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Can you say “sidetracked?”

Loosely Speaking

Or I could share my heartfelt excitement over working into the wee hours, creating homespun (handknit) holiday gifts. Whatever the explanation, I acknowledge that I abandoned ship on my blog and social media participation for a month, and that all the reasons are related to living this life, in the best way I know how, in times like these.

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Don't Be an Introvert Writer | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Just like plants need wind to grow, writers need some reassurance that they are not just going at it alone each time they sit at the keyboard. Many writers—as half of our population-at-large and 60% of gifted kids—are introverts. Can you sense a little “does that count for my ‘socialization’ time&# here? (Can

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Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

I feel the gift of speech need to be leveraged. Alasdair McGregor: how to write non-fiction well Reply poch January 4, 2010 at 6:23 am This post reminded me of a wise advice from a site: Anticipate and watch social media trends. Poch – What’s funny is that I’ve never watched any social media trends at all.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Ulrich ( @maryeulrich ) December 14, 2009 at 7:29 am Last week I listened to Dan Zarrella talk about the science of social media. Going back to school was the best gift I could give myself. Excellent, excellent. However, I took many courses and classes in small business management and they helped shape what I am today.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

Many people take advantage of that openness on another level, which is to say we’ve all had trouble with copyright law and keeping our work our own. How do you deal with copyright infringements and people stealing your work? Social responsibility, social media – can’t I just run my business how I used to?

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