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DirtyMartini
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Oh, is that who won...a big round of congratulations to everyone who won, and everyone who bothered to enter...it wasn't easy narrowing it down to three...trust me on that one...

Cheers,
Alan.
I actually edited one of my own stories...for the first time ever, btw...one of the literary journals is interested in Sexual Healing, but wanted me to make some minor changes...I had always resisted changing anything in a story, to me the word "edit" is indeed a four letter word, but I realized there are a couple of minor word repetitions early on in the story, and I saw the merit of bringing the word count down to just below 2k...it's easier to get stuff published if the word count is under 2k btw...

So...Sexual Healing went from 2027 words down to 1980 words...if I get it in print, I'll probably post the new version here on this fine site known as Stories Space...otherwise, I might just leave the old version...

I had resisted for the longest making any changes in my stories...I guess I take my writing personal, messing with my stories is like messing with my kids or something, but I did see the merit in this...

And this is a first for me...everything on Stories Space is what you would call a "first draft"...

I don't know that I want to go through this again though...
I actually edited one of my own stories...for the first time ever, btw...one of the literary journals is interested in Sexual Healing, but wanted me to make some minor changes...I had always resisted changing anything in a story, to me the word "edit" is indeed a four letter word, but I realized there are a couple of minor word repetitions early on in the story, and I saw the merit of bringing the word count down to just below 2k...it's easier to get stuff published if the word count is under 2k btw...

So...Sexual Healing went from 2027 words down to 1980 words...if I get it in print, I'll probably post the new version here on this fine site known as Stories Space...otherwise, I might just leave the old version...

I had resisted for the longest making any changes in my stories...I guess I take my writing personal, messing with my stories is like messing with my kids or something, but I did see the merit in this...

And this is a first for me...everything on Stories Space is what you would call a "first draft"...

I don't know that I want to go through this again though...
For all you poets looking to get something in print, here's a relatively easy chance...

Collaboration Poem to be Published!THEME: "I Want My Poetry"
http://www.facebook.com/events/285315668207868/

*~WAVING*~ Hey To EVERYONE

********** Announcement************

The Entire Collaboration Thread Started off by Monte Smith will be Published in a Book "I Want My Poetry" . . . . . .by " Inner Child Press "
All Content will be Published DEADLINE for Contributions is March 15th
we expect it to be available for Global Poetry Month
*~ALL ARE MOST WELCOME*~ & Thank You ♥ ☼


Inner Child Press is...
http://www.innerchildpress.com/

They have a blog, btw...
http://innerchildenterprises.blogspot.com/2011/06/inner-child-press-announcing-new.html

And I think this is the newsletter, but it's hard to keep up with everything they got going on these days...
http://innerchild.ning.com/group/inner-child-press

And a YouTube channel...
http://www.youtube.com/user/krisar12?feature=watch

And a BlogTalk radio thingy...
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/inner-child-radio

And a Facebook group...
http://www.facebook.com/groups/100158846740099/

Be nice to me, I'm now an admin in the Facebook group...they must think I'm a responsible adult or something...

We'll leave it at that...good luck...


I guess this beats the one where the horse walks into the bar and the bartender asks "Why the long face?"...hey, don't blame me...I don't write this stuff...


Quote by MissAdventure

Unless you have an established fan base of readers, a blog about the content of your work is not going anywhere. So why not use it to network with other writers, maybe sell them a few copies and get them to recommend you to their friends?


I wasn't necessarily thinking about blogging about the content of your work...when I used the example above, the writer who writes about magic, the best thing generally would be to write about magic since that's what your readers seem to be interested in...not necessarily about the content of your books on magic, you want your readers to go out and buy those to find out what they're about...

I was trying to find a recent piece C Hope Clark wrote...I sort of have a real high regard for what she writes...can't really find exactly what I was looking for but noticed she has a section about blogging on her blog...

Still can't find the article of hers I wanted though...
http://chopeclark.com/category/blogging/
Oh, here we go...this seems simple enough in theory at least...come up with a name for a new healthcare related webcast and win $500...good luck my friends...

The Feel Great Health Solution Contest
http://feelgreathealth.com/contest

There's an online form where you can submit five entries at a time...I sent in five, stuff like "Feel Great Today Naturally!" and other assorted variations...took about three minutes...

Hey, you never know...
Good post LadyS, and yeah, I can tell you from someone who has spent way too much time in writing groups in the last year and a half that blogging is a hot topic, and one of the most debated actually...

That point about limiting word count recently was brought up by C Hope Clark in a recent newsletter...she basically made the point that if you have a page of great content, you're better off posting it a couple of paragraphs at a time every few days or so, rather than post the whole thing at once...

One thing everyone agrees on is that blogs take a lot of time, and regular posts, to build a following...too many people blog for a couple of months, see they only have a dozen followers and then give up...

Another thing you have to remember, is just because you get large numbers of people to your blog...and there are analytical tools that will give you the numbers...does not mean the people visiting your blog are the people who will be buying your books...

One person over in the extremely active thread "What's the best way for writers to promote themselves" in Books and Writers Group on LinkedIn made the comment that she gets the most blog views when she posts pictures of her chickens...the problem, of course, is that people who come to view her chicken pictures are not necessarily the same people who might want to buy her books...which she acknowledges, btw...

And a common mistake too many writers make is that their blogs seem to be geared towards other writers rather than readers...if you write books about magic, for instance...your blog posts should be about magic...not writing about magic...make sense?

Anyway, just a few things I've picked up...and I won't say anymore...especially since I don't actually have a blog myself...
Children Are Quick
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TEACHER: Why are you late?
STUDENT: Class started before I got here.
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O- D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this child)
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. '
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it.
Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.....
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TEACHER: Now, Simon , tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's.. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.

(I want to adopt this kid!!!)
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
This is actually a pretty good deal, not that anything I post here isn't...no fee, poems can be previously published as long as you own the rights, you can submit as many as you like...and $300 first prize...heck, sounds almost too good to be true...

Blue Mountain Arts :: Poetry Card Contest
http://www.sps.com/poetry/index.html[/size]
I was thinking maybe we need a new motto for Stories Space...not that we have an old one or anything, but that's just a minor technicality...

How about...

The Space is The Place

I think it has a nice ring to it, what you'll think? Works for now...
Hey Gav...realized I haven't bothered you in over a week, and I just feel terrible about that...

Is there a reason why the word count differs on the submission page here on SS than, say MS Word? I know this has been mentioned before, but I don't know that it is a V2 issue or goes back...

Trying to get an accurate word count on something, I get a figure of 1984 words here on SS...but 2027 words in MS Works Word Processor...
Quote by ladysharon
Alan, I see my cat is playing with your dog once again.


You like that, eh? I just saw this posted over on FB and found it amusing...

Quote by Sherzahd
Oh I need to have a look at this one, seems right up my proverbial alley...


You really have a proverbial alley? I'm impressed...
Quote by Milik_the_Red

Yeah, I can do death and sadness. I hope you're happy Alan!



Damn Milik...I needed a drink after reading that one...come to think of it, I needed a drink before as well...

Ahhh...never mind...
Quote by Rumple_deWriter


Good thread, Lisa. It'll be interesting to see the responses.



I think I've seen something along these lines on another rather famous site...can't recall where at the moment...let me go think about it...

Quote by Demivierge


A whole lot of spam and scams and unwanted game requests and random friend requests,


I agree about the game requests, I seem to get tons of them for games I'll never play or have no clue what they're even about...btw, stop using up all the emoticons...we'll have to start charging you for them...

And I hope that darn white cat is staying out of trouble...
Quote by Demivierge
Water again =(


Water? What are you washing the mug???

Coffee...with French Vanilla creamer...as usual...