I’m writing in the lobby bar of the J.W. Marriott in the L.A. Live complex getting ready for the BlogHer annual conference to commence tonight, Thursday, August 4th. I arrived here in LA on Tuesday night, but went to Long Beach via the metro and a bus on Wednesday to catch a ferry to one […]
Poetry as Memoir
There are many ways to preserve relationships in written records. For those who have hundreds of pages of personal poetry, take the time to peruse what you have captured about family and events set in motion by family members as you create any retrospective about your life or family. Poetry often captures what prose cannot […]
BlogHer: Community v. Corporate Identity
FACTS When I want to know how a company is structured, who owns it, and other basic facts about it, I go to government filings that all corporations have to file. Bloomberg captures the essence of these filings in their research snapshots. This snapshot of SheKnows, LLC is available here. BlogHer is not listed, as it […]
BlogHer: Multiple Identities and Energies
A conference that attracts thousands of women content creators and thousands more individuals employed by vendors and publishers that work with, or in support of, those women creates a massive vortex, for lack of a better word, of women’s energy. This exists beyond the corporate entities that control, coordinate, and sponsor the media sites and conference. This […]
BlogHer: Staging Legacy
Okay, right up front – this post revolves around #BlogHer16. Every year that I am fortunate enough to be able to attend this conference, I try to write something in preparation before heading out to the conference. I am writing it here this year as WLP would not exist without BlogHer. Allow me to explain. I […]
June Writing Prompts
WLP is in a bit of a summertime slump. We are based in Tucson and when it is over 110° F the Editor/Publisher goes into siesta mode! But never fear, we are here. Just really behind. Let us start with the basics, what the florists and jewelers are hawking this month! Birthstones of June If you are […]