http://neobluepanther.com Writing, Among Other Things Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:18:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The last month was supposed to be a month of hectic blog advertising, campaigning and contests.  As planned, the month started on the right note with a 6000 Entrecard credits contest and an advertising space contest. But from then on, it didn't go as planned, to say the least. I could ... http://neobluepanther.com/2008/08/05/who-knew/ UPDATE1: I just found out that there is a problem with my comments table and I am not getting your comments. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to anyone who has commented in the past couple of days. I am trying to rectify the problem, but the contest is ... http://neobluepanther.com/2008/07/06/win-6000-ec-or-125-x-125-ad-space/ Daniel Scocco, the blogger behind Daily Blog Tips, has come up with the idea of holding a "Blogging Idol"  contest. Participating in contests is always fun, and this one seemed too good to resist. So, naturally, I signed up for it. Now, I need your help to win it. How does the ... http://neobluepanther.com/2008/07/01/blogging-idol-is-live/ There are millions of blogs in the blogosphere. It is impossible to manually keep a track of all of them, not that there is any reason for you to keep a track of all of them...unless, of course, you are Technorati.Yet, in your travels across the blogosphere, I am sure, ... http://neobluepanther.com/2008/06/25/how-do-you-keep-track/ I have always believed that spontaneous writing is the best form of writing - what comes naturally, is what is right. I can hardly find it in me to revise what I have written unless a few days have passed since I have first written it.So, not surprisingly, most of ... http://neobluepanther.com/2008/06/18/whats-the-best-word/ Many of us discover blogging through our love for writing. We like to write, and we also like to hope that some one is going to read what we write. A blog provides us with an easy way to share our writing and ideas with others, and before we know it, ... http://neobluepanther.com/2008/06/15/three-reasons-why-blogging-is-not-good-for-your-writing/ The post that follows was written by me a few months back. While I sat down to write a new post today, I relaised that I had already written something like that a few months back. So, instead of writing the same thing, albeit in different words, I decided to simply ... http://neobluepanther.com/2008/05/28/writing-as-a-system-an-old-post-revisited/ Good Writing, unlike many other things, never goes out of fashion - neither do good writers. Jeffrey Archer, or Lord Jeffrey Archer, as he is now known, is on a visit to India - his first official one. He had never toured India before because, as he said, he had ... http://neobluepanther.com/2008/05/23/talent-hard-work-and-jeffrey-archer/ At the outset, I would like to apologise to all concerned for the delay in announcing the result for the 4,000 Etrecard credits giveaway contest. I was having a difficult time trying to decide a way to choose the winner. Eventually, I decided to take the traditional route, and printed the name of ... http://neobluepanther.com/2008/05/17/and-the-winner-is/ This is a quick post to let you know that the entries to the contest are now closed. The winner will be announced a little later in the day. If you have entered the contest, do check back to see if you won!ShareThis http://neobluepanther.com/2008/05/14/4000-entrecard-credits-giveaway-contest-an-update/