Blog, blog, blog, blog... It's better than bad, it's good!

[Greg R. Fishbone]

I'm sitting in an Internet cafe in Pennsylvania, slowly digesting cider-glazed turkey, gluten-free stuffing, and Thai cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving. And yet, with a turkey-coma, travel lag, and limited connectivity, I'm still able to share a few tryptophan-laced thoughts with the MyNESCBWI community (62 members strong, and growing). That's how easy it is to...

Add a Blog Post

Your MyNESCBWI account comes with a blogging platform that includes the usual bells and whistles:

• Moderate comments or just let them appear.
• Choose to be notified when anyone comments on your posts, or not.
• Release your post immediately or let it escape at a date and time in the future.
• Save blog entries as drafts and polish them up later.
• Do simple formatting, linking, and uploading pictures with a clickable interface.
• Post private entries that only your "MyNESCBWI friends" can see.
• Organize your blog entries with tags.
• Syndicate your entries to use elsewhere with an RSS feed.

...and probably a few other features I haven't discovered yet. But one really neat feature is that the best blog entries, by moderator discretion, can be promoted to the front page as "featured blogs." These may be related to the craft of writing or illustrating, school visits, marketing, critiquing, website construction, professional development, etc. If you don't have a dedicated blog, this is a great way to get your feet wet.

Or maybe you do already have a writing- or illustrating-focused blog that you've set up to crosspost to your My Page. In that case, why not cut and paste your best blog posts into MyNESCBWI to share with the community?

Among the 62+ of us, we have an amazing depth of knowledge to share, so let's get blogging!

(n.b.: It should go without saying that inappropriate blog posts will not be tolerated, may be removed, and may lead to the author being banned from future participation in this site. Inappropriate posts include, but are not limited to, entries that incite hatred or bigotry, promote illegal activities, or disparage identifiable persons. But you probably weren't going to do those things anyway, were you?)

[Ginger *:)]

Recently I learned that

Overnight prints was offering Poster prints at 11 X 17 inches. I decided to try this out and was rewarded with the most beautiful prints! The color is perfect and the effect is fantastic. Well worth the money spent and there are always coupons available for discounts. If you have a book to promote or artwork you want to sell as posters this might be right for you as well.
Since I photographed this in natural light in the studio, it may not be as vivid as it is in real life, but I am really happy with the quality.

[Ginger *:)]

Our own New England, and also my around the corner neighbor, Beth Krommes has just won the CALDECOTT Award for the illustrations in THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT written by Susan Marie Swanson. You can visit Beth's website at: www.bethkrommes.com HUGE Congratulations Beth!!!!

[Linda Crotta Brennan]

Thanks for nudging us into the 21st century.

[Greg R. Fishbone]

Yay, tryptophan!

[Michelle Henninger]

It looks great Greg! Nice job!! (And yes, I'm still in a tryptophan stupor, and it's Saturday!!)
:-)

[Jo Knowles]

I'm working on it. Really!

:-)

[Greg R. Fishbone]

Thanks, Jo! So far, so good...though I'd like to get more blog entries going (hint-hint!) :D

[Jo Knowles]

Hi Greg!

I love how the site is shaping up. Thanks for all your hard work on this!

:-)

Jo