Writing & Publishing

I'm actually very happy about this!

Maybe I shouldn't be...but I am. I'm single and dating online and I've just gotten six months FREE from Match.com. I did this by NOT finding my soul mate in the last six months. So why am I so happy? Should I be? Can a dating site guarantee that you'll meet your love? Or can they only guarantee that you'll get out there and keep meeting new people? OH...the burning questions to discuss.

  • Planted: 1st Sep

The Top-10 "Non-Words" for 2010...

You may have recently heard that the Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) each year, recently announced the new batch of 2,000 words that have been added to its current edition.

  • Planted: 30th Aug
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 6 days 14 hours

Why Do So Many Blogs Fail?

If you think about blogging, and the reasons why people give it up, you can start to see that blogging is really a community thing and without community, it starts to get pointless, lonely, and feels like a waste of time.

This is the same for both business and personal blogs.

This topic generated a lot of interest on my blog and it's a great one to get people talking. Suggestions for developing the conversation:

  • Planted: 27th Aug
  • Buzzed: 2 times in 1 week 3 days
  • Invites: 2 members are inviting Guest Posts on this seed

SeededBuzz, Blog Contests, Winners & SEO

Initially I passed on this contest.  I didn't think I had a thing to write that would interest anyone.  Imagine my surprise when I realized just how much I was really getting out of this blogging site!

  • Planted: 3rd Sep

Why "Fake It 'til You Make It" Is Bad For Your Business - And What To Do Instead

Too many people are taking the idea of "fake it 'til you make it" to extremes, and doing harm to themselves and others along the way.  Is it time to reconsider the wisdom of this philosophy? And is there an alternative to "faking it"?  Join in the debate at the Motivation 101 Blog!

  • Planted: 27th Aug
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 1 week 3 days

Free & Paid Book Reviews

How to get FREE books!!  If you are like me, someone that likes to read, then having an opportunity to get books for free is a huge plus.  If in addition to expanding your library you get another topic to blog and talk about, well that's an even better added bonus isn't it?

I talk about how to get free books and why you would want to do it also how and what you should write in your review.

  • Planted: 3rd Sep

What Does It Mean to Be A Social Media Guru?

In the context of a recent spate of posts about social media experts and their titles, I explain the name of my blog and try to give some rationale for why I chose the title "Social Media Wannabe."

I'd love to get feedback on the whole phenomena of social media experts and will be looking foward to checking out others talking about the same subject.

  • Planted: 3rd Sep

An EPL machete is on order

Eat, Pray, Love means many things to many people. I have had my issues with the book, which I have written about before. Just as I was ready to put up my EPL critiquing pen, I read an article on The Daily Beast that got me going all over again. The book has taken on a life of its own--one that includes EPL pasta bowls, and teas from each region that will bring you peace and serenity. Or so they say.

  • Planted: 2nd Sep

Follow Me, Follow Me Not...

If you follow me and have a blog, chances are I follow you back and try hard to comment on posts that you make... because I love knowing more about you, keeping up with recipes, your kids, the family drama, the pets etc... and I also try to enter your giveaways and contests when it's a product or service that I could really use... I also am one of those people who actually read product and book reviews regularly - because I know that honest, well thought out opinions will help me be a better consumer and a better shopper...

  • Planted: 4th Sep

U.S. Wasting Our Money

Our government has spent $50 billion in reconstruction, and according to more than 300 different audits, $5 billion of the $50 billion has been wasted on projects that have either been abandoned, unused, or completely left empty and unutilized. We, as citizens, and voters, should be outraged, and should really make sure that this kind of thing stops happening.

  • Planted: 30th Aug

Why I'm Not Impressed by Your Traffic Numbers, Bubba!

Getting tons of traffic to your blog is tempting. But is it the right traffic?

Excerpt from the post is below. Much more available at the original URL. I'd love to see some unique takes on this topic! Cheers, Tia

  • Planted: 29th Aug

Poetic License or Self-Indulgence?

I love writing poetry. Sometimes the ideas and words form sultry webs in my mind for me to unravel and put back together again for others to understand. For me, that is the key to my poetry. My thoughts, though tangled they may be for a time, must ultimately be understood by others for it to have value and meaning.

  • Planted: 5th Sep

A juxtaposition of lives and... avoiding the trappings of cliche.

I like how moments that can seem harried and terrible at the time - in retrospect, can seem so perfect and pure (remember late night feedings with babies - the ballet recital or Christmas pageant during which the camera broke and your kid didn't sing or smile the whole time? Priceless, right?). So... in that vein - that non-cliched, "here's an unusual / direct way to tell a story or make a point" way, I have posted some bittersweet snippets of my life - dinner alone with my little ones - not a true adult conversation in sight - for days sometimes!

  • Planted: 4th Sep

Movie Review: SherryBaby (2006)

Sherry (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a theif and drug addict.  She spent the last three years away from her young daughter and wants her back.  Sherry soon realizes this will be the hardest thing she eve had to do.  SherryBaby is a poignant film about life's intimate tragedies and the terrible struggle to overcome them.

  • Planted: 31st Aug

The Who, What, Where, Why and How of Blogging.

Ever stop to ask yourself these simple questions when your blogging?  Maybe your a newbie who has considered writing a blog, but didn't really know where to start?  This blog will get you started, and help more experienced bloggers evaluate themselves.

  • Planted: 25th Aug
  • Invites: 1 member is inviting Guest Posts on this seed

Did you really just say that? Taking the oops out of social media.

Know you need to utilize social media for business or personal use and just not sure where to start?  This blog is about sharing usable information to help you navigate your way through social media.  This specific blog post is part 1 of a series on online conduct.  Online conduct being the way you or someone on behalf of a company should act and react when using social media.  Getting down to basic, almost common sense topics,  the blog is designed to help beginners and give experts a new viewpoint and a few tips they might not otherwise have known.

  • Planted: 24th Aug
  • Buzzed: 1 time in 1 week 5 days
  • Invites: 1 member is inviting Guest Posts on this seed

My August Moon Full Moon Dream Board

This month has been about making huge sweeping changes in my life...this dreamboard represents what I want, where I want to go, where I am going...even if I am only now catching a clue as to how I am going to get there.  At least I am moving and progressing.  At least I can say on some level I get it now.

 

  • Planted: 25th Aug

Holy Humanity!

After this month’s monsoon season submerged one-fifth of Pakistan under water,  I began to wonder if maybe we’ve got it backwards...it seemed apparently the best way to help those who have suffered is to drop as much cash as possible into the humanitarian collection plate every time it’s passed around... http://dkkingwriter.blogspot.com/

  • Planted: 24th Aug

What Has Blogging Taught You?

A few of the things I've learned while blogging: 

       •You can find friends in the most unlikely of places.

Sometimes it takes documentation for me to recognize my blessings. And my growth.

Not only can I learn new things in my 30s, but I can learn them well enough to teach others.

  • Planted: 9th Apr
  • Buzzed: 11 times in 21 weeks 2 days
  • Invites: 5 members are inviting Guest Posts on this seed

the art & business of crafting your online self

how do you communicate the “essence of you” online? your online identity becomes the sum total of the information you share online. sharing information, forming relationships, and allowing your personality to show through creates an interesting & authoritative online persona that can truly market your business and grow your network.

  • Planted: 11th Mar
  • Buzzed: 9 times in 25 weeks 3 days
  • Invites: 2 members are inviting Guest Posts on this seed

what are your six-words?

I’m a big fan of NPR … National Public Radio.  I consider time spent listening to NPR is my time to become enlightened, educated and entertained (not always in that order).  Today was no exception.

  • Planted: 28th Feb
  • Buzzed: 7 times in 27 weeks 1 day

Thou shalt not swear, or do you?

Swearing on blogs, do you or don't you? I was curious on the subject myself, since being a ''Mom Blogger'' I was supposed to adhere to a whole set of standards. Which I pretty much disregard anyway. My post was entitled Thou shalt not swear and was aimed at the Mom blogging community in general about the standards we are sometimes expected to meet.

  • Planted: 11th Feb
  • Buzzed: 6 times in 29 weeks 4 days
  • Invites: 4 members are inviting Guest Posts on this seed

What is your favourite quote from a novel of all time?

 A hard question to answer, I know!  But let’s get a collection going, I am eagerly anticipating to hear yours, and I think that this could make for a really amazing and original project - not your average " classic famous quotes collection", but an expression of our uniqueness as writers and readers.  If you’ve got a tie (or two, or three…) feel free to post them all!  If it's a success, other fabulous collections of lines from poetry or song lyrics could come next, on your blog or mine.

I'm starting things out with:

  • Planted: 6th Aug
  • Buzzed: 5 times in 4 weeks 3 days

Where does your Creativity come from?

What is creativity?  Where does its magical flow come from?  I think back to times in my life where I have felt the most creative.  Without blinking I know it is when I am driving. On a six hour drive from Midland to Ft. Worth streams of ideas flow through me.  By the end of the drive I am as exhausted from the creating that has consumed me.  For most of my life I believed it was the magic of Midland, or the west Texas roads that go on forever and take my mind with them. 

  • Planted: 26th Jun
  • Buzzed: 5 times in 10 weeks 2 days
  • Invites: 2 members are inviting Guest Posts on this seed

(Un)Social Networking

A review of the impact of social networking on communication and conversation between members of the general public. It considers the mass and wealth of information that is placed on websites such as Facebook and Twitter whilst it concedes the usefulness of the technology for promoting stronger relationships between distancing parties.

  • Planted: 9th Mar
  • Buzzed: 5 times in 25 weeks 5 days