“Are we not like two volumes of one book?”
~Marceline Desbordes
Hello, everyone.
Happy Monday.
This blog was born in a blended broth of belief and bravado. I told no one of the undertaking, save Daisy and a family friend.
Mom, Dad, and KittyTown were gathered in the hug on my second Monday.
I expected to be lonely, at least for a while, but I wasn’t, ever or at all.
I knew I would speak, and hoped I’d be heard, but never presumed to be passing words like pastries across a table, toward every other page in the atlas.
Blogging has been anything but hermetic. For that I’m thankful. Maintaining a blog has been like building a talk show (albeit much smaller), where every audience member is afforded equal and instant voice .
There are no phone lines to light, or commercial breaks to pause thought in the white space of the blogosphere.
A blog is not a diary. It’s an alliance between reader and author.
In the fullest relationships, both parties feel as though they’re standing at the best end of the bond. Yet no relationship can achieve such sure footing without clear, consistent, and honest communication.
So goes this week’s discussion.
I’m penning this post in Pages, Apple’s answer to MS Word; the icon, a svelte fountain pen, inclined against a bottle of ink. I’ve always used WordPress to write for Writer Dad, never Pages. Pages is the suite where I edit my novel, or write letters to my wife and children. It’s where I scribed our farewell, and where I’m writing the words you’re reading right now.
What rendered these words significant?
I’m laying foundation we’ll be walking a while. Of course, this blog is enslaved to evolution no different than anything else, but I believe it is time to place the planks of the floor where we will dance.
Penning our pre-school’s adieu was liberating. I felt like it kicked down all the doors inside an empty mansion. I enjoyed being Writer Dad, a lot, but it’s nothing compared to being Sean Platt, Writer Dad.
Now I can sing with all of my voice.
I’m not afraid to try new things (except sushi), and am certainly willing to pioneer, especially while the frontier’s fresh.
The internet is gridlocked in repetition. I’d like to ponder a model that, to my knowledge, doesn’t exist.
Over the next few days, I’ll discuss why Writer Dad doesn’t display paid ads, and why it likely never will. We’ll further discuss the new Renaissance, and writing for SEO and keywords. I’ll elaborate on WeeBooks, ask some questions, and hopefully make you smile.
I’ll smear my ideas across the week. On Friday, a surprise.
My favorite so far.
More than ever, I’d love to swap thoughts as the cement dries around our blog’s identity. Please, for the next five days, ask questions, link, and stumble as much as you’re willing and able.
Thanks.
Writer Dad
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Hold up… afraid of trying sushi?!?! *falls over* (Don’t worry, you’re not alone. James of MwP is afraid of sushi too.) :D
Rather than spamming your comments with links to sushi that most people enjoy (not all sushi involves sashimi (raw fish), I promise!), email me if you ever want to get past your sushi fears. You’re missing a whole world of great food! :)
Allison Days last blog post..Mitch’s Fish Market – Honolulu, Hawaii
Rita: Thank you. I didn’t even know I was trebling the impact of my words, but I know that if I made you smile from ear to ear, well then I must have done it right.
Miguel: Affiliate products I am okay with, though I am removing them today. I’ll explain more about affiliate ads and paid ads, and why I see a difference. Thank you for asking when you are unsure.
Sal: There have been no rips in the space time continuum. All is as it should be.
Brett Legree: Scrivner is so super awesome, I don’t even know what to say. It made writing my first book simple because I always had a fresh sheet to work on, plus I could keep my chapters organized however I wanted, and even move them around. I’d pay anything they asked for a Pages/Scrivener love child.
Emily: Thanks for being such a constant.
Allison: I know I am. Daisy has been wanting me to board the Sushi sailboat for a long, long time. I think I might take you up on that.
Rita: Thank you. I didn’t even know I was trebling the impact of my words, but I know that if I made you smile from ear to ear, well then I must have done it right.
Miguel: Affiliate products I am okay with, though I am removing them today. I’ll explain more about affiliate ads and paid ads, and why I see a difference. Thank you for asking when you are unsure.
Sal: There have been no rips in the space time continuum. All is as it should be.
Brett Legree: Scrivner is so super awesome, I don’t even know what to say. It made writing my first book simple because I always had a fresh sheet to work on, plus I could keep my chapters organized however I wanted, and even move them around. I’d pay anything they asked for a Pages/Scrivener love child.
Emily: Thanks for being such a constant.
Allison: I know I am. Daisy has been wanting me to board the Sushi sailboat for a long, long time. I think I might take you up on that.
Whenever you’re ready, just shoot me an email and I can send you tons of suggestions. :)
Allison Days last blog post..Mitch’s Fish Market – Honolulu, Hawaii
Whenever you’re ready, just shoot me an email and I can send you tons of suggestions. :)
Allison Days last blog post..Mitch’s Fish Market – Honolulu, Hawaii
Writer Dad,
Great post, great lines: “I knew I would speak, and hoped I’d be heard, but never presumed to be passing words like pastries across a table, toward every other page in the atlas.”
You always make me smile Writer Dad.
That’s why I like blogging too, the whole social aspect of it.
Ellen Wilsons last blog post..Happy Pigs Play in the Mud
Writer Dad,
Great post, great lines: “I knew I would speak, and hoped I’d be heard, but never presumed to be passing words like pastries across a table, toward every other page in the atlas.”
You always make me smile Writer Dad.
That’s why I like blogging too, the whole social aspect of it.
Ellen Wilsons last blog post..Happy Pigs Play in the Mud
I am intrigued with your ability to craft your words. I do believe that your theme, “Life’s better with the right words” is so fitting for your style. Your voice is clear along these lines in so much of what you write. I’m also finding that you have a nice way of bringing your readers in. At least from my experience, you make it seem like I know you and want to know you better. That is truly an art. I look forward to where you will be taking us this week.
I am intrigued with your ability to craft your words. I do believe that your theme, “Life’s better with the right words” is so fitting for your style. Your voice is clear along these lines in so much of what you write. I’m also finding that you have a nice way of bringing your readers in. At least from my experience, you make it seem like I know you and want to know you better. That is truly an art. I look forward to where you will be taking us this week.
I’m interested to hear the response on paid ads and the likes. It’s nice to see some financial benefit from your hard earned wordings I’ll admit, but I also have pondered kicking the paid links myself, but find it so nice at the end of the month to cash a paypal check for a few extra bucks to pay the bills…
listening intently…
hanks last blog post..Hanks Weekly Hangouts #52 (October 5, 2008)
I’m interested to hear the response on paid ads and the likes. It’s nice to see some financial benefit from your hard earned wordings I’ll admit, but I also have pondered kicking the paid links myself, but find it so nice at the end of the month to cash a paypal check for a few extra bucks to pay the bills…
listening intently…
hanks last blog post..Hanks Weekly Hangouts #52 (October 5, 2008)
Oooh, I love reading about new business models. And do try sushi, it’s delicious :-)
Marelisas last blog post..The Hannibal Barca Approach to Achieving Your Goals
Oooh, I love reading about new business models. And do try sushi, it’s delicious :-)
Marelisas last blog post..The Hannibal Barca Approach to Achieving Your Goals
Allison: You have my word I will.
Ellen: Can you imagine doing this alone? No way, Jose!
B. Wilde: Thanks for saying that, I almost ditched the tagline yesterday when someone was placing a new header for me. I try to write as genuinely as I would if I were speaking (with time to craft my words ahead of time). It also helps to know who I’m speaking to.
Hank: It’s just so refreshing to see a professional theme that isn’t littered with ads. They are rare. It’s how I like my meat, and myself.
Marelisa: I’ve heard the collective. I will try sushi before the year is out.
Allison: You have my word I will.
Ellen: Can you imagine doing this alone? No way, Jose!
B. Wilde: Thanks for saying that, I almost ditched the tagline yesterday when someone was placing a new header for me. I try to write as genuinely as I would if I were speaking (with time to craft my words ahead of time). It also helps to know who I’m speaking to.
Hank: It’s just so refreshing to see a professional theme that isn’t littered with ads. They are rare. It’s how I like my meat, and myself.
Marelisa: I’ve heard the collective. I will try sushi before the year is out.
:D Awesome!
Allison Days last blog post..Mitch’s Fish Market – Honolulu, Hawaii
:D Awesome!
Allison Days last blog post..Mitch’s Fish Market – Honolulu, Hawaii
Don’t get me started on the Apple thing! Isn’t there a saying about once you go Mac you never go back?….Oh, wait, maybe not. ;)
I would be most interested in that Love Child, too Sean.
Sadly, I purchased Word for Mac when I bought my baby, because it was what I was used to. It works like crap. It flips through screens, freezes up and reminds me of Vista… oh yeah! Bill Gates made it too. That explains it!
Jamie Simmermans last blog post..Picking the Brain of THE Pen Man: James Chartrand
Don’t get me started on the Apple thing! Isn’t there a saying about once you go Mac you never go back?….Oh, wait, maybe not. ;)
I would be most interested in that Love Child, too Sean.
Sadly, I purchased Word for Mac when I bought my baby, because it was what I was used to. It works like crap. It flips through screens, freezes up and reminds me of Vista… oh yeah! Bill Gates made it too. That explains it!
Jamie Simmermans last blog post..Picking the Brain of THE Pen Man: James Chartrand
Love the changes you’ve made thus far, and look forward to what you have planned!
Like Chris, I communicate more with my online friends than my “real life” friends. Blogging has seriously changed my life in several ways.
stephs last blog post..Push Forward or Move Ahead?
Love the changes you’ve made thus far, and look forward to what you have planned!
Like Chris, I communicate more with my online friends than my “real life” friends. Blogging has seriously changed my life in several ways.
stephs last blog post..Push Forward or Move Ahead?
You have me hooked, waiting for Tuesday…
Stumbled…
~ Jim
Jim Gaudets last blog post..Why are you here?
You have me hooked, waiting for Tuesday…
Stumbled…
~ Jim
Jim Gaudets last blog post..Why are you here?
Writer Dad (and Jamie),
I wonder if the Scrivener people would ever do something like that – Liquid Story Binder XE on Windows has a feature that could (sort of) do that. LSBXE has a similar concept to Scrivener (in that it is a free form writer’s program), and one thing you can do with it is specify an external editor – whatever you like (Word, Q10, Dark Room etc.)
Hmm… maybe I’ll send an email to Literature and Latte to see if it could be done.
Writer Dad (and Jamie),
I wonder if the Scrivener people would ever do something like that – Liquid Story Binder XE on Windows has a feature that could (sort of) do that. LSBXE has a similar concept to Scrivener (in that it is a free form writer’s program), and one thing you can do with it is specify an external editor – whatever you like (Word, Q10, Dark Room etc.)
Hmm… maybe I’ll send an email to Literature and Latte to see if it could be done.
Jamie: If there isn’t, there should be. I can’t imagine not working in
OS X. Leopard is so unbelievably sweet. If I had to live without spaces, now that we’ve been introduced, I’d probably cry every day. If you ever need to work in Word on your Mac, you should try Bean (if you haven’t already). It’s free and delicious.
Steph: I’m excited to hear what you think.
Jim: Thanks for the Stumble; always appreciated.
Brett: That would be yummy. Scrivener is probably, dollar for dollar, the best application I ever bought. I haven’t used it in a while, but only because my writing has been different. I’ll be all up in Scrivener next month for NanoWrimo though.
Jamie: If there isn’t, there should be. I can’t imagine not working in
OS X. Leopard is so unbelievably sweet. If I had to live without spaces, now that we’ve been introduced, I’d probably cry every day. If you ever need to work in Word on your Mac, you should try Bean (if you haven’t already). It’s free and delicious.
Steph: I’m excited to hear what you think.
Jim: Thanks for the Stumble; always appreciated.
Brett: That would be yummy. Scrivener is probably, dollar for dollar, the best application I ever bought. I haven’t used it in a while, but only because my writing has been different. I’ll be all up in Scrivener next month for NanoWrimo though.
Bring it on :)
Looking forward to it.
Dereck Coatneys last blog post..Hello to All the New Visitors
Bring it on :)
Looking forward to it.
Dereck Coatneys last blog post..Hello to All the New Visitors
I’ve been using OpenOffice for all my needs (when I am not at work). It’s /hard/ to get used to the keyboard shortcuts. I still don’t have it down. I am a shortcut kind of guy. I need to know the differences and be used to them.
What is Scrivener? I’ve been yearning for a program to help me get started on my novel…but I’m just not sure where to go to find it. I used to use yWriter3 (which is a great program, just not exactly for me), and I’ve used Microsoft Word. I think I might take a stab at OpenOffice (I hear they have some good addons for that ), but other than that I am at a loss.
I’ve been using OpenOffice for all my needs (when I am not at work). It’s /hard/ to get used to the keyboard shortcuts. I still don’t have it down. I am a shortcut kind of guy. I need to know the differences and be used to them.
What is Scrivener? I’ve been yearning for a program to help me get started on my novel…but I’m just not sure where to go to find it. I used to use yWriter3 (which is a great program, just not exactly for me), and I’ve used Microsoft Word. I think I might take a stab at OpenOffice (I hear they have some good addons for that ), but other than that I am at a loss.
Blogging is an art form all it’s own isn’t it! (I notice you have a new header image/name – groovy!)
Robins last blog post..Why We Want To Live
Blogging is an art form all it’s own isn’t it! (I notice you have a new header image/name – groovy!)
Robins last blog post..Why We Want To Live
Does this mean you will be starting Marxist Mondays?
malathionmans last blog post..If They Can Get Batman Right…
Does this mean you will be starting Marxist Mondays?
malathionmans last blog post..If They Can Get Batman Right…
Dereck: It’s brought. Congratulations on your traffic. That sounds tremendous. It’s good to know it can happen all at once like that. People seem to like it when they find me, but the traffic’s pretty dim. You’re page views for those four days are more than mine in history. I’m really happy for you.
Matthew: Scrivener is excellent. It’s possible that I may not have ever attempted to write a novel without it. It allows you to separate your thoughts and organize things into chapters, move them around. It’s built for Mac and has the instinctive touch that makes mac apps such a brilliant joy to use, and make me wish I had more time to use them.
Robin: Eric Hamm did that for me, just because he’s a super nice guy. I feel so lucky.
Malathionman: No, but I am thinking of Dejavuesdays where I run an old post (I’m totally not kidding).
Dereck: It’s brought. Congratulations on your traffic. That sounds tremendous. It’s good to know it can happen all at once like that. People seem to like it when they find me, but the traffic’s pretty dim. You’re page views for those four days are more than mine in history. I’m really happy for you.
Matthew: Scrivener is excellent. It’s possible that I may not have ever attempted to write a novel without it. It allows you to separate your thoughts and organize things into chapters, move them around. It’s built for Mac and has the instinctive touch that makes mac apps such a brilliant joy to use, and make me wish I had more time to use them.
Robin: Eric Hamm did that for me, just because he’s a super nice guy. I feel so lucky.
Malathionman: No, but I am thinking of Dejavuesdays where I run an old post (I’m totally not kidding).
Writer Dad,
I second your nod towards Bean. It even has a “full screen” mode for those distraction free writing sessions. In fact, I used it last night to draft up two posts.
Brett Legrees last blog post..still doing crazy things…
Writer Dad,
I second your nod towards Bean. It even has a “full screen” mode for those distraction free writing sessions. In fact, I used it last night to draft up two posts.
Brett Legrees last blog post..still doing crazy things…
Hi Writerdad,
My novel is nothing special, just my first attempt in English -God may forgive me-. It’s a YA adventure with a touch of SciFi.
In case you are really interested the link is http://callitfreedom.com
Miguel de Luiss last blog post..The web’s most important resource
Hi Writerdad,
My novel is nothing special, just my first attempt in English -God may forgive me-. It’s a YA adventure with a touch of SciFi.
In case you are really interested the link is http://callitfreedom.com
Miguel de Luiss last blog post..The web’s most important resource
I’m late to the conversation…but hey, that means I’m off to read Tuesday’s post as soon as I finish typing here. Sushi…I didn’t try it until a couple of years ago…very tasty!
I look forward to the week unfolding…
Lances last blog post..Regrets
I’m late to the conversation…but hey, that means I’m off to read Tuesday’s post as soon as I finish typing here. Sushi…I didn’t try it until a couple of years ago…very tasty!
I look forward to the week unfolding…
Lances last blog post..Regrets
When you mentioned SEO, it made me wonder whether you could create pages on the Web outside of your blog that help people searching for things like WeeBooks, find what you’ve got. You don’t have to change your blog … instead, it’s setting up lighthouses on the Web for all your potential audience you have yet to meet.
J.D. Meiers last blog post..Help Your Colleagues Look Good
When you mentioned SEO, it made me wonder whether you could create pages on the Web outside of your blog that help people searching for things like WeeBooks, find what you’ve got. You don’t have to change your blog … instead, it’s setting up lighthouses on the Web for all your potential audience you have yet to meet.
J.D. Meiers last blog post..Help Your Colleagues Look Good
Sounds like there is something big about to come out of this blog.
I love it how your writing is so different from most other blogs – it's art, not just words put in a line. That inspires me to believe that it makes sense to stop and read, even online.
Looking forward to what you have in store. :)