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Cloud Nine is back with a more straightforward purpose...

Hello there.

I previously crashed this blog purely because I found I had no free time to keep it up and to say the things I most wanted to talk about. Usually these were things to do with politics or current affairs - the usual rambling most blogs go in for. But I've decided I don't want to do such public spleen-venting here. That's why pubs or friends (real people, not Facebook digits) were invented: to chat, inspire, come up with possible solutions etc etc. I am too in control when I do this kind of rambling on a blog. In real-life company, social situations - the chat is more natural, we are not all feeding into a 'chair-person' figure, which is what a blog-holder is in a way. But there are - as I am discovering - many uses for a blog, other than pontificating. Such as:

Sharing ideas, opportunities, tips, experiences. (I know someone who uses their blog to discuss bargains at Aldi.) And the blogs that give details of opportunities re, say, writing etc - are great and as a reader you detect the blog-owner's 'giving', 'interested in others' stance. And that's nice.

But barefaced self-promotion I've decided is also fine. So long as it's barefaced. Honest, up-front PR. Letting people know what you're up to for the purposes of possibly helping book-sales, cd-sales, art sales - whatever. Not dishonest PR. Where your big successes are gently but pertinently alluded to - between lines etc. The best place to do such PR is probably a personal website - but in the absence of that, the blog is not a bad place to do it. It's free.

So henceforth - this blog is a place where I will be posting any details of WRITING OPPORTUNITIES that come my way so that the thing can be of service to others; any great work I've read or seen; and also a place to post details of my own play readings, poetry readings, publications etc.

And I am going to reserve the right to keep the writing in this blog - LOOSE. I think to over edit, or put the blog under too much scholarly pressure is deceptive. Here I will be using Allen Ginsberg's credo for the Beats - 'first word, best word' and just running with my first flush of thoughts and words.

Hope to see you back here then.

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  1. Good to see you back! Blog on, girl :)

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  2. I still have time issues but will try to get to the blog early and late. I should check up on others too. Not a one way street etc etc. I've some good opportunities to post etc - mostly in the US.

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