Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-20 Posted on March 20, 2010 by Editor Reply If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. TMorrison #quote -I’m off to write! # New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-13 – RT @roncharles: From GOOD magazine: 10 books to help you slow dow… http://ow.ly/16NqRJ # NAIWE Member Teleclass 3/17-Peter Bowerman on “Short and Long-Term Strategies for Boosting Your Writing Income”- http://ow.ly/1fMuD # By the end of today, I’ll have 92 linear feet of new bookshelves in my office. A writer’s dream! Next- built-ins on 2 other walls. # Continue reading →
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-20 Posted on February 20, 2010 by Editor Reply There's still time to join the debate on whether school libraries need books. Many interesting comments: http://ow.ly/16Tx0 # New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-13 – New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-06 Saturday at SCBW… http://ow.ly/16zyZT # I'll be teaching today- how to prepare for the SAT. Writing an essay (rough draft, really) in 25 minutes is a useful skill! # NAIWE member teleclass: “Write It Once, Leverage It Many Times” with Paulette Ensign. Wed., 2/17 3:30 pm EST. http://ow.ly/16Vdw # The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it. Elizabeth Drew #quote # Writer/editor newsletter: The Edge: Member Teleclass Wednesday, Success Strategies, Tips & more" – http://grsnip.com/94cQ # NAIWE member teleclass “Write It Once, Leverage It Many Times” w/ Paulette Ensign today at 3:30 pm EST http://ow.ly/16Vdw # I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out. -Nora Ephron #quote # Writers have to read… it's time to turn off the computer & settle in w/a good book. What should I read this evening? # Just posted a How to Participate page for Words Matter Week, coming up the first week in March. http://ow.ly/18r3b # RT @mashable The E-book Price War Isn’t Over Yet http://bit.ly/aGurPV Interesting- publishers are betting on the iPad. So am I. # Literature is news that STAYS news. -Ezra Pound #quote # RT @WritersDigest: Social Media Is Not a Waste of Time – Here's a post at Writer Unboxed that debunks the myth that f… http://ow.ly/16CeVq # Powered by Twitter Tools
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-13 Posted on February 13, 2010 by Editor Reply New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-06 – Saturday at SCBWI winds down. I'm inspired, tired. Most moving? J… http://ow.ly/16w5YL # Writers & editors: How & why to use your blog: New post on NAIWE NewsWire- Member Websites Now Even Easier to Use- http://ow.ly/1574F # It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. Oscar Wilde #quote # Free site allows you to create motivational posters, faux magazine covers, more. Possibly useful, quite entertaining. http://bighugelabs.com # RT @americandream09: In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. Richard Bach # New post! How I Chose Great Books for Excellence in Literature http://ow.ly/16xubW # NAIWE News- Member Websites Now Even Easier to Use! – Make the most of your NAIWE member site with its slick new Wo… http://ow.ly/16xubV # Writers & editors- have you joined the writers-editors twibe? All members' writing/editing tweets show up in one spot. Fun! twib.es/BUZ # Here's a snowbound newsletter w/an answer for how I chose the books for Excellence in Literature"- http://grsnip.com/9b7W # "The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best." – Epicletus #quote # Contest for $100 gift card or Professional Photographer magazine at http://photographerblue.com/- a new photographer directory. # New post: SCBWI NYC 2010- Final Thoughts http://wordsintobooks.com/2010/02/scbwi-nyc-2010-final-thoughts/ # NAIWE News- Featured Member Blog for February: Mary DeMuth – Savvy members use their NAIWE blogs well, and this mon… http://ow.ly/16y3Zt # New post: Final Thoughts on the SCBWI Winter Conference 2010 http://ow.ly/16yCtP # Contest for a free Kindle- write 259 words about a thin place in your life. Deadline 2/12. I'm entering! http://ow.ly/16y3E # Interesting, varied people for #ff: @kaytharris @americandream09 @JoJoTabares @thetotebuddy @MoonlightMom @Selorian @JimSutton5 @grammascott # In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. C. Baudelaire #quote # NAIWE News- Teleclass: "Write It Once, Leverage It Many Times" with Paulette Ensign http://ow.ly/16zaAs # Powered by Twitter Tools
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-06 Posted on February 6, 2010 by Editor Reply Saturday at SCBWI winds down. I'm inspired, tired. Most moving? Jacqueline Woodson's lunch keynote; her writing & reading are compelling. # New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-30 – New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-23 The important th… http://ow.ly/16sEj9 # SCBWI truth: Different editors want different things. Find the one who wants what you write- don't write what you think they want! # SCBWI tidbit: Literary fiction can be commercially successful; some commercial fiction has literary merit. Lines blur… just write. # New article on budgeting added to the Money section of Everyday Education. Enjoy! http://ow.ly/10nu5 # Snowstorm today; my cable modem keeps flickering. If you don't hear from me, power's out & I'm reading & writing by the fire. Stay warm! # Powered by Twitter Tools
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-30 Posted on January 30, 2010 by Editor Reply New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-23 – The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not imme… http://ow.ly/16peXC # RT @SuperbBooks: All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure. -Mark Twain #quote # New post: Telephone Rules for Writers http://wordsintobooks.com/2010/01/telephone-rules-for-writers/ # RT @CheriWilliams: The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot. ~Michael Althsuler #quote # Shutting down for the afternoon so I can run errands & stock the fridge for the guys while I'm at SCBWI in NYC. Anyone else going? # I'm looking forward to the SCBWI conference in NYC this weekend. Taking Amtrak up the coast- any recommendations for on-train reading? # I've figured out how to use my iPhone as a Kindle reader, and I've got a few books downloaded for the trip. This could be dangerous! # New post! Telephone Rules for Homeschools – One of the best things I ever did for our homeschool and learning lifes… http://ow.ly/16rcD1 # RT @KimAuclair: The Shakespearean Guide to Entrepreneurship : http://twurl.nl/znqfy0 # Walked about 40 NYC blocks today; from 42nd up to the Silk Rd. exhibit. It was freezing- in the teens. Great visuals, though. Dinner ideas? # Day 1 of the scbwi conference- keynote, then literary novels… Fun! # Powered by Twitter Tools
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-23 Posted on January 23, 2010 by Editor Reply The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately visible…not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit. StExupéry # New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-16 – RT @BookBuzzr: Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting … http://ow.ly/16m1DA # First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus #quote # New review of Transcripts Made Easy: The Homeschooler's Guide to High School Paperwork- http://ow.ly/WxyX http://TranscriptsMadeEasy.com # Message: "Here's NAIWE's Edge- Journaling Teleclass & Two Ways Freelance Writers Can Increase Income" – http://grsnip.com/9Joe # RT @visionboard: @janicecampbell am honored with your review of #thevisionboardbook great bday surprise!http://tinyurl.com/y89kp8f # NAIWE teleclass-1:00 pm ET today. "Journaling Techniques for Writers" with expert Tina Games: http://ow.ly/Yzfz # Listening to a great NAIWE.com teleclass with Tina Games on journaling for writers. Journaling sparks creativity; helps us see patterns… # "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." Maya Angelou #quote for writers # Thursday- I'm teaching a Beat-the-Clock Essay Workshop for high school students facing the SAT. Knowledge is power! http://ow.ly/YDzy # "Satisfaction is the enemy of creativity." Jane Lazarre #quote- I've noticed the best ideas come when I can't find something I need. # I'll be at Heart for Homeschooling Sat., speaking on writing, college, and caregiving while homeschooling. See you there? http://ow.ly/YDGH # Powered by Twitter Tools
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-16 Posted on January 16, 2010 by Editor Reply RT @BookBuzzr: Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. Doug Larson http://www.bookbuzzr.com #quote # Sunday- a time for peace and reflection. Think about the upcoming week, and get clear on what you want to accomplish. Then enjoy the day! # Wishing I lived closer to UC Berkeley- their extension program has interesting-looking writing / editing classes. http://ow.ly/UlF5 # NAIWE active members: I just forwarded a publisher's invitation to submit. Please check your e-mail (whitelist *@naiwe.com). # RT @MAltaee: The biggest tragedy in life is not death but a wasted life. It is not death we should fear but living without significance. # NAIWE News- Teleclass- Tapping into Your Creative Wisdom: Journaling Techniques for Writers http://ow.ly/16kbHc # New post: A Short Short Writing Contest – Writing short isn't always easy. Are you up to a 12-word speculative fict… http://ow.ly/16kbHd # New post! Learning: Mind-Numbing or Mind-Nourishing? – I've been thinking about learning and what makes it stick, w… http://ow.ly/16kbHe # Whose Memoir Is It, Anyway? One person, one perspective–new blog post at Words Into Books… http://ow.ly/VOOx # Thinking of earthquake survivors in Haiti w/prayers for comfort & hope- http://nyti.ms/7s0vnh # NAIWE writers /editors: Opportunity to be on video- pls check e-mail (whitelist *@naiwe.com). Join http://naiwe.com to build your career! # Creativity- Is unlearning the key? http://ow.ly/Wqg9 Another thought: Dr. Ken Robinson suggests schools kill creativity: http://ow.ly/Wqiz # NAIWE members promo opp- Be the expert in a video segment for major distribution. 2 spaces left. There is a cost to participate. DM for info # #Follow Friday- @JimSutton5 – a master networker and NAIWE member. in reply to JimSutton5 # Powered by Twitter Tools