How To Improve Your Writing With An Online Personal Feedback Tool
Spinning off from an article that I co-wrote for Huffington Post, I became curious if there were any personal feedback tools for writers. I found a little site called 750words that provides a simple service: 750Words provides writers with an online space to write three pages daily. What makes this site great is the information provided about what you wrote in the form of a bowling-esque score card, badges, charts and graphs, mood indicators and more.... Read More
A Writing Collaboration via Huffington Post
A couple of months ago, myself and Daniel Cubias, aka The Hispanic Fanatic agreed to do a writing partnership. I came across Daniel through his blog many years ago and was impressed with his writing skill, sense of style and breath of topics. Meeting Daniel at the Hispanicize Conference in Hollywood, CA was a big pleasure for it’s always nice to meet a writer/blogger in the flesh. We’ve had a few discussions on hammering out our new writing... Read More
Think Now, Post Later
No posts today – I’m thinking (which is the same as writing to me anyway), and organizing. Thinking is solitary, so I’ll share later. If you have not seen, please go to the Hispanicize site and check out the beta version along with some cool articles. The bilingual posts are great! You can also check out my post on Social Media Today about the Lack of Latino Attendees at Conferences. Someone brought up a point about light-skin,... Read More
My 2011 Latino-lutions (Resolutions)
Subtitle: New writing directions. It’s day 6 of the new year, and I’ve already accomplished one goal by landing a post on one of the major social media news sites – Social Media Today. I was concerned of posting it at first, because the entry goes in a different direction than the usual content covered here. But, I need to stay fresh, innovative, and excited about what do – it’s part of the growth process. SMT served... Read More
Improv Blogging: On Writing
Subtitle: You have to think, to blog. Subtitle II: Social Media Is The Greatest Improv Theater (It irks me when I like my subtitles more than the actual post title). This would be my first improv post, inspired from improv theater. I’m going to write and let it flow. It’s an exercise in fearlessness or in Spanish, an exercise in bollas (if that’s offensive, then gonadas…if still, then valiente). It would be very cool if... Read More
Media Needs Your Dialogue
Subtitle: The Need To Pursue Media The ability to cement your message within the stream of media conversation is more vital NOW than ever before. We stand at the cusp of change. With history unfolding before us, we must ensure our views engage the forefront of America’s, and thus the world’s conciousness. Otherwise, others will define everything for us. This is why I’m a huge advocate of new media. It provides the tools,... Read More
A Post About Nothing
What do you write when you don’t know what to write? They call that writer’s block. The only way through it is to write whatever: whatever you see; whatever you think; whatever you smell. The trick is to get the creativity flowing through effort instead of waiting for the Muse to inspire you – she, my friends is a fickle thing. So there you go. A post that is about nothing, which is actually saying something. I’m... Read More
