Schmoozing

• So what exactly is schmoozing?
• Who can do it?  
• What's the purpose?
  
  Well according to Merriam Webster here's what "schmooze" means:
  
  To converse informally : chat; also : to chat in a friendly and persuasive manner especially so as to gain favor, business, or connections 
  
  And what could be better than getting together with like-minded folk and chatting about the thing we are most interested in: writing.
  
  Well, if you're like me, and love talking with other writers then listen up:
   
• There's a Schmooze going on this Saturday: 
   Aug 24, 2013, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., SE Portland

SE Portland Writers and Illustrators

Holgate Library (7905 SE Holgate Blvd, Portland) Schmooze will be Aug. 24th, 10:30 - 12:30.  Roz Malin will speak on the Willamette Writers Conference, Kiersi Burkhart is bringing handouts on her Professional Series coming up. She is also planning a pre series Schmooze in Sept.

 Yes, YOU too can Schmooze. So come on over to the library and meet up with other writers. You just might make some great connections and a few friends :D

And if you want to check out what other Schmoozes are taking place, hope over here to the SCBWI Oregon website and read all about it.

When I'm feeling Blue

Yep, I got a new car. She's a baby blue beauty. And she reminds me of my youth - way back in the 60's when bugs (or beetles) were really popular.

So, I couldn't just ride around town with the top down, not without making myself a new retro style foo-foo fluffy baby-blue blouse (see yesterday's post), a hair scarf and eyelashes.

No, not my eyelashes, Mimi's carlashes. You've probably guessed it. Mimi is what I've christened my new car. Here's to Mimi!

So now I'm enjoying the warm weather for all sorts of new reasons. . . he-he and MAYBE I'll actually get a tan this year. Every other year I've only managed to get dark white ;D

Homer's Odyssey

Nope. Not that one. This Homer is a cat. A blind cat.

This little black cat had an eye infection that required removal of his eyes. So Homer grew up blind.

It was a cute story but rather slow for me. There were a few interesting parts:

1) 911
2) The burglar story

but aside from those parts in the book, I was a little bored.

I also wondered how the heck a woman could be around...with, best friends with a guy (for three years) and not realize that she was in love with him...or at least "had feelings" for him until he started dating another woman.... REALLY? Sort of unbelievable.

Of course Gwen Cooper would have to dramatize a bit to make a story stay interesting but I wondered about a few things...and thought they couldn't be true.

But all-in-all it's an easy story to read. Kind of cute and not too long. But then again, the ending left me like "Huh?" It was anticlimatic. No ah-ha moment, no big conclusion, nope not this one...

So on a scale of 1 to 10...I'd give it a 4 and 1/2 - kind of mediocre.

DIY Ruffles

Maybe I went a little over-board but I wanted to make a retro-shirt to match my new car because I couldn't find one at the store that was a perfect shade of baby-blue, plus I wanted a scarf to wrap around my head to match.

So I went to the fabric store and bought a yard of baby blue chiffon then I cut it into strips and started sewing.  Here's how I did it.

First I did a loose zig-zag stitch then I grabbed one thread and pulled it together to gather the material.

If you want to see how, watch this.




It's super simple and it costs way less than buying ruffles.

Vampire Energy

It sounds cool but this isn't like "V" on True Blood or some supernatural source for a metabolic high. This Vampire Energy is a bad thing. And I haven't thought much about it.

Probably all of us have appliances plugged in that we aren't using. Well, did you know that those appliances are secretly sucking energy out of those cords?

In the US alone, unused appliances suck up over 100 billion kilowatt hours of electricity and cost homeowners more than $100 each year!

That's not only bad for your wallet, it's bad for the environment too. So take a quick walk around your house and take a peek at those wall outlets...are appliances plugged in that you aren't using? Unplug them.

You'll be saving a little money for yourself and helping the environment at the same time.

FREE Writer's Workshop

Roseanne Parry will be teaching a free writers workshop at the Garden Home Library Tuesday the 20th of August at 7pm. The workshop will teach you how to create emotionally resonant characters using the seven deadly sins as a framework for understanding human conflict and motivations at the deepest level. 

Garden Home Library is at 7475 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223-9019

Here's a link to their webpage with a map. Please register. The class is free.

http://www.wccls.org/libraries/gardenhome

 

Rosanne Parry has written:

WRITTEN IN STONE, 2013

SECOND FIDDLE, 2011

HEART OF A SHEPHERD, 2009

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Word for Wednesday-a Game for Writers

Word: Inapposite

It looks like it's misspelled..."write"?

It's not.

Do you know what it means...?

Take a guess...

Then scroll down for the Answer....


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FURTHER........


ANSWER TO WORD FOR WEDNESDAY: INAPPOSITE MEANS

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