It has been a while since I visited She Writes. I had a not-so-positive experience with the Titles discussion. It kind of turned me off to the site. The responder was quite harsh in commenting on my title, despite a return comment explaining why I had chosen it. It was not the criticism but the tone. She basically said she would not buy a book with that title.

 

Despite this, I have chosen to keep the title (for now, at least) and re-join this community of women writers.…

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Too often, I've allowed personal and work responsibilities push my writing to third place. At the start of this year, I made a commitment to do something about reordering my priorities; consequently, I now devote the hours between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. to writing. So far, it's working, and I feel good about my progress.

 

For the second year, I've posted a "2011 Projects" board on my bedroom wall to keep me on track. 

 

After reading Rebecca Rodskog's…

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I love technology and its myriad opportunities for outreach to various online communities.



I am on Facebook, MySpace, SheWrites (of course), Twitter, Blogger etc. Nonetheless, I admit that I don't have a clue about how to effectively market my blog and an upcoming website "Inside/Out"(for families of inmates).



A fellow writer, whose expertise is travel writing, has used Twitter to effectively attract followers for her blog, market herself, meet publishers and editors, and… Continue

Books, writing and language are my lifelong passions.



In my thirties--while married and raising four children--I enrolled in college. Despite urgings to earn a degree in teaching or nursing, I chose to study journalism at The City College of New York, a tuition- free institution at that time. I was the oldest student in my classes.



One summer, I snagged an internship at Newsweek that provided my first contact with professional journalists.



Prior to this,… Continue