Nov 28, 2016 / Community Pool

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      1. Yeah, I realized that. Usually my poems are kind of short, but this one was an exception because it’s a personal-essay.
        I just wanted to tell my story to everybody and I guess I got a bit carried away with the word limit in this one. 😀
        Anyways, thank you for replying. Really appreciate it. 🙂

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      1. Well, friendship seems to be quite easy, but requires work and mutual understanding; just like any other relationship. I hope friendship shows you its sweet sides, too ❤ . Thank you for your feedback. 🙂

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    4. I found your essay interesting and moving. If you’re looking for constructive feedback, I found the resolution on a few of your photos to be suboptimal. Not bad, but could be improved. (Maybe it’s because I have retina display?)

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      1. Hello! I highly appreciate your feedback but sadly it would be of no use to me as I’m not a photographer, nor I’ve taken those photographs myself. The pictures in my essay are taken from a Royalty free site. 😀 I don’t own them. But I’m glad you found my essay interesting.
        Thank you. 🙂

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  2. In my regular posts I find a connection between my own photographs and the music I love, creating a ‘soundtrack’ for a still photo. In my shorter ‘Photo Shuffles’ I set my Ipod on shuffle, and let it choose a song for me to write about. Here’s my latest one about a Canadian folk music legend, Stan Rogers-https://robpatdoy.wordpress.com/2016/11/21/photo-shuffle-barretts-privateers/

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    1. Your post was a good read. My reasons for reading have changed over the years. Early on, I read to escape, to visit places not available to me physically, to understand other points of view, and to entertain myself. Now, I still read to understand other points of view, but mostly to gain helpful knowledge. https://gracelead.co

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  10. I blog about my near death experience and the lessons learned in the afterlife. I work as an English professor so I also write about teaching, post poems, book reviews (mostly of other NDE accounts), and occasional insights or revelations.

    For those who enjoy poetry, I would like feedback. https://triciabarkernde.com/2016/10/07/three-goddess-poems-wise-sarasvati-persephones-darner-and-patient-euzulie/

    Here is a recent book review from a very famous NDEr who spent a long time in the afterlife and received many important insights. https://triciabarkernde.com/2016/11/28/my-descent-into-death-a-second-chance-at-life-by-howard-storm-an-nders-book-review-and-personal-response/

    This is not meant to be a comprehensive post about depression….it is only one suggestion that might make life more meaningful. Certainly, helping others through my profession has given me great joy and eased depression. Here is a post about this topic if you are interested. https://triciabarkernde.com/2016/11/05/a-way-out-of-depression-give-more-than-you-receive/

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  11. Hello everyone, I have been blogging for around 3 months. I am new to blogging. I would feel great if you could check out my blog and give me some suggestions on improving the blog. Here’s my blog link: https:// arusuvaiunavu.wordpress.com
    Thankyou 🙂

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  12. Welcome to another Monday folks! If you’re feeling at odds with everyone’s FAVORITE weekday, take a moment and maybe visit my blog! I like to write on inspiration, motivation, and spirituality, all of which I apply to my everyday life and I would love to help you do the same. Here is a link to my latest post but don’t think you have to stop there, please follow and let me know what you think! Feel free to contact me if there’s something you’d like me to write one!

    https://creatingkings.com/2016/11/28/47/

    Sincerely,
    Dalton

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  14. If a video blog is called a ‘vlog’, is a drawing blog a ‘dlog’ or ‘drawg’? Take a break from long posts and words on words and hop over to my little page to glance at some wild thoughts on architecture: the words may be minimal, but the message is not!

    Please, let me know if you have any comment on the format, theme, layout, or need a little help navigating. Any feedback is great.

    framearch.wordpress.com

    Kindly,

    NS

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    1. It was a nicely written post about something that is tough and as you say, its hard to deal with your life when it happens. We lost a dear cat last year and I think some people at my work could not truly understand why I was so upset and ‘out of it’. Thank you for sharing this.

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    2. So sorry for your loss. Yes losing a pet is very hard. We lost 2 dogs in the space of 13 months. We now have 2 more dogs and we love them dearly but every day we still expect our beloved Gene and Beth ( named after Kiss) would be there to wake up too. Those who don’t have pets don’t understand. I even got a day off work once for a family day as my dog was sick. My boss was a pet lover. Xxx

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      2. Yes it worked and no problem I like how you made a Book Haul on YouTube, it’s cool finding other people who enjoy reading for pleasure, rather than being forced to for college. Look forward to your future posts! My blog is basically my interests with a bit of humor at times.

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  20. Hello everyone!
    I am an author whose book is about to launch very soon. I use my blog to promote my my book, write about writing and write a few stories that center around the book that is going to be published. Any help will be appreciated!
    thank you!

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  23. Hi, I’ve been trying to find a suitable home for my book-in-progress. After my previous project fell through, I decided to take all of my depression/ill feelings of being sick and parlay it into a love letter to my hometown. Rather than tell an extraordinary story, I’m focused on an extraordinary normal, capturing snapshots of the lives of people who live in a small town in Illinois, over the course of fifty years. I grew up in Sunnyland, Illinois. My heart will forever be coiled around that place, but it is a place that is overrun with racists from the old guard, parents who never went anywhere raising children who followed in their footsteps, and economic downturns running businesses out of town. I’ve set out to capture the essence of the town in a bottle. I just recently started the project, which is tentatively titled Scenes From the Struggle. I would love to read any suggestions/comments/condemnations. Thank you!

    Scenes From the Struggle (Rough Draft of first four pages, pages five through eight to be added from phone notes)

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      1. It’s not a stupid question. I just copy my website Link from my Twitter bio and I paste it in the comments. Sorry if that is not detailed enough.

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    1. Since your story is quite long, I would suggest putting an image every few paragraphs or so; in a place where there is a slight break in the story might be the best place. It could help the reader pause between sections and the visual could let them know they’re moving on to the next scene. Love your writing, btw!

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    1. Hello, I just checked out your blog. When I first started blogging I didn’t know what I wanted from it. I wasn’t even sure if this was just a silly project that I would quit in a few weeks, that was back in May. If blogging is something you want to do then find your niche and write to that audience. Also, use tags so your audience can find you. Check out my post https://writingnatural.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/how-to-become-a-blogging-champ/

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