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April 18th, 2007
A few days ago I was nominated by the Scribe’s Writing Desk for a Thinking Blogger Award, thank Karen for the complement.
I have been blogging for since 2003 when I started back up with writing. A lot has change in that time for me, I have moved my site from the White Wall to here at Never Was in 2006 with the launch of my Podcast.
Here is my list of nominees for the Thinking Blogger Award:
- Michael Geist – If your a writer (even if your not Canadian) his knowledge and insite into copyright is priceless.
- Lifehacker – Because if there is an easier/better way to do something sooner of later it will turn up here.
- Mark Blevis – For his support of the Canadian Podcast community.
- Wil Weaton – If your a geek so is he (and no he is not Wesley Crusher he just play him on TV)
- Start Writing Now – Why read about one writers experiences when you can ready about several. Great insite on writing with a life.
I would have added Scott Sigler and J.C. Hutchins but they aren’t blogger per say but their impact to writing and podcasting is too large for words
Here are the rules of participation:
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
3. Optional: Proudly display the “Thinking Blogger Award” with a link to the post that you wrote.
April 6th, 2007
Earlier tonight I was noticing that there were issues trying to access the site. In the process of trying to fix that I deleted my database (rather than the couple of tables I wanted). I have the feed setup so that is working but there are still some issues with the Database and the web site. I will continue to work on the issue and the will hopefully be resolved soon.
Update:
I think I have all the podcast posted restored. I know I lost some comments and some posts. For which I am disapointed. I’m not sure if I can get them back.
February 3rd, 2007
Last year when I first got into listening to Podcast I found a good one on writing by a successful author, by successful I mean an author with several best sellers to his credit. In fact Michael A. Stackpole has 39 published novels. Now unfortunately it has been some time since his last Podcast, even still it is worth checking it out. His Podcast, however, is not the topic of this post.
While I was listening to him talk about writing and started to consider taking his advice I thought it would be best to read one of his novels before taking his suggestions. I need to make sure he wrote a type of novel I would like to write. I decided on the novel he references in his Podcast “A Secret Atlas”.
At first glance a novel about a family of cartographers might not seem interesting; how exciting can it possibly be when the main characters sit around and draw maps? I put this thought aside and starting reading, after all, from his Podcast it sounded like he knew what he was talking about and you don’t convince publishers to print nearly 40 novels if you’re not good.
I am glad that I found his Podcast and took the risk on his story about a cartographer family. This book is anything but boring. His charters have a depth about them that make them feel real. The story is complex and leaves the reader wanting to push onto the next chapter. “A Secret Atlas” focuses on the characters, their lives and the personal and global conflicts they face. Michael understands how to create tension and action without having resorting to violence. You feel the conflict within the characters and watch with interest as they learn and grow.
Upon reaching the end of the “A Secret Atlas” it truly hit me that this was a great author and one that had his publisher’s trust. This novel is the first in a trilogy and like the Lord of the Ring;s it doesn’t so much as end as it stops at a good place to take a breather. This is not a stand alone novel so go in expecting to read all three novels in the series, it will be more than worth your time. The good part about this series is that all three books will be available in paper back by the summer, meaning you don’t have to wait for the next book.
I have only just started the second book “Cartomancy” and already I am looking forward to “The New World”. I honestly doubt that if you pick up the Age of Discovery series that you will disappointed.
October 26th, 2006
I’m not happy that I have to do this, but I’m am postponing tomorrow story until at least next week.? I’ve haven’t been feeling well and coughing regularly and talking makes it worse.? At this point I’m hoping to post stories on Nov.3, Nov. 17 and Dec. 1.? Then on either the Dec. 8th or 15th I’m going to have a special “Christmas” story before taking a break until the new year.
Thanks for understanding and thanks for listening,
Terry
September 19th, 2006
A little while ago I moved my web server and when I did I lost the setup for my other website the White Wall, because it uses a sub-domain. Last night I was doing some work on getting the site back up and running and by doing this I broke the Never Was feed. Unfortunately I did not notice the problem until today.
The feed is now fixed. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Terry
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