tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257253776624118041Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:56:01 +0000exercisefacebookmother's daypolitical campaignmediawalkingendorphinsmagazineInternetteenageaccountablecongresssonMyspacegoalsgratitudegoalrejectionpressblogcongressional recordwritersfinancialjobPRsocial networkingaspirationsBarneyinterviewingDownwinderstwittersiblingresourcejournalistsmotherWashington PressTomagotchisapathymarketsPresident Obamawritingjournalismhttp://bottlesandbylines.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Tracie)Blogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257253776624118041.post-386237435629432130Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:46:00 +00002009-02-03T21:01:26.712-07:00MyspacebloggoalsfacebooktwitterPresident Obamagoalmediapressjournalismsocial networkingjournalistsresourceWashington PressInternetPRaccountableI know I know – it’s been months since I’ve updated this blog. Here’s the thing. This is the first blog I’ve ever had and when I created it I had no idea the power of social networking. I hadn’t yet joined twitter and other than MySpace, which I only knew about through my children, I wasn’t familiar with any other blogging site. In fact, I really created this page as just a, “well I’ll blog if I http://bottlesandbylines.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-mission.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257253776624118041.post-8591352869526615974Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:31:00 +00002008-07-13T01:33:09.695-06:00financialgoalsapathywalkingexercisemagazineendorphinswritingI have really been lacking motivation lately and I'm not sure what's going on. I just haven't felt like doing any writing except of course on Twitter. I just want to sleep. I told myself I would update my blog at least once a week and I haven't even done that. Here's the thing a few weeks ago I had a little financial setback when one of the magazines I write for hired a full-time editor and http://bottlesandbylines.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-commitments.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracie)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257253776624118041.post-7845117317535305559Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:51:00 +00002008-06-12T17:02:49.195-06:00writersjournalismcongressional recordinterviewingDownwinderscongresspolitical campaignmarketsOkay, I managed to leave a couple of comments on web sites today, updated my twitter, sent some emails and took the time to actually post another blog the day after I wrote the last one. Yeah!It may not be much but it's proof to me I can actually break out of my cyber shell. One particular email I sent today was to C. Hope Clark, the owner of http://www.fundsforwriters.com/ Hope is absolutely an http://bottlesandbylines.blogspot.com/2008/06/im-making-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257253776624118041.post-6661493667964870489Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:07:00 +00002008-06-01T19:07:11.118-06:00rejectionblogaspirationstwitterInternetgoalwritingOkay I've decided the blog world is just really strange to me and I feel awkward here. I also feel insecure socially networking with people in cyber-space. I don't know why but it's almost like back in high school and I'm the pimple-face kid who likes a boy yet can't bring myself to talk to him in fear he won't like me back.I'm not normally insecure. Nor am I one to hesitate introducing myself tohttp://bottlesandbylines.blogspot.com/2008/05/strange-as-it-is-i-feel-weird-blogging.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257253776624118041.post-201575058067293352Mon, 12 May 2008 04:29:00 +00002008-05-11T22:31:24.610-06:00teenagesiblingBarneymother's daygratitudeTomagotchisjobwritingmothersonIt's the end of the day and after writing and conducting interviews for more than eight hours, I finally hang up the phone and shut down the computer. It's time to retire for the night.But. . . as I look around me I'm reminded I have yet another job to attend to. My shift ended at one job but now I have yet another I need to go to. And by the looks of it, I should have probably clocked in for http://bottlesandbylines.blogspot.com/2008/05/tribute-to-my-children-on-mothers-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tracie)1