Tuesday Tumbling Terms ~ Resources

It's Tuesday Tumbling Terms for the writer. Our word today is ...

 Resources 

Noun A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function...

Verb Provide (a person or organization) with materials, money, staff, and other assets necessary for effective operation.

Resources are invaluable to the writer. I don't care what you are writing about you have to have resources at your finger tips to write. In the old days, back when I first started writing, there were things like the unabridged Webster's Dictionary, a good thesaurus, encyclopedias, and reference materials. I spent a lot of time in libraries back then.

Today we have the world wide web. We can scan through millions of libraries without ever leaving home. We can access time period clothing and speech patterns, chat with other authors, connect with readers and even write a diary of sorts...blogging all courtesy of the web.

So what does a writer in these modern times need in their writer's toolbox in the way of resources... a computer with Internet connection. But wait, not every home has a computer, Internet, or someone who knows how to operate one. This is true. Well, there's always the public library or local bookstore. But I'll ignore those folks for right now, because they ain't reading this blog without the before mentioned items.  Shh, if you don't tell them; they won't know. 

How do you narrow your search down to a reasonable, usable data to what you are truly looking for? I tend to put a lot of words in my searches from general to very specific. The items that first come up generally are considered best fit. This is where keywords come in handy. This sets up the search criteria. Think of it as a bibliophile to the Internet. You'd never find what you wanted just flipping through all the billions of websites out there. That would just be insane. You'd have better odds finding a needle in a haystack.

Whether you want books, information, or just read for pleasure the power available with a couple of clicks is unbelievable. It's more like science fiction than science fact. For me, this tops off as number 1 in resources for writers.

Keep writing and loving the Lord.

Monday Mailbox~Sources

It's Monday. Time to visit Tilda the Mailbox.

Thanks , I have recently been looking for information about this subject for ages and yours is the greatest I have discovered till now. Are you certain in regards to the source?

This was sent to me regarding platform building. But a lot of my blogs give information about writing the perfect book or how to advertise it. So I'm doing to answer this one question about sources in regards to my blog.

I use various sources of information as it pertains to my blog. Some of the sources I use are tried and true by me or other writers. Some are garnered by books I have read by authors I trust to give me the straight skinny on ideas. Some are things I learned in various classes I've taken or taught.

Before 2010, I had no idea what a platform was as to writing. I knew all about advertising and market share was from my business as a consultant and college. There is something to be said for entrepreneurship. It's either eat or be eaten in this world. There is always something higher on the food chain than you. Although for most humans, they become prey for microscopic organisms more than huge animals.

To consider myself well read is an understatement, you can't have as many sheepskins under your belt as I do and not be well read. No, I'm not bragging just stating facts.Education aside, I have diverse interests and skills, and haven't run across much that I didn't want to know more about. I have an inquisitive mind, and am always questioning. If I have questions stewing in the pack rat of a brain of mine, I have to find the answer. "Because" doesn't suffice.

To quote passage and verse where I received the answer, I can't do it...unless it's the Bible. The world has abundant resources available to a seeker of information. Type any question into a internet search engine and view thousands of results. For me, my mind is a sponge and absorbing as much as it can until it's over saturated and dripping. The only detriment to my stroke has been that I reach the over saturation point too soon these days.

So how do you search for answers?

Keep writing and loving the Lord.