Magical Memoir Moments
Thriving in Leadership: One of the Best Ways Ever to Write a Book
Since leadership is not the subject of this blog, I haven’t told you yet about a great leadership book writing project I’ve been part of. Now, however, the book is being published, so I want to focus on a part of the experience that is relevant to this blog — the writing process. Like all…
350 Posts! Can You Believe It?
The end of July and the first half of August are always celebration times in our family. We celebrate three birthdays and a wedding anniversary in the span of eighteen days. Four years ago, my son Anthony delighted me with the birthday gift of setting up a WordPress blog for me. The blog today has…
Going to Chris Guillebeau's World-Class Book Launch: The Art of Nonconformity
This is just a note to let you know that I plan to attend a New York City book launch for Chris Guillebeau’s new book The $100 Start Up tonight. He calls his tour the world’s first seven continent book tour. I found Chris’s website over a year ago because of one of his fans…
Using Twitter Strategically: It's All About Making Meaningful Connections
Two weeks ago I wrote about balancing two kinds of writing — memoir and social media (Facebook and Twitter). Kathleen Pooler wrote a comment on that post, which prompted my invitation to her to share what she has learned about Twitter. I tend to use Facebook more than Twitter, but I see the advantages of Twitter when…
How to Balance Writing with Facebook, Blogging, and Twitter
While I draft memoir chapters about growing up Mennonite, I am also writing to you, the friends of this blog, and to others on my facebook page and twitter feed. Is it worth it to spend my time this way? Sometimes I wonder. A few weeks ago, I was asked by a friend of this…