NoReasonWhatsoever: Eye of the Beholder

NoReasonWhatsoever: Eye of the Beholder: "It was one of the nights that I spend with other parents who have also accompanied their children to ballet classes. Sometimes there's conve..."

Poetry Night on "One Stop Poetry"

 Thanks to Leslie -  Moondustwriter on Twitter and One Shot Poetry : a site she is one of the founders of, that is quickly becoming one of the best poetry sites online!



Forests of Memories Endless.



Moments reckoned as silent storms, pass.
Dim, distant horizons flash lightning, revelation,
too soon returning to darkest fury.
Witnesses gaze, shielded,
in forests of memories endless.

Unseen, a barren sky weeps, bowing it's crown.
Dust, graced by tears, sighs.
Tempests legacy of living water, flows,
reflecting light,
revealing shadow,
in forests of memories endless.


Within the wilderness of souls,
fallen upon broken ruins of stone, silent,
failed hearts decay.
Fearless, seeking refuge and passage, the living linger, mourning those.
Beyond reflections of sorrow the breath of mercy sustains,
in forests of memories endless.

Fighting for the Writing....

A quick note here during the "pre-holiday" week of fun....

Maybe like you, we enjoy the holidays around our house and look forward to the excitement and fun every year. As a writer, and I mean if I'm being hard core focused here for a moment, it's a HUGE intrusion on my writerly efforts, not just because I'm away from the computer more but because there's just a lot going on and my little mind is distracted by both my love for giving AND receiving.....
Hmmmmm....receiving? what would that be like you ask? (cue dreamy music...harps and tinkly sounds...)

I hope my 2011 (though I'll take a 2010 close-out model if it's the Platinum series) metallic black Escalade ESV with heavy tow package ( so I can tow my new Belgian horse and his cool trailer) and 20" wheels is under the tree, the big oak outside, that is....and under the one in the house - my new Warrior assault rifle with dual sport scope and extra clips ( in case all hell breaks loose on Earth and I have to fight my way to the high ground in the mountains).....and XXL sub-zero survival gear - including tent ( in the event the world is suddenly thrust into an ice age as the environmentalists are predicting and a trek across the glacier is part of my escape route ) and lest I not forget my technical needs - one of the latest large screen killer Alienware laptops with at least 6 gigs of ram.  I have more stuff on the list but some of it is private and the rest of it may cause you to wonder about my mental stability because the items are extremely dangerous. Okay, a hint, one of them is a really fast motorcycle that also flies....

I hope YOU, where ever you are and no matter your circumstance, can find a moment or two to relax and have a little fun and enjoy the love of those in your life. AND - Please take a moment to remember the lost and lonely, to pray for them that the day may come when they will know the joy and peace and comfort some of us have been blessed with. Remember the greatest gift you can give anyone, be they friend or stranger, is your LOVE.
I want to also ask that you make a point to gather family together and offer a prayer for the sentinels and soldiers of freedom who stand where ever duty calls, day and night, ready to make the ultimate sacrifice for all of us here at home. Beyond that, well, just know that I'll be thinking of you this saturday(You too Jane) and wonder where you are and how you're doing.
You know where to find me...

LUVU

Daniel Audet: A little perspective...

A quick update on what I'm up to lately.

     As many of you know I'm active in the blogosphere and in social media, mostly Twitter and Facebook. I read and follow dozens of writerly blogs and publishing industry websites and try to keep up on the latest news and information as it pertains.
A troubling perspective has formed in my little brain that I wanted to ramble about today.
   
     I've made some great friends in the past and more recently too Thanks to social media, and, by contributing to and interacting with numerous literary and writer blog sites in support of my fellow scribes and their efforts. This is something I am sincere about.
 Many editors, agents and publishers offer their opinions and advice freely in well done blogs and awesome websites and I've noticed tightly knit communities in these fields as well. 
     I also follow closely several of the cutting edge tech and SEO type sites like Hubspot, Mashable, Technorati, Digital Book World and a few others. Being both a techie and a writer, for me, these two worlds easily blend together in some ways, and yet, in others they don't.
I wanted to talk today about the ways they don't.

     Let me ask you something: How do you act, think, feel about, and treat people you're close to, like friends, family, relatives, or even colleagues? Is the bond or connection for you personal and emotional or does it lean more and more to a business or marketing mentality, or is it a bit of both? And, is it  the same or different from the way you speak to and think about and interact with clients, customers and business associates and others you don't know so well? 
What? You might be asking right now.
Here's what I see every single day as I zoom around the internet touching base with friends and fellow writer's, writer sites, tech sites and just about everywhere else. I see the lines blurring between friendships and marketing - between people, and an odd mentality of association for gain or profit ONLY taking the place of a basic human trait of people just wanting to be together. Not that being and communicating with people I like is, (everyone together holding hands skipping through sunlit green pastures throwing rose petals in the air and singing,) all I expect or had hoped for the web to be for me or anyone else. Maybe it's because for most people the web and all it's glory and power is so new to them and since 99% of what's on the internet is profit driven the influence is invasively overt and at the same time subliminal and fuses with people's perception, development and use of the internet. Even to the point of changing how we find, see, interact and treat each other.It's becoming a capture (site) and convert (to sale) world.
It's okay to sell stuff, I have no problem with that. It's just that it's more and more selling and less and less people just plain talking with and enjoying each other.
     Back in the early to mid nineties when I got my first computer, the world I knew to be out there was suddenly at my finger tips in living color filled with real people I could communicate with no matter where in the world they were. I kept in daily touch with a group of scientists stationed in Antarctica who were studying the dispersement and effects of sediment particles(pollution) in the atmosphere. I recall a somber Dr. telling me they had found diesel and other emission carbon particles up to 3 feet down in the older ice pack. This was historical news, very bad news. In those days it was a daily, momentary thrill to be part of something called "The World Wide Web" and we all knew it would soon change the world. Early on, I had a tech genius friend and pioneer who would regale us with tall tales of the future of computing and what the computers of tomorrow would be like.
Awesome stuff since I see his theories and predictions all coming true. For many it's still a new and exciting frontier but they're entering a different cyber world than we did back then.
I still see light speed changes, and new technology and it's application spreading it's mighty wings every day but I'm troubled by the dis-associative current silently(and sometimes not so silently) flowing underneath it all. 
Maybe you don't, but I do.
One of the world's top blogger/marketers does too and it has caused him to change his online footprint and write about it recently.
Now, I'm not planning to run off and live in a cave or unplug my computers and throw them in the trash either, I'm just sayin'.......
Being and staying personal on every level, for me is a priority, not a clever sales or networking technique. It's part of who I am and how I demonstrate my love and respect for people. Being a writer online I enjoy daily emails, Twitter and Facebook communications and comments from lots of different folks. and it's still fun to make new friends and learn different things too.
Writers are people whose job can be solitary in it's fundamental execution so I see a higher level of understanding and exuberance among them interacting with each other professionally and socially and I really get a kick out that and happy to be a part of it. 
I hope that never changes.

I just wanted to write a few words about  how I see things lately.
That's it for now, you know where to find me.
                                
                                                              LUVU

A little perspective...

A quick update, an overdue post on what I'm up to lately.

     As many of you know I'm active in the blogosphere and in social media, mostly Twitter and Facebook. I read and follow dozens of writerly blogs and publishing industry websites and I try to keep up on the latest news and information as it pertains.
An interesting perspective has formed in my little brain that I wanted to ramble about today.
  
     Firstly, I've made some great friends in the past and also more recently thanks to social media, and, by contributing to and interacting with numerous writer and writer's blog sites in support of my fellow writers and their efforts. Something I am sincere about.
 Many editors, agents and publishers I follow offer their opinions and advice freely in well done blogs and on awesome websites. I've noticed tightly knit communities in these fields as well. I also follow closely several of the cutting edge tech and SEO type sites, like Hubspot, Mashable, Technorati, Digital Book World and a few others. Being both a techie and a writer, for me, these two worlds easily blend together in some ways, and yet, in others they don't.
I wanted to talk today about the ways they don't.

     Let me ask you something: How do you act, think, feel and treat people you're close to, like friends, family, relatives, or even colleagues? Is the bond or connection for you personal and emotional or does it lean more to a business or marketing mentality, or is it a bit of both? And, is it  the same or different from the way you speak to and think about and interact with clients, customers and business associates or others you don't know so well?
What? You might be asking right now.
Here's what I see every single day as I zoom around the internet touching base with friends and fellow writer friends, writer sites, tech sites and just about everywhere else. I see the lines blurring between friendships and marketing between people, such as writers, and an odd mentality of association for gain or profit, only, taking the place of basic human trait of people just wanting to be together. Not that this is, (everyone together holding hands skipping through green pastures throwing rose petals in the air and singing,) all I expect or had hoped for the web to be for me or anyone else. Maybe it's because for most people the web and all it's glory and power is so new to them and since 99% of what's on the internet is profit driven, the influence is invasively overt and at the same time subliminal and fuses with people's perception, development and use of the internet. Even to the point of changing how we find, see, interact and treat each other.
It's becoming a capture (site) and convert (to sale) world.

     Back in the early to mid nineties when I got my first computer, the world I knew to be out there was suddenly at my finger tips in living color with real people I could communicate with no matter where in the world they were. I kept in daily touch with a group of scientists stationed in Antarctica who were studying the dispersement and effects of sediment particles(pollution) in the atmosphere. I recall a somber Dr. telling me they had found diesel and other emission carbon particles up to 3 feet down in the older ice pack. This was historical news, very bad news. In those days it was a daily, momentary thrill to be part of something we all knew would soon change the world. I had a tech genius friend and pioneer who would regale us with tall tales of the future of computing and what the computers of tomorrow would and could do.
Awesome stuff since I see his theories and predictions all coming true.
I still see light speed changes and new technology and it's application spreading it's mighty wings every day but I'm troubled by the dis-associative current silently(sometimes not so silently) flowing underneath it all. Maybe you don't, but I do.
One of the world's top marketers does and it has caused him to write about it recently.
I'm not planning to run off and live in a cave or unplug my computers and throw them in the trash.

Being and staying personal on every level, for me, is a priority, not a clever sales or networking technique. It's part of who I am and how I demonstrate my love and respect for people. Being a writer, I enjoy daily emails, Twitter and Facebook communications and comments from lots of different folks. n it's still fun to make new friends too.
Writers are people whose job can be solitary in it's fundamental execution so I see a higher level of understanding and exuberance among them interacting with each other professionally and socially and I really get a kick out that. I hope that never changes.

I just wanted to write a few words about  how I see things lately.
That's it for now, you know where to find me.
                                
                                                              LUVU