Sign of the times: Pulitzer will accept online work

I know, I found it hard to believe too, but the Pulitzer Prizes -- probably the most prestigious awards for American newspaper reporting and commentary -- will begin immediately accepting submissions from online-only publications.

Yup, internet newspapers and news organizations that publish online will be considered for all 14 of the journalism awards. No doubt, some blogs that mainly report on news may be eligible. This is definitely a sign things are changing in our world.

With print newspapers going out of business at a rapid pace -- Tribune just filed for Chapter 11 the other day -- there's not even a question of the increasing importance and influence of online media. Print newspaper may disappear at some point. Gosh, I haven't read a print paper in probably eight years.

For writers, though, this is very meaningful. If anyone still had doubts about the "legitimacy" of internet work and online writing, they're living in the past.

As for fiction and novels, Well, I have way too much to say and it will have to wait for another post.

Categories: writing, pulitzer, blogging, online, internet

About word counts (oh, and ze blog)

I know I've deviated lately from the main topic of this blog -- writing. At least, that's what the topic used to be once upon a time, about two years ago, when it was still an active blog.

Then the war happened and I was outed and I had a hard time returning to blogging. Seems lately, though, I've been back blogging a little after all. Only I don't feel like blogging just about writing all the time. So I won't. My blog, my say.

But this post is about writing.

I participated in NaNoWriMo this year. I knew I'd likely fail, but I knew it would give me an extra incentive to write anyways. So I joined, and yes, I "failed" but I don't count it as failing. I wrote over 12,000 words during November. I think that's not too shabby at all.

You know I'm also an editor at BloggingStocks, right? So I have a running word count on the system there. To date, I wrote 991,557 words over two years and half. That's nearly ten standard size novels. In two and half years. If you do the math, that's just over 1,000 words a day. Every day.

Since no one is expecting anyone to write 10 novels in two and half years -- that's about seven and half novels too many -- then do the new math and you get that by writing only 274 words a day you get 100,000 words a year. A novel.

Point: Anyone discounting any amount of words written is doing injustice to herself. Anyone thinking a goal of just 200 words a day would get him nowhere is dead wrong. It adds up. Don't argue with the math!

Or, in the words of one Insane Writer: Writing: It’s All About the Numbers.

I know I get discouraged sometimes when all I can manage is a measly 150 words, so I guess I'm writing this more for myself following my undisputed, gynormous failure in NaNo...

Categories: writing, process, blogging

Waiting to be contacted - is there anybody out there?

By Miss Ruby Foo

Are you going to excuse me for a moment if I'm going to act like a total girly-girl?
Well, I don't care!

OMG, OMG! (Could you see me jump up and down with glee?)

Well, this is truly an honor. Blog in Space chose All Kinds of Writing, just like that, out of the blue as one that would most likely be contacted.


Well, you know the importance I put on space exploration, and you know what a geek I can be, so this sudden official "Most Likely to be Contacted" badge when I only just resumed blogging two weeks ago or so, is just freaking amazing.

Well, no one can't deny that I haven't made the first steps. After all, I've written a blog and submitted it for transmission in space.

Now, all I have to do is wait. To be contacted of course. I'm taking this all very seriously!

Here are some space/science posts I'm really proud of for those who think Blog In Space was wrong:

• You Have to Listen - Space Exploration is Not a Joke
• Mission Control Center - Houston, Texas
• Quantum, Strings and Antimatter
• Dark Matter in Art, in Writing
• Deductive Reasoning
• How does the singularity affect writers?
• Holding Science Accountable - or Morality and Writing
• Valentine's Day Romance Or Science?
• Weekend Stuff: Poetry, Science, Arts and Writing
• GenX, Health and World Series - Science Stuff
• Outlines, the Oscars and the Universe as a Computer
• From now on call me Master Yoda - well, I know it's not much of a post, but show me one who wouldn't be proud to be Yoda!

Now if these posts didn't convince you or Them (you know, Them) that I deserve to be contacted, I don't know what will.

Still waiting ...

Categories: space, science, fun, blogging

You Are a Genius!

Really, I'm not kidding. If you are reading this blog -- and obviously you are -- then you are a genius!

Don't believe me? No need. A very respectable test -- found over at Georganna's blog -- proves this:

The Blog Readability Test - What level of education is required to understand All Kinds of Writing?

And you can see, as promised, you couldn't read this blog if you weren't a genius. Voila:

Just curious though. If you are a genius, what does that make me? Uber genius?

Gotta love all these tests!

Categories: fun, quiz, test, blogging

Winter made me do it (blog, that is)

So, with the storm we're having, everybody's been posting pictures of winter. Me too then!

You have to understand that less than two weeks ago I was in Israel. While winter was in its midst there, I could still go to the beach for a walk on occasion.

And today ... there was this:

When the snow calmed a bit, I went out to shovel:

And for the regular seasonal photo:

And just two more cute ones:

Categories: blogging, winter