Welcome to the October 25, 2010 edition of Lovely Words. We are pleased that you stopped by. We have an abundance of list articles this week; lists are always interesting because they are so packed with information. Please enjoy and stop by the writer’s site and leave a comment; thank you so very much for spending time with us.
Inspiration
Byteful Travel presents
How to Stop & Listen to the Magic of Autumn posted at
Byteful Travel, saying, “Striking while the iron is hot is a key factor when creating art, at least metaphorically. That’s what I did yesterday. I went out to stretch my legs and get some fresh air. In the process I discovered, and photographed, something of the Essence of Autumn itself. (high resolution photos included)”
Poetry
Writing
List
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By C. J. Stegall-Evans
The best advice I have ever read about writing came from Cyril Connolly, who says, “Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.” Writers living in the information age have so many outlets for their craft. It is easy for us to pick a trendy target audience and write for that group (notice all the vampire sensation lately). While finding a trend and jumping on the band wagon may be easy at what personal cost is it to the writer him or herself.
I always tell my son the hardest thing in this world to be is yourself. This maybe especially true of writers because we spend so much time observing the world around us and recording, sometimes it’s difficult to tell where the words end and we begin. Therefore we more than any other group have to make sure we are honest with ourselves; after all one hundred years from now all that is left of us will be our words. That has to mean something.
We dishonor ourselves when we put words out into the universe that don’t come from a place of honesty. We have to write for who we are and not for any current trend, or the way we would like others to perceive us. To have the heart of a writer is something to be treasured, even if others don’t see it. Our job is to see what others do not; to do this we have to be able to look at ourselves in the mirror.
Writing is one of the easiest looking difficult job; we don’t get to leave it at the office our words follow us everywhere we go. They sometimes wake us in the middle of the night because they can’t wait to come out. Our words are important, therefore, when we are tempted to write material that is not true to whom we are as human beings we have to remember the reason we became writers, and stay true to that which we are because the most important thing we have is our integrity.
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Welcome to the October 11, 2010 edition of Lovely Words. We have a wonderful array of articles for your reading pleasure. Please enjoy these lovely words.
Peace
Laura Grace Weldon presents On Living Happily with Less and Mom Knows Nothing posted at Laura Grace Weldon, saying, “There’s a bright side to chaos, change and loss. A collective shift.”
Inspiration
Diane Saarinen presents Day of Remembrance Lantern Festival posted at Autumn Follies, saying, “I think the captions and photos tell the story.”
Poetry
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Infamous Limerick posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
Who Inspires You
Lindsay Samuels presents 50 Famous Fictional Characters That Are Based on Real People posted at Library Science Degree, saying, “Writers of all types draw inspiration from themselves, their friends and family or famous figures in order to create memorable, nuanced characters. It happens regularly in every form of media, oftentimes without the audience’s awareness.”
Writing
Larry Dignan presents 10 TV Shows That Writers Really Love posted at Online College Courses.
Byteful Travel presents How to Increase your Power through Travel posted at Byteful Travel, saying, “Today I share my personal philosophy on why travel is such a fantastic catalyst for growth, and how you can harness it to accelerate your own growth.”
Dianne Hanson presents Dealing with Self-Doubt as a Writer posted at Pro-Writer.
Robert Labonte presents If It?s Too Good To Be True, It Probably Is posted at Form Over Dysfunction.
Books
Jena Ellis presents 10 Mesmerizing Works of Metafiction posted at Online Certificate Programs.
Carol Vertz presents 10 Things to Consider Before Self-Publishing posted at Liberal Arts Colleges.
Graham Alice presents 100 All-Time Greatest Popular Science Books posted at OEDb: Online Education Database.
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By C. J. Stegall-Evans
In looking at my coming week I see so much work and so little time. I am trying to balance writing, work, school, and something that resembles a personal life. Although I am taking time out every day for prayer and meditation I am having a difficult finding the perfect schedule.
Right now that perfect schedule seems to be if I awake I am working. I know from experience this agenda will take its toll on my health and personal life; but I don’t see another choice. I stop, and remember to breath. I remind myself that the world doesn’t fall apart if I take a nap.
I feel grateful that a lot of my work can be done from home. Lately I find it more comforting to take on one assignment and complete it before starting another. I am no longer a multi-tasker I am someone who follows through on projects.
I’m hanging up my cape I no longer wish to be Superwoman; I just want to make a peaceful contribution to my little part of the world. I do that best by sitting at my desk putting a few words on a page.
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