A blog here, a blog there

My recent blogs are at jcarlin.blog.com.

I suppose I could cut and paste and maintain both here and there, but that takes up a lot of time doesn't it?

How many blogs do you maintain?

New Submission

About to send in a 700 word fiction to a local magazine for possible publication. I usually write in first person based on nonfiction experiences. It's a habit that my fiction was also in first person. After the fourth reading, I changed POV to third person. The change seemed to read better. One more reading, and I'll send it out.

Blog change

I'm blogging at http://jcarlin.blog.com for general writing and painting.

This blog site is for autobiography, but I'm heading off to other avenues. I may return here, but as blogging goes, we'll see.

More writing

Since November of 2008, I've experienced more impulses to write in various modes. At the moment, I'm preparing a screenplay for a workshop I'm attending.

Never having done one before, it's a challenge but increases my experience as a writer.

Blog in the fog

I admit that blogging is vague to me, but I'm gradually getting to know what to do with it. Most importantly, readers need to know how to find my blog. So I'm working on making it easier for everyone...especially me. Therefore, I will be changing my blog address once again. This time, look for it at:

http://jackiepiascarlin.maui.net/.

New blog place

I've switched my blog to myadvertiser.com under the name "mauiwriter". See you there.

Warm Up

Whenever I begin to write, it takes a few minutes to warm up. My thoughts don’t flow well until I’ve jotted down a few paragraphs of nonsense or disconnected ideas.

It’s difficult to concentrate on any idea when you’re staring at that computer expecting the words to appear by themselves. The best thing to do is to start typing…anything.

Allow the words to flow, whether or not they make any sense. Turn off that little critic in your mind that says that every line has to be perfect. Trust your own desires. You’ll soon realize that what you initially wrote develops into something else entirely.

Soon enough, the words come out faster and the first page becomes the third before you know it.