MS Maze

On Writing

Making goals and sticking to them… last week’s ruminations about my still unfinished book and rambling about a lack of deadlines resulted in a virtual put up or shut up from a writer friend. Actually, he proposed that we set a weekly writing goal and hold each other’s feet to the fire. Casting aside my fear of failure, I took him up on it.

We started with a very manageable weekly minimum that I secretly vowed to surpass. I never did come up with a title for my project, so I started anew with a clean manuscript (lots of edits from the previous version will be transferred over) and gave it the very confident-sounding working title “This Is It.” Okay, my friend, we’re on. My keyboard is burning and I’ll be checking up on you…

We bloggers can have fragile egos. We want to be read and we want to know that we matter. Novice bloggers, while trying to build a following, often harbor serious doubts. This great read on BlogHer fills newbie bloggers in on the cold hard truth behind blogging: Hey, Jealousy: Every Blogger Was a Newbie Once. Every blogger will recognize themselves in this one.

Around the Web This Week

Business owners take note. Discretionary spending to the tune of $175 billion is at stake. People with disabilities enjoy going out and socializing with their friends and family… and they spend money. If they cannot enter your establishment without a great deal of difficulty, they will patronize your competitor. Accessible Design Makes Good Business Sense

“The health insurance industry is the shark that swims just below the water, and you don’t see that shark until you feel the teeth of that shark.” – Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). Despite the bipartisan health care summit, the shark is still circling. After the Health Care Summit : The Shark in the Water

Having trouble getting health insurance? Maybe you can get on your pet’s insurance plan. Probably not, but that didn’t stop Hal Ziegler from making the call anyway, after receiving the infamous rate increase letter from Anthem Blue Cross. Pet Insurance for People..Marriage for Healthcare..How Far Would You Go?

Is there a link between the use of occupational pesticides and Parkinson’s disease? That’s what we’d like to know. Find out more: Pesticides and Parkinson’s: Possible Link Must Be Investigated

The White House released his proposed health care reform proposal on Monday, despite Republican demands to scrap the whole thing and start over with Thursday’s “bi-partisan” health care reform summit. Obama Health Care Plan Targets Insurers, Lacks Public Option

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