I don’t make new year’s resolutions, but I do tend to get thoughtful this time of year. That zero becoming a one — such a seemingly small change — carries a lot of significance. I can’t ignore the slow-motion ticking of the giant clock. One year farther from the starting gate. One year closer to […]
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As I pondered whom to feature next for Twelve Days of Community, it struck me as meet, right, and salutary that I bookend my Ten Dollar Challenge story on one side with Day One’s Billy Coffey and on the other with his partner in . . . well, not crime necessarily, but just about everything
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Way back in May, 2003, I started a blog. Actually, Luke set it up for me. Beyond basic e-mail, the Internet was mostly a mystery to me, but I’d been posting comments on Luke’s LiveJournal for a few weeks, and several of his regular readers encouraged me to start one of my own. With much
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If you’re involved at all in social media (which, um, you are, if you’re reading this), then you’ve probably already read eleventy-jillion opinions on why you should or should not be involved in social media (which is kind of like a convention of Mary Kay consultants discussing the pros and cons of wearing make up),
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I promise The View From Here hasn’t become a place exclusively devoted to all things Parting the Waters. But I do want you to know that the book is currently being featured in a blog tour. Fifty-four bloggers have read it and will post their reviews this week. You can find the complete list of
Parting the Waters Blog Tour Read More »
When I started this blog in 2003, it was my one portal into the vast and then-mysterious realm of The Internets. I tip-toed sheepishly into a smallish corner and jotted little stories I wanted to remember and share. Then, much to my delight, a few people seemed to like them and left comments, which spurred
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To whom it may concern, here’s a brief update on my life. **Parting the Waters released this week! That’s only been coming for, oh, about six years. **The book is now available at WinePressBooks.com, Amazon.com, and SignedByTheAuthor.com. (Personally signed copies available at the last one!) **21 cases (1000 books) are piled in Luke’s room. I’m
An update: featuring news and some stylish asterisks. Read More »
The latest games of tag have come to ElleZymnVille. Here’s how it happened. There I am on the cyber playground, minding my own business, scouting the dandelion patch for hooky-playing fairies, and up runs little Mikey Snyder. “Tag!” he shouts, poking me with the same finger he’d just had up his nose, which would be
Tag, I’m it. Twice. Read More »
I’ve noticed various discussions around LJ about the meaning of one’s “friend” list or, more to the purpose, the “friend of” list. What does it mean when someone adds your journal as a “friend”? Probably different things to different people. I know some folks say it indicates no more than a literary interest. They like
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