Part Two - Turn Your Blog into a Book

A few days ago, I posted Part One from lifehacker.com ...

Here's the link to Part Two - Turn Your Blog into a Book.

It certainly looks like a lot of work, organizing a system like this, as I know some of us are not that anal, but hey ... it will get you to think about some kind of structure, won't it? (Personally, I'm a fan of 3-ring notebooks with dividers for chapters ... but whatever works.)

Congrats to Gina Trapani for putting this together...and thanks for sharing your process with us.

Creative Hacks - Podcasts

I find myself feeling more and more like a giant sheet of elastic, being pulled in all directions at once ... should I read this article or watch this video or listen to this podcast series or read this great new book ... all in an effort to satisfy my hunger to know more about what's going on in the field of creativity. As frustrating as it is (I mean, there only so many hours in a day, right?) I'm grateful for all the choices.

People often ask me if/how I'm enjoying my iPod ... and I tell them I wish I had time to listen more to my favorite songs, but I really use it more often for things like this ... a brand new series addressing the creative process from various points of view:

creativehacks.com

Enjoy!

Songwriters Coop Jan.18th - John Braheny

UPCOMING EVENT:

My husband, John Braheny, songwriter consultant, teacher, and author of the brand new 3rd Edition of his best-selling book, The Craft and Business of Songwriting, will be the featured guest at the Songwriters Co-Op monthly meeting on:

Thursday, January 18th
7:30 PM
At Dr. Music (music instrument store)
1812 W. Colorado Blvd, Eagle Rock (near 134 & 2 Freeways), California.
Map

Host, Alex Del Zoppo, will interview John plus John will critique your songs. Minimum donation for the event: $5.




Enjoy!

How to Make a Folded-Paper CD Case

Sorry I didn't get this one to you before the holidays, however I'm sure it will come in handy for other special occasions ... especially if you go to a good art store to buy some of those jazzy hand-made papers? (See that they don't scratch the CD.)

Step-by-Step ...
How to Make a Folded-Paper CD Case!

Better for the environment too!

Enjoy!

Turn Your Blog into a Book

Having been an avid writer ever since I learned to type at age 14, (mostly long letters, stories, and some non-fiction)...I've always identified with others who are as passionate about writing as I am...

My curiosity drove me to research some evidence of man's earliest writing and, of course, I found a book about it (probably one of many):

"Archaic Bookkeeping brings together the most current scholarship on the earliest true writing system in human history. Invented by the Babylonians at the end of the fourth millennium B.C., this script, called proto-cuneiform..."

Just think if the Babylonians knew about blogs!

And if you haven't heard, there are publishers today who are searching through our blogs to see who might qualify to turn their blog into a book. Talk about win-win!

Take a look at this excellent article from Lifehacker.com, Turn Your Blog into a Book to help demystify the process...

Good luck!

Place the States - Quick Game for You

Here's a quick one for you ... it's not as easy as it looks.

Place the States in their rightful spots on the map.
Great exercise for your right/left brain(s) and all parts inbetween.

sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html