A couple of weeks ago, I found a new blog. New to me—but not to lots of other folks. It is the brainchild of Andrea Hurst of Andrea Hurst & Associates and supported by the talented writer and blogger Katie Flanagan. What I love about Andrea’s blog is that it melds the literary agent’s view…
We have all been there before. We sit down at the keyboard, poised to crank out today’s blog post. We stare at the screen, willing the words to come. We type a bunch of garbage, in hopes that the good stuff will eventually spill out. We fidget. We frown. We try some more. But the…
This week, a guest post by Bob Dunn, AKA @bobwp. I think he’s been living around a writer for too long because he’s into those metaphor and analogy things. Learn how to spice up your blog so it’s a comfortable and inviting house your readers won’t want to leave. 6 Interior Design Tips to Make…
Please give a warm welcome to Krissy Brady, the first guest blogger on the Cat’s Eye blog in 2012. I met Krissy when she began reading and commenting here. I checked out her blog and was impressed by the resources she so freely offers to writers. I encourage you to visit her blog. And if…
Once, before the world was nichified, before online bios—or online anything—existed, I had eight different résumés. I was a freelance writer and my skills and experience were all over the place, so I needed to separate them to appeal to each of my audiences. My husband Bob suspected I had multiple personality disorder, but, actually,…
In my tenth year of teaching, I learned a lesson that forever changed the way I look at people, their abilities and, in particular, my own capacity to produce great things. As a writer, I have revisited this discovery time and time again. For reasons unknown to me at the time, I was recruited to…
When I think about my vision for the Cat’s Eye blog, I usually think of two words: community and inclusive. I care about and appreciate my lurkers just as much as my active commenters. Some people just want to get the information and run. Others like the back and forth and new friendships made with…
Where did it start? Who was the one who first put the apostrophe in where it didn’t belong? Was it some bartender who innocently printed Tequila Tuesday’s on the specials board one day? Or maybe it was the appliance store that advertised Used Refrigerator’s and Washing Machine’s.
The other day, I unfollowed someone on Twitter. At first glance, we appeared to have lots in common. He’s a writer, I’m a writer. I thought I could learn some new things from him. But then election season hit. It isn’t that I don’t like hearing opposing views. I have several friends on Twitter with…
Last year about this time (okay, it was in December), I made a public decision. I announced it over at my other blogging home, For Bloggers, By Bloggers. I don’t know about you, but I can weasel out of commitments to myself quite easily. But when I tell someone else I’m going to do something,…
Facebook rolled out their new features last week—timeline, social graph and more—and users had a lot to say.(Isn’t it interesting that fans of Facebook and people addicted to controlled substances are both called users?) Whether you are a Facebook evangelist, a skeptic or you are in a schizophrenic love-hate relationship (that’s me), you likely have…
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