Darcy Pattison

The Journal: Requesting Your Recommendations

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Topic: Requesting Your Recommendations * Today * Of Interest * The Numbers Quotes of the Day “Readers don’t buy books, they buy stories by voices that resonate with them. The more distinct your voice, the more likely your signal stands out from the rest of the noise.” Russell Blake “We all think we live in an exceptional time, and this is the big show, and all else was preamble. Wrong. This is only our show, and we are tomorrow’s preamble, so lighten up and have fun with whatever you’re doing, and … Read more

The Daily Journal, Wednesday, April 24

In today’s Journal ▪ My friend Robert ▪ Sometime yesterday ▪ Daily diary ▪ Of Interest ▪ The numbers My friend Robert will be coming in early today, so we’re going to meet for breakfast. Then he’ll follow me to the house where we’ll spend the day visiting. It should be a great time. Late this afternoon, we’ll head out to the desert to take some sunset photos of saguaro cacti. Then he’ll leave in the morning for the rest of his trip. *** Sometime yesterday I did something (apparently) to my left shoulder. I don’t recall doing anything to … Read more

The Daily Journal, Tuesday, April 23

In today’s Journal ▪ Pro Writers Writing blog ▪ Topic: You Have a Choice ▪ Daily diary ▪ Of Interest ▪ The numbers Well, for the second day in a row the post at PWW didn’t go out via MailChimp as it was supposed to. As a result, I deactivated the “missed-post trigger” plug-in that obviously isn’t working and activated another one. I also went into MailChimp and re-set the posting time to 9 a.m. So we’ll see. UPDATE: The PWW post went out! Woohoo! I’ll leave the posting time at 9. Wouldn’t want to upset anything. In the meantime, … Read more