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I was thinking about soul. what is soul? a jazz or blues musician speaks of certain music as having soul. some music is catergorized as soul music. recently I walked into a room and felt that it had soul. pieces of art can have soul. some people or perhaps most people in certain circumstances are soulful. what is it that makes these things soulful? why do they connect with people at deep levels? Is it the connection to our common humanness? do these art forms and expressions resound in our perso… Continue
Posted on March 27th, 2008 at 9:30pm — 9 Comments
Some thoughts on community and individuality came to me the other day as my family and I were driving in the mini-van. My young children started throwing out song requests for the CD we were listening to... no, not that song, go back to the other song... and it hit me. They are growing up in a digital world. They don't have to wait for a tape to rewind like I did. They get instant song selection. I even remember having a car with only radio. They have a difficult time understanding radio - a med… Continue
Posted on March 13th, 2008 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments
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Details are being finalized for the schedule on the one-day Gathering of Writers but registration is going on now. I've attached the postcard here so you can see who will be conducting workshops.
Started by Rae Kridel. Last reply by Rae Kridel Sep 29.
In case anyone is interested, I'll be signing copies of my new book, Home Grown Indiana: A Food Lover's Guide to Good Eating in the Hoosier State this Saturday, September 27, at both the Indy and C...
Started by Scott Hutcheson Sep 24.
The literary community around Indy is pretty fragmented. Basically, you have about twelve organizations & reading series doing their own thing. What we need is a central node for lit life aroun...
Started by Bryan Furuness. Last reply by Gus Pearcy Oct 2.
I found this article by Angela Hoy on her weekly newsletter. This is a follow up to the awesome post by Erik Deckers a few months back about writing for free. I LOVE this article! And I'd love to g...
Tagged: Hoy, free, writing, Angela, Deckers
Started by Theresia Whitfield Sep 17.
Lack of time to write is my #1 excuse for getting so few words on paper (or monitor). I'm an amateur writer, so my writing has to take a back seat to far too many other priorities, but I suspect th...
Tagged: writing
Started by Bill Meyers. Last reply by Christopher Wright Sep 21.
I did a blog post about textspeak -- how as a writer, I can't bring myself to abbreviate words in a text. Am I too anal to survive in this word? Do you writers have similar issues?
Tagged: textspeak
Started by Cindy Dashnaw. Last reply by Cindy Dashnaw Sep 23.
Inspired by this post (Habits of Amazing Writers), what responses do folks have to the question posed in the discussion title?
Tagged: process, great writers, regiment
Started by Nwokedi C. Idika. Last reply by Erik Deckers Sep 17.
GrindTime Enterprises LLc is in search an individual who can help take our company to another level in media exposure, including newspaper(editorials), Magazines(Editorials)Ad exchange, Radio, T.v....
Started by Jeremy Roach. Last reply by Jeremy Roach Sep 2.
I've started the design work for the promo materials for the Gathering of Writers, which will be Saturday, October 18, hosted by the Writers' Center of Indiana. From 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., it will...
Tagged: workshop, writer, writing
Started by Rae Kridel. Last reply by Rae Kridel Sep 1.
Now that I've determined to get back into writing screenplays again and have pried open that side of my brain, it seems to have worked as I dreamed another movie a couple of nights ago. I hadn't do...
Tagged: copyright, feedback, writing
Started by Rae Kridel. Last reply by Amy Magan Sep 7.
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I appreciated our conversation on Chaordic Alliances at the Recreational Music Making event. I look forward to our next conversation and ways we serve the larger community with these ideas.
Albert
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