Monthly Archive for December, 2009

How To Blog For 30 Straight Days

Blogging consistently day in and day out can be a challenge. Having just completed 30 straight days of publishing an article of 300 words or more, let me guide you through my creative process.

I make a point to set aside time every day to brainstorm and to write. The brainstorming session is particularly important because without ideas there is no content. I personally find it easier to focus…

Road Trip

The word road trip carries a certain set of concepts for most people. They are transported back to their carefree college or high school days. They imagine a two lane traffic free road stretching into eternal sunshine, the radio playing the perfect mix of commercial free tunes, and the car stocked with the perfect mix of delicious road food. In the car are youthful friends, laughing and letting the wind…

5 Rules For Your Wedding Day

Getting married is a big deal; it is one of the watershed moments in a person’s life. Your wedding day is a day you will remember forever. This being the case, there are things you should and shouldn’t do on your wedding day. What follows is a list of 5 rules for the big day. These rules are not written for the actual wedding event, but the day on which…

The Chronicles Of Richard Rayvis

A work of fiction by Josh Allen – Back to Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Mr. Rayvis had a habit of rotating habits and hobbies. He was always trying something new or experimenting with this or that. The list of things he had tried and given up was longer than most small town phone books. In no particular order his hobbies had included yoga, shrub pruning, ham…

Talk

Sometimes it’s just good to talk with people in person. Phone calls, email, texting, letters, video conferencing, nothing substitutes for a face to face conversation. A good conversation is not always so easy to start. It can sometimes take work. For a good conversation to take place, the people involved in the conversation need to be willing to talk and to listen. If one person talks 90% of the time…