Photo conversation

“This is the photo that launched a thousand ships, the photo that inspired VoiceThread. It might be the greatest photo ever taken.” (An unidentified founder of VoiceThread)

You might agree! You can see this striking photo here: http://voicethread.com/#q.b409.i3129. I find it hilarious, and it becomes even more so as its subjects attempt to explain their interesting facial expressions. VoiceThread might inspire you to create similar conversations. And maybe you’ll find your own writing inspiration in a photo.

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Text © Gwyn Nichols 2012. All rights reserved. WritersResort.com

Harry Potter Jazz

From a fun son: Drew Nichols, “Harry Potter Jazz” 

Drew Nichols as Drewlius Lumblelore

Publishing as Independence

“Are you published?” It’s the first question an industry outsider will ask, while a fellow writer will get to it eventually, however tactfully. “So tell me about your work!”

But being unpublished in a free land is not the same as being unpublishable in a not-s0-free one. On my nation’s Independence Day, I’m thinking of an international social media “friend” who once shared her anguish with us: as a woman, she’s not allowed to publish in her own country, so she courageously posted her story online.

I’m counting my blessings. And I’m also counting hers. Here online, borders don’t hold long. “Let freedom ring.”

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Text © Gwyn Nichols 2011. All Rights Reserved.