Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 26, 2009, 7:17 am
In the first two years of our children’s lives we teach them how to walk and talk. For the next 16 years we tell them to “Sit down and shut up”. I love irony when it’s clever....
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 25, 2009, 10:46 am
I’ve had LiveJournal for a long time. I was happy to install a new plugin (I’ve become a plugin window shopper) today. Live Press says I can choose to publish any of my WordPress posts to ...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 25, 2009, 7:11 am
Citizen of the Month is doing The Great Interview Experiment again. Here’s how it is going to work. The first person who comments on this post, will get interviewed by me. I will read the person’...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 24, 2009, 7:47 am
I found Iva Messy while doing IComWeLeave tonight. Iva Messy: If you could be any type of animal for a day, which kind would you be? Me: I’d be a dragon. Fly around a few castles. Confuse a lo...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 24, 2009, 7:00 am
You may not be doing so well with NaNoWriMo, or NaBloPoMo or even IComWeLeave, but… you can do a thousand word post on your blog. It’s a one shot deal. Think of it as 5 groups of 200 words...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 23, 2009, 4:08 pm
It may be almost over, but did you know this is NoJoMo – November Journaling Month? Related items Starting Your Book of Shadows Authors’ Blogs Free Courses for Web Workers A Book Nook fo...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 23, 2009, 1:53 pm
I’ve been having trouble uploading graphics into my posts. It started awhile ago when I updated to another version of WordPress. I ignored it for awhile cause I wasn’t doing a lot of drawi...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 22, 2009, 4:13 pm
Look at these great book reading nooks. I’d love to have something like this. Usually, my best reading place is in my bed. But how nice would it be to have a sunny window, especially with Winter...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 22, 2009, 7:47 am
Blogging with discipline doesn’t mean you have to blog every day or that you can’t ever take a break. It means blogging regularly–whatever that means for you. It means sitting down...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 21, 2009, 5:39 am
I am a social geek/ nerd/ cave person. I know this about myself and I am okay with it. I can live with being semi- social phobic and not all that chatty in large groups of unknown people. Some would c...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 21, 2009, 3:07 am
One Minute Writer: You have 1,440 minutes in a day. Use one of them to write. Sixty seconds are on the clock, you have one minute to write about the topic/ word of the day. Daily writing prompt. Peo...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 20, 2009, 8:33 pm
Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted. – Jules Renard Related items Waiting to be Known Remember Why you Love to Write Finding Food and Water in the Laboratory Knowledge i...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 20, 2009, 6:03 pm
Copy Plain Text: A plugin for Firefox that lets you copy in plain text. Very nice! It’s experimental so still beta and you may find it does not work for you, or does not work in every case. But ...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 19, 2009, 5:29 am
My nephew, Zack, introduced me to Fail Blog. A friend gave him the book for his birthday. I noticed it on his desk and he told me about it, even let me take it home to read it this week. (I do have to...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 18, 2009, 5:57 am
One of my guilty pleasures are online games. I play several. I used to play Facebook games but I have cut back on those especially. Still, one of my favourites for a few years is BookWorm. Maybe you...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 17, 2009, 5:05 am
From my horoscope today: Release your fears and disappointments, forgiving yourself and others. It would be a good thing if we could all do this, at least once a month. I think it would be like vac...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 16, 2009, 5:43 am
Some people hide behind big words and some people are afraid of them. I can understand both. If you have ever read something like a scientific journal, a government publication about taxes, a univers...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 15, 2009, 5:32 am
Sometimes I feel like my face is a mask I can just pull off. Do you know those fancy masks created for some fancy ball in a fairy tale. They have a whole face mask, attached to a stick you hold in you...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 14, 2009, 5:25 am
Yesterday I made a post about creating new phobias. I did not make light of anyone who has phobias, we are all afraid of something. But, one of the phobias which I noticed on the list really threw me!...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 13, 2009, 2:19 pm
From Jade Walker: Writing prompt: Make up a new phobia. I found The Phobia List so you can check what is already there. A lot are taken. I think to create a new one you have to be really way far out ...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 12, 2009, 4:54 pm
IComWeLeave - November 21st to the 28th! Leave 5 comments in other blogs and return at least one of the comments given to your blog. Related items Do You Shut Down Comments on Old Posts? FTC Wants U...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 12, 2009, 5:41 am
Do you have your comment spam filter set to automatically delete any comments on older posts? While this will get rid of a lot of spam for you it also could delete some real comments. We have posts i...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 11, 2009, 5:58 am
From Chris Baty, the NaNoWriMo Newsletter: Write every day. Even if you just knock out 75 words before collapsing into bed, those 75 words will keep you connected you to your story in essential ways,...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 10, 2009, 5:39 am
The aliens have finally landed! Best of all they’re friendly. Everyone is celebrating. The aliens like family, and family values. They want everyone, all the people of Earth, to have dinner at ...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 9, 2009, 5:44 am
NaNoTweetMo – Would you want to write your 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo in Twitter? Can you imagine reformatting all of that to look like a standard manuscript? Just to get an idea of how it woul...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 8, 2009, 5:52 am
If I published all my spam comments right now I’d probably be arrested for drug trafficking. Not so long ago all the spam comments were for casinos and poker sites. Before that they were adult s...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 7, 2009, 5:52 am
Tell your story in one sentence. Be brief. Get some inspiration from the site, One Sentence. If I hadn’t made the rumballs yesterday, then eaten four of them today, I’m sure I would have ...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 6, 2009, 5:06 am
What are reasons to keep an archive on your blog? We have categories and tags. An archive may seem a bit prehistoric or overkill, especially when they aren’t search able and just sit there all s...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 5, 2009, 5:25 am
Francesca Simon wrote “Don’t Cook Cinderella” for kids. I picked the book up just for the title and the picture on the book cover. A Witch, in full black hat and gown, is holding Cin...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 4, 2009, 2:37 pm
Take the ArtWalk on Twitter. The last Tuesday of Every Month, 7:00 pm EST. Don’t forget to add the #Artwalk tag to your tweets. People who looked at this item also looked at… Very Short...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 4, 2009, 6:47 am
It’s a bit disappointing to go to a favourite blog and find they have no new updates at the time you expect them to be there. What time do you make your blog posts? Even if you don’t choo...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 3, 2009, 5:38 am
Do you have a weird thing for stick figure drawings? Me too. I think that’s the main reason I started playing KOL (Kingdom of Loathing). The humour drew me in after that and kept me playing. Onc...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 2, 2009, 6:32 am
From the StoryGirl about Writing is Work: For me, the best way to conquer that is to schedule my writing in as if it was a job, even when it isn’t.  To get dressed, turn off the TV, log off of any...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Nov 1, 2009, 5:59 am
The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your actions. Read in The Rules of Thumb blog. I like when characters in the book I’m reading are less than perfect....
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 31, 2009, 6:42 am
In the spirit of NaNoWriMo (beginning November 1st) and Halloween (today as of this posting) I bring you… I’m a Great Artist Spell from “How to Turn your Ex-Boyfriend into a Toad an...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 30, 2009, 6:10 am
Erika writes Exchange of Realities, a blog about game writing (the written part of video games). It’s a nicely nichey blog topic. But she has quite a bit of off topic posts, due to writing for a...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 30, 2009, 6:09 am
In so many TV shows and movies there is someone killed off in the first five minutes. Usually they were just in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Besides, someone has to illustrate the point that th...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 29, 2009, 6:10 am
Think up some fantasy names for characters. You don’t have to take them seriously, you never have to actually use them, just have fun creating them. Once you start, you’re going to be hook...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 28, 2009, 7:31 pm
Once upon a time I was an editor in the great Dmoz (Open Directory Project) web directory. I stayed there about ten years as an active editor. Now I am editing in the BOTW directory. I still like addi...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 28, 2009, 1:57 pm
Did you hear about Twitter Lists? I’ve set one up for WordGrrls. Still in beta so I can’t do more than set it in motion. But, later I will sort out all my followers into a group for writin...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 28, 2009, 6:30 am
WordPress plugins that I love but don’t really need. (Why limit yourself to plugins you need?) Drop Caps Plugin – Add a drop cap to the first letter of each blog post. (Makes me think of ...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 27, 2009, 6:49 am
First, take a look at the original post on Brittany’s blog – Not Your Everyday SuperGoddess. Dear Adam’s sweatshirt, Where are you? It is cold in the mornings and I miss your warmt...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 26, 2009, 6:45 am
You need to create a small 125 x 125 pixels square ad for your blog if you want to use ad networks and link exchanges like CMF Ads, Adgitize, Project Wonderful, Technorati Engage, Yahoo Publisher Netw...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 25, 2009, 4:16 pm
You can participate in #writechat on Twitter. Sunday afternoons, Eastern Standard Time. Related items WordGrrls on Twitter Lists Very Short Story Midnight Stories on Twitter Tweet #writegoal Twittas...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 25, 2009, 6:38 am
Give yourself a boost. Read over something you wrote awhile ago, years even. Maybe it’s an old journal, an old story, an old poem or something you just wrote as a rant. Find the good points. You...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 24, 2009, 7:59 am
Cooking potatoes is pretty simple and yet… you can do it with a flourish, with some extra style and you can even cook potatoes while pretending you are hosting your own cooking show. Of course, ...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 23, 2009, 7:24 am
My nephew is 14 and into the habit of pulling things apart. He doesn’t always put them back together again, which is a nuisance at times. If you need a flashlight chances are there will be some ...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 22, 2009, 7:08 am
When you’re feeling stuck, not finding anything new or interesting to write about, pick a new location to write from. The neighborhood coffee shop, the local gathering spot for breakfast, your p...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 21, 2009, 7:11 am
These days we assume people have a blog, not everyone does however. Or, some might not want to leave a link to their blog for whatever reason. (For instance, someone writing adult content might not wa...
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Laura B. posted an article on Word Grrls - Oct 20, 2009, 7:44 am
I’m watching an old Gilmore Girls show. I wish they could have kept Gilmore Girls on forever, or at least until I’m too old to know my own name any more. I have seen the final episode of T...
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