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Category Archives: Writing
Playing Games with Haiku Horizons #245
I have missed writing haiku. Every Tuesday at my Montclair Writers Support Group, each person introduces themselves and talks about writing struggles and goals. I tweak my intro every week, but it always contains “award-winning writer,” “author,” “memoir,” blah blah … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog hops, coffee, games, haiku, Haiku Horizons, Montclair Write Group, poet, poetry, Starbucks, writer, writing, Yahtzee
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The Pledge of Allegiance written in emoji
In honor of July 4th, I wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in emoji. Emoji has taken over our world. My number one text image is the smiley kissey face. If you ever wondered how the Pledge of Allegiance would read as … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, Writing
Tagged author, emoji, social media, writer, writing
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How I almost lost my blog
Welcome. I almost lost this blog. For a number of reasons, I lost my domain name “dwhirsch.com.” If you click there now, you can buy shoes online. Don’t! Boycott shoes! What’s even more insulting is that the site has nothing … Continue reading
Happy anti-New Year! Words, focus and remembering January
How are your New Year Resolutions coming along? If you still remember even one of them, that’s not a bad way to start Monday, July 1, 2019. January 1st was a day filled with promise and goals and plans for … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, change, experience, holiday, life, love, Michigan, New Jersey, New Year's, social media, writer, writing
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Reading Challenges: good or bad?
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”~Thomas Jefferson, American president How sad it is that we as a society make even the joy of reading a massive social media event? There are gazumerous reading challenges out there. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged author, books, experience, Goodreads, love, reading, science fiction, social media, Star Trek, time, writer
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November 1: An anti-NaNoWriMo post
“I own and operate a ferocious ego.”~Bill Moyers, American journalist I forgot. It didn’t matter that a friend asked to buddy me. It didn’t matter that I filled out my form and updated my info. Nope, none of that. I … Continue reading
Posted in WoW, Writing
Tagged author, experience, life, Michigan, NaNoWriMo, New Jersey, writing
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Choose your own words in haiku and adventure
“Only I can change my life; no one can do it for me.”~Carol Burnett, American actress Words and video games don’t mix. The video game Zork? is a simple game: type your actions. The puzzle in this text-only game is … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged author, Blog hops, blogging, books, experience, games, haiku, Haiku Horizons, life, love, Motown Writers Network, Pittsburgh, poetry, reading, writing
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Success in writing: Breakdown of #ROW80 Round 4 goals, Part 1 of 3
“All great achievements require time.”~Maya Angelou, American poet Round 4 goals. Writing, reading, playing and etc, Today I’m focusing on my writing. This is how I plan to break down and work on these goals, in no particular order: WRITING: … Continue reading
Posted in WoW, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, blogging, DadMemoir, eBook, experience, family, haiku, Haiku Horizons, Instagram, memoir, mommemoir, Montclair Write Group, New Jersey, poet, poetry, ROW80, social media, writing
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What motivates your? Goalsetting for #ROW80 Round 4
“The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.”~Buddha, Indian leader When do you deserve to treat yourself? I use bribery to motivate myself. If I go through emails, then I can spend time on Instagram. If I write … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged Blog hops, blogging, change, DadMemoir, eBook, experience, family, friend, games, haiku, Happy Planner, Instagram, life, memoir, mommemoir, Penn State, planner, poetry, Pokemon GO, reading, ROW80, scrapbook, social media, writing
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Land on my feet or my writing *bleep* as #ROW80 Round 3 ends
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love.”~Sophia Loren, Italian actress It seems I’ve been stuck in a lot of things lately. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Vibrant Creativity, WoW, Writing
Tagged actress, Blog hops, blogging, change, eBook, experience, Facebook, family, haiku, Haiku Horizons, Happy Planner, Instagram, life, linkedin, mommemoir, planner, poetry, ROW80, social media, Twitter, writing
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