tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78610460244571521682024-09-12T03:43:14.975+02:00Musings on the Musesedmuse22http://www.blogger.com/profile/17520378460202527242noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861046024457152168.post-83440914542416598462010-03-01T19:49:00.004+02:002010-03-01T19:57:15.662+02:00

With the first two months of 2010 over it could be a good idea to revisit what you want to achieve this year. Perhaps, like me, you need some inspiration. I started to feel everything was taking a turn for the chaotic earlier this week. I even thought a good first sentence to a novel could be something like The world spiraled into chaos when it struck me that the world couldn't spiral into chaos

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I read Alvin Toffler when I don't know where the world is heading. Futurist and writer of Future Shock, The Third Wave and Power Shift, Toffler makes all the changes surrounding me make sense and gives me clear glimpses of where we're heading.Don't let the fact that Power Shift was published twenty years ago, in 1990, make you think it's not relevant. Toffler's writing in 1990 is a spot on

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Always make sure you have a number of survival to life, the universe and everything type of books within arms reach. That way you'll know if you're in serious trouble or if what you're facing is more or less normal.This week I read Adrift by Steven Callahan, first published in 1986 and printed by Ballantine Books, New York. This is the incredible story of how Callahan spent longer than two months

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I read somewhere this week that Darwin did not say that the fittest survived. He said that those who adapted the best to change survived.This makes much more sense to me than the notion of the fittest surviving. It also reminded me of how difficult it can be to deal with change when what changes is not to your advantage. Even if you are human and therefore, according to Darwin, extremely well

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Contemplating The Unlimited Nature of LifeAs mentioned in one of my previous posts I am also writing articles for Triond. Here is the most recent one. Triond only allows originally published articles so I publish it at Triond first and then provide the link on my blog. Triond placed this article on the Socyberty website in the politics category.Remember to click the 'I liked it' icon once you've

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Ever feel as if smoke is going to start bubbling from your head? In our times you probably feel as if you're suffering from information overload quite often. It's amazing how you can do so much reading you forget that at some stage you'll have to write it all into a blog post without making it look like some kind of volcanic mind explosion.So, after much searching, I still have no real answers to

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Some nights I wake up in a cold sweat after a recurring nightmare. In this dream Robert Kiyosaki first publishes his books on money, saving and investment in 2030, five years before I retire.I feel like Allison DuBois in Medium when I wake up and realize I still have a year or two to get what he's saying. My only wish is that he said it when I was twenty and not forty. Not that I would have cared

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Writers are sensitive beings, even if they hide it behind rough exteriors. They are often overwhelmed by the festive season for obvious reasons. Here I have listed some points to make it all a bit easier: Remember, blood red is only in vogue in December, that's only one month of the year. Except for February. But Valentine's Day is still far away. Notice that bloody red and think about how you

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The subject of money is never far from my mind. This is in line with the psychological principle that we often can't stop thinking about things we don’t have. Especially when all our neighbors, in fact entire neighborhoods, have things we don't have. The wanting trend is so common among humans that a spiritual law had to be created against it. This ancient law proves that even before

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Wow! Why did I write the longest review in blogging history on this book? Firstly, the author is saying something that's worth repeating. Secondly, trying to get clever with this book review will be like jumping into a bog and expecting to float around safely on a crocodile's back. Even if the review is lengthy I tried to keep it as basic as possible to avoid being swallowed alive by the bog

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It was a dark and stormy nightIt was a dark and stormy night . . . this is the atmosphere you find throughout The Black Water Anthology of Fantastic Literature selected and edited by Alberto Manguel.Every story has something that reminds you it is not necessarily a bad idea to look over your shoulder every now and then . . . just in case, someone could be watching . . .The shortest story, one of

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newnoise1 falls for the Coen brothers I am not an ignoramus. I know lots of stuff, such as which year the Second World War ended, who Einstein was, why you don't mix your alcohol with your medication. But, I confess, I never realized I was a Coen brother's fan. How did they get to me? I mean I thought I was successfully avoiding the Coen brothers all these years. I'm not one for blood and guts.

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Find your writing voice, how to write a literary masterpiece If you wake up one morning and find yourself transformed into a giant bug, don't cry about it, write about it! Writers have new noise to make and nothing will stop them from making it. They know their craft and they feel passionate about their themes. Therefore, they are confident about what they have to say. Can you imagine giving

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How to save your news release from the trash can, things to avoidEditors see thousands of exclamation marks in a day, this makes them . . . rant. Using abbreviations such as FPSDC or acronyms such as DoP with no explanation of what it stands for. Write it out fully the first time it's used in a sentence: Fizzy Pop Soft Drink Company (FPSDC) or Drugs out Program (DoP). In fact try not to use

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How to write a news releaseNews releaseFizzy Pop Soft Drinks launches 'Drink me now'12 December 2010Your first paragraph states the news:'Fizzy Pop Soft Drinks, the multimillion rand soft drink company, will launch a new addition to its soft drink line at the Funky Fountain, in Tiny Town, on Monday 5 January 2010 at 16:00.Called 'Drink me now' the soft drink has a distinctive grape flavor, purple

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Teaching children that money is a literary notion Parents often give their children classic children's books to read and this is a good start. The thing is that, while these books build character and stimulate children's imagination and creativity, it's not enough. If we can teach them to read and be interested in money matters at a young age we have provided them with a crucial tool to

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'The time has come,' the Walrus saidOkay, no more shirking on my promised Alice through the looking glass review. What put me off from starting was that a number of literary reviews refer to the book as literary nonsense. Well, well or 'curiouser and curiouser', I should cry. So the one book that's quoted in everything from finance to economy and psychology books and newnoise1 reviews is literary

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Books, reading, writing and technologyBoston is having a book festival. Here is some news from the Boston Globe on the effect technology is having on the book industry. Some people think book publishing is in its final throes. The Boston Book Festival begs to differ. - The Boston GlobePosted using ShareThis

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Soccer fever . . . tips from the clueless to the cluelessEven if you don’t know your soccer ball from your rugby ball there is still a remote chance that you to can make a rand or two by writing about upcoming soccer events.I say remote and advise you to first read carefully through FIFA's guidelines on do's and don’ts before investing your nest egg in any brilliant ideas you may have. Be warned,

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Is frugal a four letter word?Five years ago I knew a thing or two about money. One was you had to work to get it if you liked to sleep at night and two was that you need money to pay for stuff. Little did I know . . .Everything changed when I was forced, no not at gunpoint but it felt like it at the time, to do research about a subject I found vaguely disgusting - money. I had to read a

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Do internet users have time to read short fiction online? I wonder. Here's my latest attempt, Email blackmail - 1300 words.Email blackmailJulia pressed the send button and felt all the blood rush from her face. She had somehow managed to send the email describing what she thought of the company to the Managing Director and owner, Mr. Croft, and not her best friend, Sybil, as she intended.Her

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Writers on writing I've done some surfing and listed the following insights on writing from 5 of the authors I selected for my 100 favorite books list. George Orwell - 1984 "It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." First line from 1984 'A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: What am I trying to say?

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Finally, my list of 100 books that still make newnoise1. 1984 - George Orwell2. 84 Charing Cross road - Helen Hanff3. A burnt-out case - Graham Green4. A deafening silence - John Miles5. A dry white season - Andre P. Brink6. A man for all seasons - Robert Bolt7. A town like Alice - Nevil Shute8. Alice through the looking glass - Lewis Carrol9. All quiet on the Western front - Erich Maria

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Rushing the ReadThe saying goes that you shouldn't buy shares on media reports. This is easy to say but what are you suppose to do? Go out there and work for the company for a few years?Look at the news I scanned through today:One news report claimed that according to Ricky Ponting, the Australian cricket team captain, the pitches they were playing on are life threatening. Then, when I watched

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My snarky day so far I am 40-something with a number of responsibilities that include not jumping off a cliff on the spur of the moment. To get me to laugh out loud twice in less than 10 minutes is quite an achievement. That's why I have added Miss Snark to my links list even if the blog is only open for viewing and closed for contributions. In her blog, Miss Snark, a book agent, gives acidic

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