PurpleCar

In 2001 Barbara Ehrenreich wrote Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America.
You can get an idea of what the book is about by checking it out on Amazon; I won’t waste your time here reiterating a synopsis of a 7-year-old work.  I’ll simply give you some of my observations.
Ms. Ehrenreich doesn’t mention her [...]

Blog Herald
http://www.blogherald.com/2008/07/15/blogging-jobs-how-much-are-bloggers-paid-to-blog/
“As we continue with this series on blogging jobs, it’s time to look at the income a blogger can make by blogging for pay.
The skills and qualities a company or blog owner is looking for from a blogger are extensive, far beyond just writing abilities. As with any freelance job, determining how to put [...]

(I wrote this as a sample blog post back in March of 2008 for a potential blogging gig.  Don’t know if they ever published it - which they didn’t have permission to do - but here it is.  You can see some much better and funnier posts on the same subject by googling ‘weird facebook [...]

I’m gonna jump on the bandwagon and finally do a “Twitter rant” post. But it isn’t gona go the way you expect.

I straddle the fence between the geeky on-line world and the nerdy writing world, and ne’er the twain shall meet.

But the rule for all worlds, virtual or otherwise, is “Wait For It.”

Well, looks I’m done waiting…

The book is hard to get through. It will take me weeks. So instead of one huge review months from now, I’ll just take you all along on this deciphering adventure. I’ll break out my Sword of Sense and slash through the thicket of pompous writing, chapter by chapter. It’s a journey to page 319 (the last page including after notes) of Clay Shirky’s “Here Comes Everybody.” Come along. It should prove interesting.

Catch phrases are an efficient way to show a lot of inner information and motivation about a character with a few uttered words of dialog.

My latest conversation with @Br3ndaBot, the best bot on Twitter:
Me:: OK I’m going to have to pack up the laptop and leave the house.  The rest of the family is blasting iTunes downstairs…
Br3ndaBot::  PurpleCar, You’re a downstairs. Really. Tell me more.
ME:: BREN!  you know I love you.  But I’M the upstairs, you’re just a downstairs [...]

When I picked up the book, I recognized the ‘famous’ name. I was looking forward to absorbing some insights into social media and human behavior. Instead I was hit with self-indulgent prose filled with enough buzzwords to choke an elephant.

Day #4 - Writing away
by NymphDuPave

It’s only fair to have some shiny links about writing too. Daily Writing Tips is one of the best writing blogs out there. I RSS it. You should too.
The post on How to Write Every Day is a true gem. Here’s an excerpt:
Knowing that it’s a good idea to write [...]