Blog Challenge Drawing Winner

Posted on March 10, 2010 by WordsMatter

We thoroughly enjoyed reading all the blog challenge entries, and were delighted to have so many participants. Seven bloggers posted on all five topics, and we offer special thanks to each of them.

olivia-2010-sm The winner of the $20 Amazon gift certificate was randomly chosen from a hat by NAIWE’s official feline representative, Olivia. Large fuzzy paws necessitated a couple of tries to extract only one name, but she finally settled on Sharon O’Brien Huey of the Sharontology blog, who will receive the gift certificate via e-mail.

We hope everyone enjoyed participating in Words Matter Week 2010, and we hope you’ll join us next year for Words Matter Week 2011!

The National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE), the professional association with the career-building difference, and Photographer Blue, an international directory of wedding and portrait photographers, are sponsors of Words Matter Week 2010.

Words Matter 2010- Day 5 Blog Challenge

Posted on March 5, 2010 by WordsMatter

Here’s the blog challenge question for Friday, March 5, 2010:

What person in your life helped you understand the importance of choosing words carefully? What would you say to them if you met them today?

If you’d like to participate in the challenge, write a post on your own blog on the topic of the day, then visit the Words Matter blog to leave your post title and link in the comment section so that others can enjoy what you’ve written. Be sure to share your posts in Facebook, Twitter, and other social media!

Background: In honor of Words Matter Week, a holiday that is celebrated annually the first full week in March, the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE) is hosting a Blog Challenge with a specific daily topic Monday through Friday.

Each blogger that posts a response to each day’s challenge (a total of five posts) will be entered into a drawing for a $20 gift card to Amazon.com. The winner will be announced in the next issue of The Edge, NAIWE’s e-mail newsletter. (If you don’t receive it yet, you may subscribe at the NAIWE homepage). Remember to write the post on your own blog, adding a link to this post. Return to this page and add a comment on this post, with the title of your response and a link to your post.

“Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them.”

Flannery O’Connor

NAIWE and Photographer Blue, sponsors of Words Matter Week, thank you for joining us in the blog challenge. If you’d like to become a NAIWE member, join us this week and receive a special bonus!

Words Matter 2010- Day 4 Blog Challenge

Posted on March 4, 2010 by WordsMatter

Here’s the blog challenge question for Thursday, March 4, 2010:

If you had to eliminate one word or phrase from the English language, what would it be? Why?

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’”

Ronald Reagan

Remember the Words Matter Week Bonus! New members who join NAIWE during Words Matter Week will receive a special bonus: a copy of Silence, Language, & Society: A guide to style and meaning, grace and compassion by Robert Hartwell Fiske and a copy of NAIWE’s “How to Create Credibility as a Freelancer” booklet! It’s the perfect time to join the “professional association with career-building difference.”

Words Matter 2010- Day 3 Blog Challenge

Posted on March 3, 2010 by WordsMatter

Here’s the blog challenge question for Wednesday, March 3, 2010:

Writers are people who take isolated words and craft them into memorable phrases, stories, poems and plays. Who are the writers who make your heart sing? What is the magic ingredient?

“A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.”

Ring Lardner

We’ll be talking today on The Freelance Life with editor Barbara McNichol about how to Whack Wordiness. Learn more at the NewsWire blog!

Words Matter 2010- Day 2 Blog Challenge

Posted on March 2, 2010 by WordsMatter

Here’s the blog challenge question for Tuesday, March 2, 2010:

Communication breaks down when words are misused. What is the funniest, most interesting, or worst break-down you’ve ever observed?

“If human beings don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up. After a few months’ consideration and observation he abandoned this theory in favor of a new one. If they don’t keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.”

Douglas Adams

We’ll be talking today on The Freelance Life with accountant Carol Topp. Learn more at the NewsWire blog!

Words Matter 2010- Day 1 Blog Challenge

Posted on March 1, 2010 by WordsMatter

Here’s the blog challenge question for Monday, March 1, 2010:

What is the most important word or words in your life? Why?

“Let the wild rumpus start!

(From Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak)

We had a great interview on The Freelance Life with Robert Hartwell Fiske of The Vocabula Review. Listen on the Words Matter Week 2010 page.

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