The Supreme Court and Warm Fuzzies 8

I heard something the other day about how the Supreme Court writes their final arguments. The point was made that the act of writing his opinion, being required to marshal his arguments, often helps a justice come to his decision.

I can’t tell you how often I’ve done the same thing. I thought I felt one way about a subject, but by the time I wrote a blog post, I had either changed my mind or realized that I wasn’t as sure of my viewpoint as I’d thought.

The same thing happens when I’m writing in a certain character’s POV. All of a sudden, s/he does or says something I wasn’t expecting. I’m wondering if both instances are fruit of the same tree.

I’ve taken advantage of this weirdness in my personal life. Whenever I have a difficult decision to make, I write a short paragraph about why I’m choosing one side over another. It often helps to make my position cohesive.

How about you? Do you write to help decide your position on an issue?

Blog Housekeeping 8

I’ve noticed that a few people are having trouble posting comments.

A few weeks ago, when I was still being hammered about my anti-piracy stance, I changed the blog to require that all commenters log in with an email address.

This morning I disabled that function. Hopefully, I won’t get nasty comments from “Anonymous” so I can keep it open.

 

This Space For Let – Guest Bloggers Wanted 14

The Warm Fuzzies! blog gets a respectable amount of hits per day, even though less than 1% of people who visit actually leave a comment. That’s okay. They may be shy.

But I think there is gold in them thar hills, and I’m aimin’ to mine it. (No, I haven’t a clue why I’ve decided to be a cowboy all of a sudden.)

In other words, I’d like YOU to be a part of Warm Fuzzies as a guest blogger. I’ve already recruited two volunteers, so we’re well on our way.

Email me at karen@karenranney.com with GUEST BLOGGER in the subject line and tell me what you’d like to write about. There are only two topics off limits on Warm Fuzzies! – and those are politics and religion. Also, I try to keep blog posts to below 500 words, but if necessary, we can split your post into two separate days.

If you’d like to publicize your new book, that’s fine – we’re a bunch of readers. If you want to shout about your blog, that’s okay, too. We’re a divergent group of people interested in oodles of things.  Warm Fuzzies! is primarily a group of readers, however, so advice about writing or publication would probably be wasted on us. Otherwise, the sky’s the limit as far as subject matter (with the exception of the two subjects mentioned above).

I’d like to have one guest blogger per week, so all you authors, want-to-be published writers, and bloggers – now’s the time to email me!