Taking a contemplative social media retreat is a bit tricky since social media is part of my job. Still, I’m doing my best to scale back. Which means more time for zombie movies and zombie books.
(That’s a picture of Zombie Walt Whitman, in case you couldn’t tell. See my cool photoshop skills of an artist?)
Nothing [...]
by Marcus on March 11, 2009
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Late as usual, I missed the HighCallingBlogs.com poetry activity from last week. Today has felt very, very stressful. I’m trying to figure out where I can simplify. Trying to organize my to do list and tag it with times to keep my goals realistic. So much to do, so little time.
Then I read [...]
by Marcus on March 4, 2009
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Over at HighCallingBlogs.com today, Erica Hale of These Three Remain posted her first entry. She’s going to lead a community building book club there on Bill Strickland’s book Making the Impossible Possible. (We’re asking folks to order it from Hearts and Minds Books because we all love Byron Borger so much.)
I can’t [...]
by Marcus on February 24, 2009
Yesterday I was overjoyed by something on Lateral Action: The Shakespeare Guide to Entrepreneurship. Brit poet Mark McGuinness who works alongside Magma Poetry shares seven tips from Shakespeare’s business model. Here’s my respectful distillation of his tips, and some final thoughts following.
by Marcus on April 9, 2007
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It seems things got pretty serious around here last week. And that’s a good reminder for writers. The business of writing can be a serious business at times.
But all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. And Jill’s not much fun either. Pretty soon all they do is fetch water and [...]