Hate Valentines Day, but Love the Love
Anti Valentines. Pro-love.
If you came here because you hate Valentines Day, you may want to stop reading this post and read my post from earlier in the day.
In that post, I resolved to table my bitter feelings about the commercialization of love (because my bitterness wasn't making the world or this holiday tribute to Hallmark any better). And I determined to spend my energy stirring real love in this world.
For me, in this stage of life, that includes marriage. A husband. And a ...
I Hate Valentines Day: The Anti Valentines Day Anthem
I hate Valentines Day.
I know. I know. I. promise. I. know.
When it comes to Valentines Day, it's my default to be a hater.
February 14th can be brutal if you're grieving a lost love, empty if you're single but don't want to be, disappointing if the one you're committed to neglects to cherish you.
And, let's face it, even if you're head-over-heels in mushy, movie-worthy romance, the Hallmark-ization of the holiday--the merchandising of an ideal as pure as love--doesn't give anyone ...
Epub – What the Media Isn’t Telling You (Part 3)
For the last two weeks, we've been talking about how media coverage around self-publishing can be misleading, since the average person who self-publishes doesn't experience overnight success. This is the third post on this subject, in which I'll be asking these five self-published author exactly what it's like to self-publish and sell a book. [Read the first post, read the second post]
I asked each author the same few questions for today's post. You can read their answers below their ...
Jenni Catron, Ann Voskamp, Heather Whittaker and Rachel Held Evans On Women
Favorite Interviews from Influential Women: Jenni Catron, Heather Whittaker, Ann Voskamp and Rachel Held Evans
In the last year, I interviewed many leaders and authors on a variety of subjects, but some of my favorites were pulled from a series on women.
If you missed them the first time round, I invite you to check them out today:
Jenni Catron
Heather Whittaker (Whittaker Woman)
Ann Voskamp
Rachel Held Evans
Apps for Friends
For you James Bonds' types, Palringo can be used walkie-talkie style. You can also use it to talk via AIM, Gadu Gadu, GTalk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo. It also has a convenient feature (that could be useful to high or low-tech types) that lets you update your status message across all your messaging services from within Palringo too.