Comments and Questions

Guest Post

I have a guest post running today over at A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye. My article, Your Competition Stinks – Isn’t it Great!, covers many of the blindingly stupid mistakes people make when they apply for a freelance position. It is the first of my reciprocal guest posts that I am writing to thank the people who helped me out last June when I went on vacation. I’ve been a little slow about getting to these and for that I apologize. My day job has kept me very busy lately, and it has been a real challenge just to keep up with my daily posts. I am trying to pick up the pace though.

30 Days of Poetry

Last September I ran a series called 30 Poems in 30 Days. It was a lot of work but also a lot of fun. I am considering do it again this year, but I want to see what the level of interest is. I haven’t focused on poetry for a while, so I don’t know how many people in the community are interested in poetry or in a project like that. I feel like I need at least ten willing victims (I mean participants) to make this a fun event. This leads to some questions:

• How many of you would like to see that series run?
• How many of you would participate by posting a poem a day (or at least trying to) using my prompts?
• I am leaning toward writing about poetry in forms this time around. Do you love or hate that idea?
• Would anyone be interested in guest posting for the series?

The Olympics… on NBC!!!

NBC, I know this is futile, but I have three requests:

• Please remove the following words from your broadcasts: mother, father, mom, dad, inspirational, any phrase with “heart” in it except “heart rate”, awe inspiring, tragic, dream, overcome, journey, magical, scrappy, sacrifice and proud.
• I want to see the best. In many events, that means Americans, but in just as many events that means someone else. I want to know more about the best athletes in the world, and I don’t care where they come from.
• No more fake fireworks!

Update

Here are some more words and phrases NBC can drop: unlikely, Superman, rising star, dejected, catch lightening in a bottle