21 Jan, 2013
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: The business of blogging
I think I’ve written about this before here on the Fishbowl, but I don’t believe in writer’s block. Block implies there’s an impenetrable obstruction that requires major effort to overcome. A monolith. A barrier. A hurdle. A great big wall.
Not a very happy image, is it?
I prefer to think of writer’s block as an emptiness [...]
10 Jan, 2013
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: The business of blogging
I think this probably happens to everyone who has an account that reaches a certain milestone, but suddenly I’m getting a whole bunch more Twitter followers than ever before. I’m not one of those people who automatically follows everyone back. I spend about 5 seconds deciding whether I will follow someone or not. This is what [...]
19 Oct, 2012
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Misc. life| The business of blogging
Ah, Toronto. It’s been too long.
I’m writing this in my hotel room, overlooking a jumble of condos stabbing the sky and slashes of train tracks lain on the ground.
Yesterday I left the house with a suitcase full of clothing and a knot of frazzled nerves. My destination: Toronto. I drove away with nothing but the [...]
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