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DON’T CARE, OR CARE, THERE IS NO TRY

If you don’t care about something, stay off the soapbox. Save your big talk for something you care about, we’ll figure out the rest. Once you’ve been around the block a few times it gets easier to care than not care. Why, you ask?

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS WINDOW ON BOOMERPDX

Contributing writers on this blog start in comments. I invite people to leave comments. If you have an opinion on a post, leave a comment. When you have more feelings than a comment can hold, think about being a contributing writer. Here’s the deal:

BOOK HISTORY: LIVE IT THEN WRITE IT

Book history could be about the printing press, except books existed before the printing press. Just not as many, and not all in Europe.

PERSONAL IDENTITY BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA POST

Meeting new people who roll out their personal identity is a thrill when it works out. I’ve learned so much by listening. (No matter what people who know me say, I do listen, just not to them.) An American family tradition, maybe your family tradition, is being kind to strangers, of giving others the benefit […]

BLOG TRAFFIC: CLICK THROUGH READER CAN’T GET NO SATISFACTION

    Does blog traffic show up unexpected? What makes readers stay and look around once they do find you on accident?   First, it’s not an accident. At least blog traffic shouldn’t be accidental. That’s why we buy and install Genesis framework on a wordpress platform with a News theme from Studio Press.   […]

3 WAYS TO USE A BLOG POST ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS

You’ve heard about blogs? Bloggers? Blogging? If you own a business and don’t promote it in social media, current thought says you need to start. SEO people say start with them. Web design professionals say don’t forget about us. If you’ve done that, and are happy with the results, you’re caught up. If not, you […]

NW Boomer Writing Process

If you know the alphabet, you know how to write. At least that’s what non-writers think. It used to take spelling skills before auto-correct. There are a few other technical details, but more on that later. This writer uses what he learned in screenwriter’s school. Local teacher and writer Cynthia Whitcomb uses her experience and success to inspire […]