, albeit a small one, and the leisure to pretty much follow my whims day to day. Today’s been another day of diversion, and tonight’s shaping up to be the same…. [Read More]
Gardening Grandma is exhausted
Thanks, everyone, for your comments about yesterday’s blog. I’ll comment on them tomorrow, and catch up on some of your blogs as well. Tonight I’m too exhausted – I spent hours with my graddaughters in Woodstock, digging a new garden plot and putting in a flat’s worth of annuals. The nine-year-old really got into planting,… [Read More]
Print on Demand – Pros and Cons
My discussion of print-on-demand publishing in yesterday’s blog elicited some wonderful comments. It turns out quite a few of us on Blog Book Tours have gone the POD route, and most seem to be pleased that they did. I especially liked Marvin D Wilson’s comment (http://inspiritandtruths.blogspot.com). He said his first book, which was POD, has… [Read More]