Your Award-Winning Moment of Zen

As you can see, this newly-created social media training for non-profits has earned me kudos from Netsquared. Unlike others, I don't hesitate when it comes to building communities - I move boldly forward!

But in other online writing, I recently completed a post for One Cause At A Time focusing on a great organization that....well, I'll let you read for yourself. It's one of the many times that I get to take some pride in writing about - as well as work in - the non-profit sphere.

In other news, here's a double dose of Comic Related/Zone 4 goodness: one focuses on missing episodes of Doctor Who; the other features a nice verbal smackdown of a recent convention. Both are definitely worth checking out.

Regaining My Blogging Mojo

Admittedly, for a good chunk of April and May, this blog was relatively inactive: I can - and will - blame writer's block.

That, and some situational matters, some existential (dealing with Dax's passing in the midst of job seeking) and some practical (having to revise some honest-to-gosh-hopefully-publicated-in-books fiction). So for awhile, I've felt honestly drained. But life has me bouncing back (as well as a pretender to the throne), and so I've been revisiting and regaining my writing mojo....

...not just in the sense of this blog, but all around. Here's a quick little summary:

• For the Chicago Nerd Social Club (I'm on their board), I've done write-ups on Doctor Who DVDs (thanks, BBC Home Entertainment) and Superman-related documentaries; 
• For my monthly column on Comic Related, you can catch my review of the recent BBC America hit Orphan Black, and speaking of which;
• Please like Zone 4 on Facebook, if only because you can avoid hearing a particular co-host chewing the scenery very loudly (and yes, I'm going to burn for that comment); 
• You can get a preview of my activities next week via Chicago Now; and
• I discuss reviving the Net Tuesday/Net2Chi/Netsquared group in a post with a familiar theme for current readers.

And I've also started a new endeavor, which I'll probably write about....early next week.

I'm back.

Please feel free to distribute this post via social media because not only could I use the traffic....but more importantly, the motivation to write.

Sunday Morning Blogaround

Increasingly, my days are becoming busier; spent all of this week prepping for a job interview where, within 24 hours, I was politely informed that they were moving forward with other candidates.

(Don't worry - I'll have a Hire Me, Pal! Initiative update tomorrow).

But that doesn't mean that several other cool things didn't happen - in fact, it's nice that although I'm posting this on a Sunday, rather than a Friday (and no, it's not because I only made a token appearance on this week's Zone 4), but it has been...well, my online profile has definitely improved.

• My monthly column for Comic Related focuses on one of my favorite shows, and this week, I'm hoping to write a special Doctor Who-themed post for later this month.
• This past week also saw the revival of Net2Chi (formerly, Chicago Net Tuesday) after, well, some benign neglect. You can read about what I did to prepare for Tuesday, as well as what we discussed on Tuesday
• After too long, a return to the Baker Street Blog, with a book that I strongly recommend you purchase

And with that, I'm off for a meeting working on a super-cool project, and remember: you'll get an update on the Hire Me, Pal! Initiative tomorrow!

Time For A Nap

Yes, it's been a busy, hectic week, and I'm only now catching up on some work related assignments. (Mostly finishing things that I should have finished today, but hey, when you gotta crash....you gotta crash).

Anyway, I'm gearing up for an upcoming Net Tuesday meeting (which I would be very grateful if you could help get the word out, especially since now we have a cool entry on the Netsquared hub), a Doctor Who meetup, and a Geek Breakfast. (You can get all of this - and more - via this week's Job Stalker post)

(Minor quibble - getting a little weary of people who never show up for events insisting on changes or locations. Meetup accounts ain't cheap - except for Netsquared, who covers Net Tuesday - and quite honestly, they probably wouldn't come if I moved heaven and earth. But enough of my ranting and raving - I'll save that for Zone 4).

Well, that's it for me - now, time to bed.