My Xomba Articles

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The Liberating Lightness of Donating Old Books -- from time to time I head for my public library with the seats and the trunk of my car jammed with books. I donate them and when I do, good riddance! I feel a heavy weight lifting off my shoulders. Boy, does it feel good to get rid of things that I don’t honestly need anymore. As that motto from the ‘60s captured it so well: “Hang on tightly, let go lightly!” Adventure Travel, Summer, Thoughts, Travel, How To Plan, Overseas, Life, Vacation, Fotografia
Breathing New Life into an Old Home
The Liberating Lightness of Donating Old Books -- from time to time I head for my public library with the seats and the trunk of my car jammed with books. I donate them and when I do, good riddance! I feel a heavy weight lifting off my shoulders. Boy, does it feel good to get rid of things that I don’t honestly need anymore. As that motto from the ‘60s captured it so well: “Hang on tightly, let go lightly!”
How to Write Crackling Dialog -- Writing dialog is tough. I should know. For years I’ve been writing short stories and screenplays as a (serious) hobby although I earn a living as a technical and business writer. And dialog is usually where I get stuck. That’s when I realize how  “dialog masters” like David Mamet, Elmore Leonard or Quentin Tarantino make it look so unnaturally easy. But it really is not. Om, Animals, Quentin Tarantino, Writing, Meer, Elmore Leonard, Dialogue, Met, Writing Dialogue
How to Write Crackling Dialog -- Writing dialog is tough. I should know. For years I’ve been writing short stories and screenplays as a (serious) hobby although I earn a living as a technical and business writer. And dialog is usually where I get stuck. That’s when I realize how “dialog masters” like David Mamet, Elmore Leonard or Quentin Tarantino make it look so unnaturally easy. But it really is not.
How to Drop into Poetry -- You don’t create poetry like you create a loaf of bread. You drop into it and it engulfs you. You move your flippers and start to drift to strange places that were always inside of you anyways. That’s how I look at poetry.    But how do you drop into poetry? Poetry, Outdoor, Writing Tips, Clouds, Places, Start, Zoom Call
How Playing Games Online Can Teach Us How to Concentrate Better
How to Drop into Poetry -- You don’t create poetry like you create a loaf of bread. You drop into it and it engulfs you. You move your flippers and start to drift to strange places that were always inside of you anyways. That’s how I look at poetry. But how do you drop into poetry?
How to Write Articles so the Search Engines Can Find Them -- You write because you love to write. But it’s nice to make a few dollars from the fruits of your good labor as well. For that, people need to be able to find what you’ve written when they search for it on the Internet. Not only that, but enough number of people must be searching for it as well. Teaching, Nice, People, Article Writing, Search, Articles, Searching
How Playing Games Online Can Teach Us How to Concentrate Better
How to Write Articles so the Search Engines Can Find Them -- You write because you love to write. But it’s nice to make a few dollars from the fruits of your good labor as well. For that, people need to be able to find what you’ve written when they search for it on the Internet. Not only that, but enough number of people must be searching for it as well.
The Power of Lists in Creative Writing -- Are you aware of the power of lists?    By a "list" I mean a bunch of related "things", like the stuff  in your backpack, or the number of things you observe at a beach, any set of objects... It's amazing the kind of power, spice, and life a good list breathes into an otherwise regular piece of prose. Seashells, Seashell Crafts, Florida, Preserve, Art, Decoration, Naples, Shell, Shell Crafts
Power leveling in World of Warcraft
The Power of Lists in Creative Writing -- Are you aware of the power of lists? By a "list" I mean a bunch of related "things", like the stuff in your backpack, or the number of things you observe at a beach, any set of objects... It's amazing the kind of power, spice, and life a good list breathes into an otherwise regular piece of prose.
Writers Are Leaders – Top 7 Traits Common to Both. Let’s examine the top-7 leadership traits listed by Napoleon Hill in his classic “Think and Grow Rich” and see how they relate to our noble and beloved profession, writing... Lions, Leadership, Leadership Traits, Facts, Think And Grow Rich, Lion Facts, Beloved
What affects your credit score? - Top 3 most common reasons
Writers Are Leaders – Top 7 Traits Common to Both. Let’s examine the top-7 leadership traits listed by Napoleon Hill in his classic “Think and Grow Rich” and see how they relate to our noble and beloved profession, writing...
The Tortoise, the Maple Branch, and the Bumble Bee -- When I run I’m the tortoise: 33” for 5K and 72” for 10K.    I started running when I was 48, at a rather late age. Now I’m 62, an even more unfashionably late age to be huffing and puffing on asphalt. But I love it. I feel I belong in the “tribe of runners”. That’s my beautiful tribe.  That’s where I belong. Runners, Plants, Maple, Branch, Tree, Garden, Asphalt, Bloom, Bee
The Tortoise, the Maple Branch, and the Bumble Bee -- When I run I’m the tortoise: 33” for 5K and 72” for 10K. I started running when I was 48, at a rather late age. Now I’m 62, an even more unfashionably late age to be huffing and puffing on asphalt. But I love it. I feel I belong in the “tribe of runners”. That’s my beautiful tribe. That’s where I belong.