If you, too, can't resist fairytales, I would like to share some thoughts on Cinderella  (online at Scene4 Magazine).

 

One look at women’s feet on the sidewalk, or, if that’s too far down, at any shoe store, and you know Cinderella is alive and well -- as much today as she was once upon a time.…

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Inspired by Dane Golden's guest post on YouTube videos, I have begun a new series of YouTube videos, the second of which answers the question "Should all authors (published or not) blog?" Check out the video below for my answer. Also, one announcement: Litquake, San Francisco's literary conference, is introducing Digi.lit, a one-day digital publishing conference that will take…

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For those of you who were intimidated by the thought of marketing yourself on YouTube, here’s a video tool for you.Vine, Twitter’s new social media video app, allows you to make short videos on your computer or mobile device and easily upload them to your Vine, Twitter, and Facebook accounts. The catch? The videos are limited to…

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Today I'd like to welcome guest blogger Dane Golden of Hey.com, who is here to talk about how writers can use YouTube to build their author platforms.…

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Curiosity didn't kill the cat. I think it made its life richer, more interesting, adventurous, and possibly even longer than it would have been. Why? Yesterday, we were talking about the power of questions. And when you label the fire that motivates questioning, you find...

CURIOSITY.…

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I'll do the transcription a bit differently today. Those of you who are guitar players are in luck!



G G/F# Em

Look at me

A

Who am I supposed to be?

A

Who am I supposed to be?



G G/F# Em

Look at me

A

What am I supposed to be?

A D

What am I supposed to be?



C C/B Am Am7

Look at me

D Em

Oh, my love

D Em

Oh, my love



G G/F# Em

Here I… Continue

Spending today catching up on e-mails and nibbling away at a few flash fiction pieces. Found this great video on YouTube and wanted to pass it… Continue

My fifteen year old daughter turned me on to Meekakitty. She is so unabashedly geeky cool, she recently won a huge prize on YouTube. And not surprising. The girl is entertaining. She's an explorer, vid maven and awfully verbose. She sometimes splits herself in two, enters into outloud debate with her own opinions and observations and doesn't mind taking screen risks. Look out Tina, Ellen, this is Next Generation in… Continue