Many have asked where I find the time to blog daily. My secret is my telephone and all those small groupings of minutes which we commonly waste because they are too short a time with which to do anything productive.<\/p>\n
I once wrote about Smartphones in an earlier blog published October 20, 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n For me, my phone is indispensable in my writing. When I have five or ten minutes from \u201cthe daily grind,\u201d I can pop out a couple of sentences or \u2019graphs or two while waiting anywhere. In other words, waiting for a meeting or doctor\u2019s appointment is no longer wasted time.<\/p>\n As my day progresses and I take advantage of those previously \u201clost\u201d minutes, by the end of the day, I have a blog. As I finish the day, now the real work will begin.<\/p>\n First, I transfer the document from my phone to the computer. Then comes the first edit.<\/p>\n Editing is a royal pain, but not nearly as painful as seeing an editorial mistake in the final product. So, it begins with the first edit and then the second edit follows.<\/p>\n After the second edit is finished, it is time to put it in the WordPress software. This then leads to the third edit. Finally, it is time to throw in the artwork if art is planned which, of course, leads to the fourth edit – to take one last look at the wordsmithing and make certain the art fits.<\/p>\n The hardest part of writing is not the writing per se, it is the editing which follows, to make certain the writing is perfect. Which, of course, it is not.<\/p>\n It is always good to have someone proof your work before pressing the \u2018\u2018publish\u201d button, but sometimes no one is available. This is why it is important to take a break from the work in order to approach the editorial work with a fresh eye and new perspective.<\/p>\n Once you have edited the piece one more time, to find and correct those last couple of errors, or change a word to something more appropriate, you can sit back, push the publish button. Then you can take great pride in a new post. A perfect post<\/em>.<\/p>\n A post in your heart you no has know mistakes.<\/p>\n -30-<\/p>\n \u00a9 J. Clark 2010<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many have asked where I find the time to blog daily. My secret is my telephone and all those small groupings of minutes which we commonly waste because they are too short a time with which to do anything productive. … Continue reading