Monthly Archives: February 2010

How Kurt Vonnegut defined social media:
connection precedes communication*

There are loads of books and gazillions of web sites and blogs on social media. You could spend the rest of your life reading about it – the data, the theories, the what-have-you. But if you really want to understand … Continue reading

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When do you post and why?

This is a quick little post that is primarily questions. For instance, if you schedule your blog posts, when do you schedule them for? I ask this because I’m in the Atlantic time zone. Many people are in the Eastern … Continue reading

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A follow-up bonus writing rule

I had a bonus rule, number #11, included in yesterday’s post, Ten off-the-cuff writing rules. I deleted it because I started trying to explain my meaning and realized it should be a separate post. Here is that rule: #11 For marketing purposes, … Continue reading

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Ten off-the-cuff writing rules

I began this list last Thursday. I finished it off Saturday morning. Surprisingly, on Saturday I also came across Ten rules for writing fiction. It seems I wasn’t alone in putting together a list. (Those writers, by the way, are … Continue reading

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Books that have influenced me

I’ve just quickly created a page of books that have influenced me. In fact, while it’s page name is “Books” the secondary headline is Books that have influenced me. It’s a short list — just five. I think of all … Continue reading

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