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Formation SAWI: Spécialiste en médias sociaux et communautés en ligne.
Rédactrice en chef et auteur
Quote Me- "Time flies and the photos I’ve taken get left behind."
- "People always think getting dressed is about putting clothes on. It’s not. It’s a spell..."
- "I was outside, and the rain and the fog smelled nice. They smelled of hope, I think. They smelled..."
- "On apprend toujours mieux de ses propres erreurs que de celles des autres."
- "It’s like watching a train wreck and hanging around to see if there are going to be any..."
Category Archives: Writing
About my Writing
[fr]Mon écriture souffre généralement de trop de parenthèses, de tirets, de phrases trop longues et… de mots, simplement. Ça m’ennuie mais j’avoue que je suis paresseuse lorsque j’écris: pas de relecture, pas de réécriture, j’écris et je publie, voilà c’est … Continue reading
Not Writing, Again
[fr]Clairement, un autre phase de non-écriture. Ça passera.[en]Another post on writing/blogging, yes, another one. I am in a “not writing” phase. I actually want to write. Ideas keep flapping around in my head. But the idea of actually disciplining myself … Continue reading
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
[fr]Un autre récit de rêve — double, celui-ci. Je suis navrée, mais ça sort toujours en anglais…[en]A dream. I have a gift for ending up at the wrong place at the wrong time. For example, think of the day Obama … Continue reading
Raconter une histoire
[en]I write a weekly column for Les Quotidiennes, which I republish here on CTTS for safekeeping.[fr]Chroniques du monde connecté: cet article a été initialement publié dans Les Quotidiennes (voir l’original). J’ai eu une révélation ce week-end. Elle concerne l’écriture, et … Continue reading
Posted in Chroniques du monde connecté, On Writing
Tagged bloguer, écriture, histoire, personnages, scénario
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Plot Grows Out of Character
[fr]J’ai enfin compris comment écrire des histoires. Les histoires naissent des personnages. Il faut partir des personnages et les développer et les écrire à la vie, et non pas partir de l’histoire elle-même.[en]“Plot grows out of character,” says Anne Lamott, … Continue reading
Political Nightmare
[fr]Récit de cauchemar.[en]A dream. In a few hours from now, they are going to come and make our heads roll. The new government of New York City, with which we have worked for many months to ease the transition, is … Continue reading
Posted in Creative
Tagged decapitation, dream, government, new york, nightmare, politics, Writing
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Small Black Flies
Small black flies invaded the office, before taking over the whole city. It got so bad you had to wear a mask to avoid breathing them in. They formed a fine black film over everything, including your skin. People went … Continue reading
Inner Swamp
Lucy hasn’t been tending her inner swamp lately. It’s starting to overflow, dripping from her eyes and ears. She knows the swamp monster is feeding on the gloom and growing each day. With Patrick, she sets off on an inner … Continue reading
Je chronique, chronique
[en]I’m really enjoying writing my weekly column for Les Quotidiennes, and discovering that the constraints of the genre are giving me all sorts of ideas to write about.[fr]Il y a un peu plus d’un mois, je démarrais mes chroniques du … Continue reading
Ecrire en 2D
[en]I write a weekly column for Les Quotidiennes, which I republish here on CTTS for safekeeping.[fr]Chroniques du monde connecté: cet article a été initialement publié dans Les Quotidiennes (voir l’original). Ecrire en 2D, oui, vous avez bien lu. Mais n’est-ce … Continue reading
Posted in Chroniques du monde connecté, On Writing
Tagged 2D, écrire, hyperliens, hypertexte, liens
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