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2020 Dan McGuire Blog Challenge

Posted on February 9, 2020February 9, 2020 by Joan

Each year our writer’s club, Writers of Kern, encourages members and non-members to take part in an annual blog challenge. I’ve put my name in the ring several times and finished once. Though it sounds simple, it’s not. Thirteen weeks, 26 posts—an average of two per week, unless you get behind. Then it can be…

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Camellias Don’t Compare

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Joan

When I’m mulling over my writing, my garden always provides inspiration (story-wise and writer-life-wise). With several stories in different phases, I tend to take time outside to sort things out. Lately, my garden inspiration comes from my camellias. Three plants, all different species. Over the last few months, I’ve watched the tiny buds forming. Little by…

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Orkut: Nothing Lasts Forever

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Joan

To better understand the finer points of social media marketing, I’m taking a class to learn how to better optimize my own writing business. Our fourth and final blog post assignment is to read and discuss the case study of Orkut, a social networking site. Back in 2004 when social networking sites popped up faster than…

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Weixin – The All-In-One-Platform App

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Joan

To better understand the finer points of social media marketing, I’m taking a class to learn how to better optimize my writing business. Our second blog post assignment is to read and discuss the case study of a breast cancer meme that went viral in 2010. One app does everything! Weixin (pronounced “way-shin”) is a…

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Cyberactivism and Breast Cancer Awareness

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Joan

To better understand the finer points of social media marketing, I’m taking a class to learn how to better optimize my own writing business. Our second blog post assignment is to read and discuss the case study of a breast cancer meme that went viral in 2010. Cyberactivism: the process of using Internet-based socializing and techniques to create,…

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