tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77924779276907563512011-07-07T21:08:42.471-04:00Raiscara Avalonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792477927690756351.post-45395429240922755722009-07-16T17:49:00.001-04:002009-07-16T17:49:42.562-04:002009-07-16T17:49:42.562-04:00<div class="zemanta-img" style="display: block; float: right; margin: 1em; width: 250px" jquery1247780427202="390"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49734147@N00/3440487737"><img style="border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; display: block; border-left: medium none; border-bottom: medium none" height="180" alt="Dylan is my Twitter Ghost Writer" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3440487737_68f3569a09_m.jpg" width="240" /></a> <p class="zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size: 0.8em">Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49734147@N00/3440487737">imjustcreative</a> via Flickr</p> </div> <p>Am I the only writer who sometimes feels like I’m the only one NOT writing?&#160; Watching Twitter is an exercise in depression, especially when it seems like you are the only one having a problem coming up with article ideas.&#160; Maybe its not the ideas that are the issue.</p> <p>I honestly can’t say that I don’t have IDEAS, since I am writing, and I do have ideas, lists of them in fact.&#160; Just none seem particularly viable.&#160; My creativity is at an all time low…sadly, that also means that my income is at an all time low.&#160; I just can’t break through the curse of perfectionism, especially when it comes to writing for someone to actually pay me for it.&#160; That must be perfect, cover everything, no typos, no run ons or grammatical mistakes…etc.</p> <p>Oh the pressure. Is perfectionism a curse for all writers?</p> <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:8c1c4090-8383-4887-a2e1-ab42efac741d" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Writing" rel="tag">Writing</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Articles" rel="tag">Articles</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Writing+For+Pay" rel="tag">Writing For Pay</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Perfectionism" rel="tag">Perfectionism</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></div> <p></p> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/7098723d-b08b-4808-8240-d5c9329ee916/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" style="border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; float: right; border-left: medium none; border-bottom: medium none" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=7098723d-b08b-4808-8240-d5c9329ee916" /></a></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7792477927690756351-4539542924092275572?l=cryptic-expressions.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrypticExpressions/~4/PxSUYgQ-bdo" height="1" width="1"/>Raiscara Avalonnoreply@blogger.com1http://cryptic-expressions.blogspot.com/2009/07/perfect-writing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792477927690756351.post-86939280557584285222009-07-15T22:57:00.001-04:002009-07-15T22:57:44.140-04:002009-07-15T22:57:44.140-04:00<p>I have some journals that I created using Cafepress.&#160; They are my own original photographs, and I like Cafepress better then going to Kinko’s or some book binder.&#160; This way there’s a paper choice!</p> <p>Cloudy Sky Journal:</p> <p><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/raiscarasphotos.390170871" target="_blank"><img title="390170871v4_350x350_Front" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="390170871v4_350x350_Front" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5APIkH5AjSY/Sl6XImmse2I/AAAAAAAAABU/_DdYs0fyLQk/390170871v4_350x350_Front%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Submerged Rocks Journal:</p> <p><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/submergedrocks.390379646" target="_blank"><img title="390379646v2_350x350_Front" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="390379646v2_350x350_Front" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_5APIkH5AjSY/Sl6XJA7u2KI/AAAAAAAAABY/t7ARMs7UImQ/390379646v2_350x350_Front%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Sea Spray Journal:</p> <p><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/oceanphotos.397701286" target="_blank"><img title="397701286v7_350x350_Front" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="397701286v7_350x350_Front" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5APIkH5AjSY/Sl6XJ5dgc1I/AAAAAAAAABk/q6O8XrOZTP0/397701286v7_350x350_Front%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Each picture brings you directly to the product page where you can choose blank or lined paper and read up a bit more on the journals.&#160; Each link opens in a new window.</p> <p>What do you think?&#160; Like em or hate em?</p> <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e65efc7a-81c6-4a6d-a5f7-7ac053e9d4e1" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Photographs" rel="tag">Photographs</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Journals" rel="tag">Journals</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Unique+Journals" rel="tag">Unique Journals</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Custom+Journals" rel="tag">Custom Journals</a></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7792477927690756351-8693928055758428522?l=cryptic-expressions.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrypticExpressions/~4/lNdMeFWfmOM" height="1" width="1"/>Raiscara Avalonnoreply@blogger.com5http://cryptic-expressions.blogspot.com/2009/07/creative-journals.html