Bucket List. 2016 Goals: Have 6500 Twitter followers ~ currently at 6442 — UP 108 from last month Download the update for my blog theme Keep Supporting Diverse Books Be part of 4 blog hops/fests. Participate in at least 2 #OABookClub reads Rewrite and edit my urban fantasy novel, then get the new …
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Jun 24 2016
Goals So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
Bucket List. 2016 Goals: Have 6500 Twitter followers ~ currently at 6116 — DOWN 24 from last month Download the update for my blog theme, whatever that might entail Keep Supporting Diverse Books Be part of 4 blog hops/fests. Participate in at least 2 #OABookClub reads 1 down! Rewrite and edit my urban …
May 09 2016
Reflections on the #atozchallenge, being a blogger, the blogging community, and an unpublished book
Reflections Post I’m reflecting on who I want to be as a blogger after completing my fifth A to Z Challenge. I want my blog to be smart, insightful, and always fun to read. I like “thinking posts” and getting opinions from my readers. Books and writing are my niche, so I focus largely on …
Apr 29 2016
Make lawn watering a GOAL to prevent greener grass on the other side #quote
Bucket List. 2016 Goals: Have 6500 Twitter followers ~ currently at 5990 — up 327 from last month! Download the update for my blog theme, whatever that might entail Keep Supporting Diverse Books Be part of 4 blog hops/fests. Participate in at least 2 #OABookClub reads Rewrite and edit my urban fantasy novel, …
Apr 22 2016
#atozchallenge S is for Save the Cat #Writing #Logline #ElevatorPitch
#atozchallenge S is for Save the Cat #Writing #Logline #ElevatorPitch Click for my theme details 26 writing reference books containing 26 lessons leads to a month of #WriteTips and writing samples S is for “Save” Book: Save the Cat by Blake Snyder My dice roll: 300 (ebook location out of 2914) Lesson: Logline (Elevator Pitch) …
Mar 18 2016
What Turns People Away From A Blog
Q.6: What would turn you off from a blog right away? #azchat #atozchallenge — Heather M. Gardner (@hmgardner) March 18, 2016 This question created a great discussion! Keep the conversation going. Put your answer in the comments! You can also reply on Twitter, just be sure to include “#azchat A6” in your tweet. @JLenniDorner on …
Jan 01 2015
Social Networking
Socialize online with J Lenni Dorner: Best ways to reach me: Send a message via Twitter or leave a comment on the Hi post or any other blog post.
Aug 30 2014
September 2014 goals and reviews
Regular readers of these goal posts know that my last two weeks of July were sucked up with an unexpected life detour. Well, unfortunately, much the same can be said for a majority of August. I’m adding “survival” to my big main goals. I’m still here now, though the same couldn’t be said for …
Jun 27 2014
Midway Through This Year Goals
Half the year is gone! Can I remain on track for the next half? Thanks to my participation in this hop, I believe that I can. So here’s my current goals and review of goals from the past: The BIG MAIN GOAL: Publish two decent-selling book series 2014 Goals: Publish something every week …
Jun 23 2014
Express Your Latest Read and I am 9 on the blog of @TwiterHero
Children’s: BEARS: Fun Facts and Amazing Photos of Animals in Nature (Amazing Animal Kingdom Book 7) by Emma Child I hate writing reviews of books that I do not love. I would give this a 3 out of 5 stars. It is alright, but in my opinion, they editor fell a bit short. There’s a certain …
Mar 23 2014
Sunday Seven – Twitter Authors
A list of seven of something- brought to you on Sunday. What can you add? Authors on twitter that I follow: @lisamlilly @JohnAveryBooks @mariahammarblad @ZeldaWasser @BarbaraBrunner @sydneyssong @WriterJoMalby (I follow many more authors than this- but this is Sunday Seven, not Sunday Seven-hundred!)
Mar 17 2014
A recap of my #twitterfiction day 5 offering and ending
My contribution to the current #twitterfiction is a series of tweets retelling Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” but with a Twitter twist. Here the ending you may have missed on day five: 73 #twitterficton I clicked on the times and dates of the most treasured tweets, pasting them direct links to the ones I …
Mar 16 2014
A recap of my #twitterfiction day 4 offering
My contribution to the current #twitterfiction is a series of tweets retelling Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” but with a Twitter twist. Here is what you may have missed on day four: 55 #twitterficton the unread messages might attract a hacker! The egg’s hour had come! With 140 characters typed, 56 #twitterficton I sent …
Mar 15 2014
A recap of my #twitterfiction day 3 offering
My contribution to the current #twitterfiction is a series of tweets retelling Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” but with a Twitter twist. Here is what you may have missed on day three: 37 #twitterficton He had been tweeting – “It matters not that I am an egg. It is only an icon,” or “Millions …
Mar 14 2014
A recap of my #twitterfiction day 2 offering
My contribution to the current #twitterfiction is a series of tweets retelling Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” but with a Twitter twist. Here is what you may have missed on day two: 19 #twitterficton And then, when my favoriting was done, I unfavorited them. Now the stars vanished from his notifications page! 20 #twitterficton …
Mar 13 2014
A recap of my #twitterfiction day 1 offering
My contribution to the current #twitterfiction is a series of tweets retelling Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” but with a Twitter twist. Here is what you may have missed on day one: 1 #twitterficton Dreadfully nervous, it’s true, I had been and still am. But will you say that I am a mad tweeter? …
Nov 21 2013
NaNoWriMo-ing
I am still around. I haven’t had time for the gaming experiment. Life has thrown extra tension in my real scenes– doesn’t it know that the only tension I wanted was in my writing? My hours not spent dealing with the unexpected are all devoted to writing the story. I try to check in with …
Jun 24 2013
Hashtag conversations
I mentioned how I feel about these last month. (See post Married with Hashtag) Now it is in the news! “Hashtags are an interesting cultural meme,” says Jonah Berger, author of ‘Contagious: Why Things Catch On’ and a marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania. “They started as a way for people to find a particular …
Mar 30 2013
Contest April 2013
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