I’ve become quite the delinquent blogger. How did that happen? The next couple of weeks will continue to be quiet for me (bloggingly speaking) as I settle into my new role at work. The honeymoon period is over and I am beginning to understand the beast I have taken on. Don’t you just love it [...]

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Talk about speedy! I submitted my article query via e-mail only yesterday (see yesterday’s post for details of that effort) and have already received a response. They liked my idea and want to publish my article! The editor said my topic “addresses an all-too-often overlooked professional practice.” I didn’t even know editors worked on Sundays [...]

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I’ve had an ambition of getting professionally published for a long time, and today I took my first very small baby step toward doing something about it. I just submitted a query letter to an e-learning journal that I’d like to write an article for. It has taken me the entire day to outline the [...]

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I subscribe to dictionary.com’s Word of the Day, which I receive daily via e-mail. Today’s word is circumlocution, so I decided to take this opportunity to reflect on the diverse nature of my writing style, depending on what or to whom I am writing.
Dictionary.com defines circumlocution as “The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.” [...]

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This week’s writing prompt from Writer’s Digest.
Writing Prompt for 6/28/05:
You can’t wait for your class reunion so you can tell all of your old school chums about what?
My Response:
This is hilarious. My next class reunion isn’t for three years, but I’ve already told quite a few of my classmates everything there is to know, [...]

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This is the Writer’s Digest writing prompt from last week. I couldn’t make time to get around to it until now.
Writing Prompt for 6/14/05:
Write about the most interesting person you’ve talked with today.
My Response:
Since I took the week off for some much needed family time, I would have to say that the most interesting people [...]

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Now that I have started inviting people to visit this blog, I should give credit where it’s due because I did not come up with the idea on my own. I won’t mention names without permission, but you know who you are. Thanks to the person whose correspondence inspired me to write more (and who [...]

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Here’s another writing prompt that I wanted to tackle from the Writer’s Digest archives. Duh, of course I’m going for the easy ones first.
Writing Prompt:
You’re stranded in a library or bookstore for 24 hours. In what section do you spend the most time? Why?
My Response:
First of all, I could easily spend half a day or [...]

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The Writer’s Digest website gives a weekly writing prompt as an idea starter. Here’s the one for this week, with my attempted response. I’m going to try to address these here when the mood strikes. This one in particular caught my attention.
Writing Prompt for 6/7/2005:
Read through old diaries and journals to relive your memories. Nostalgia [...]

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I haven’t the foggiest idea what makes a good blog, but everyone else seems to be doing it, so I figured I’d give it a try too. Yes, I’m jumping on the bandwagon. But I’m not telling anyone. Not yet, anyway. I have to get comfortable with this idea first, and experiment with what I’m [...]

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