For those of us who struggle with unexpected life events, the love of writing, and blogging, this blog post from Ryan Lanz is thought provoking and great advice! Thanks Ryan for sharing.
Blogging
Multiple Writers Personality Disorder
Well, it’s confirmed (sort of), I have a MWPD (Multiple Writers Personality Disorder).
Have you ever wondered what author influences your writing or who you write like? Now, you can find out.
I Write Like – checks which famous writer you write like by analyzing your word choice and writing style and comparing them with those of the famous writers. Analyze your text, here.
I ran my short story collection as well as my current novel in progress through the “I Write Like,” software for analysis and discovered:
I write like
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
About Agatha Christie
“Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and more than 15 short story collections (especially those featuring Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple).
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly four billion copies, and her estate claims that her works rank third, after those of William Shakespeare and the Bible, as the most widely published books.” (Read more on Wikipedia)
My short stories came up, Stephen King!
I write like
Stephen King
Stephen King
About Stephen King
Photo by Pinguino. CC-BY 2.0
“Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books. King has published 50 novels, including seven under the pen-name of Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has written nearly two hundred short stories, most of which have been collected in nine collections of short fiction.” (Read more on Wikipedia)
When it comes to my non-fiction articles :
I write like
Anne Rice
Anne Rice
About Anne Rice
“Anne Rice is a best-selling American author of metaphysical gothic fiction, Christian literature and erotica from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history.” (Read more on Wikipedia)
So, who do you write like? Find out here and share it with me and all the Cow Pasture Fence Jumpers.You can also share on Twitter, Facebook, and your blog.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the subject. Join the conversation. Talk to me or tell me your story. I’m all ears. Or, connect with me on Facebook at SheilaMGood, Pinterest, Bloglovin, Twitter@sheilamgood, Contently, and Instagram. You can follow my reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.
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Deny All You Want
The Daily Post Prompt – Deny
There are times I get distracted. You know:
- Going into one room to do something only to have another something catch your eye …
- Bending down to pick up a cracker crumb from the kitchen floor and noticing the nasty baseboard …
- Walking into Walmart for one item and coming out with a cart …
- Searching for a document on your computer and spending the day re-organizing your entire file system …
- Starting one story and getting highjacked by another …
I have a name for this and no, it isn’t dementia (Although, I wouldn’t ask my husband) – I call it – the squirrels are loose. More recently, however, I’ve come to realize it’s something more sinister – Mother!
Yep, the ghost of my mother is haunting me. She’s not only dancing in the middle of the squirrels, she’s leading the choir.
Women can deny it all they want that they’re nothing like their mother, but the older we get, the more we become our mothers. And, don’t give me that sappy crap, “I would be honored to be like my mother.” Bull malarkey! Okay, maybe one or two of you … but, I digress.
Growing up, mother was our version of Mr. Clean, and let me tell you, baldy couldn’t hold a candle to mom!
By the time I was a teenager, I knew how to vacuum, mop, strip and wax floors, scrub tile grout, baseboards, and make windows sparkle! You would have thought the Pope was coming for Sunday dinner (we were Baptist, but still).
When she cleaned house, she supervised. At the time I thought I had the meanest mother on the earth, but I did learn some valuable lessons along the way:
- “If you don’t do it right the first time, you’ll just have to do it again.”
- “You don’t have to have a lot of money, but you can be clean.”
- “Hard work never hurt nobody.”
- “I know the definition of elbow grease – “Put some elbow grease in that.”
I’m sure there are more, but my mind has wandered. So, back to my long, drawn-out point – See?
Last week, while picking up a crumb, I noticed my baseboards, which lead to me (yes me) painting every baseboard in my line of sight, 4 doors, reorganizing my junk drawers, pantry, closet, re-installing my computer software, and joining the Chapter Buzz, 10,000-word Challenge for October!
My arthritic body is faring better than I expected, but my mind is tired as hell. I think I might be possessed.So, yes deny all you want that you look, act, or say things like your mother – but it happens to the best of us, like it or not.
So, yes deny all you want that you look, act, or say things like your mother – but it happens to the best of us, like it or not.
P.S. Did I tell you I’m making homemade sweet potato jerky for my Bichon because they’re her favorite and the stores stopped carrying them?!!
Jesus, mom! Give it a rest!
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the subject. Join the conversation. Talk to me or tell me your story. I’m all ears.
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A Fun Organizational Tool for Folders
I know, maybe I have too much time on my hands, but I’m a nut when it comes to organizing things – sometimes to the extreme. Oh wait, that sounds a lot like an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Let’s not go there, shall we? That’s another subject … Anywhoo, here’s a little trick to help organize all those boring folders and files on your computer.
Here’s what your document file looks like, now:
Step 1: Collect your favorite Icons. You can find them via Google, copy and file in pictures/images folder for easy access.
Step 2: Right click and copy the desired Icon.
Step 3: Right Click on a folder and pull up “Get info” – it will look like this. Right-click on the small folder next to the name and paste the copy of your selected icon.
Step 4: Viola! Your document folders now have a personality of their own!
It’s a good way to organize those pesky boring files, but I must warn you. The process can be very addicting. Happy organizing!
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