A Writing Rant

Here is a rant for any group member who uses Reply All  consistently.

My forthcoming guidance to my fellow members of [group name] about Reply or Reply All stems from a few days of not checking my computer for a few days. There were four pages of [group name's] emails that most of us can live without. 

If someone wants to thank a fellow group member or add a 1- or 2-word comment, can't they just message the one person? True; those messages are nice. . . for the one recipient. 

These voluminous messages have me almost putting [our group name's] messages of Thanks and Congratulations in my junk mail folder.

It's ridiculous: I'll see a congratulation message for one person go out to Reply All, which prompts additional thanks or congratulations from every Tom, Dick and Harry is sent - again - to the masses. Then each recipient thanks the sender (and everyone else), ad nauseum.  It's an endless cycle of nonsense. 

Save Reply All for original questions, new information, or helpful answers. Everything else is a waste of everybody's time. 

I apologize for ranting. 

Just hope I don't trip when I get down from my soapbox. 'Nuff said?

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

A Scribbler Box!?!

Like me, you probably don't know what a Scribbler Box is.

https://www.goscribbler.com/?srsltid=AfmBOooLm6ZMiSyT4lnuh8JF2y-A9YQzRvQXOpM8eH7NRwRVsY4INH8A

I registered early for a writing conference with the Triangle Association of Freelancers. I am among ten people who won a special gift subscription. There are four people who not only belong to TAF (known as Taffies), but they are also members of Neuse River Writers. (I'm a winner in two places!)

Once I get my hands on my very own Scribbler box (May 17th conference at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh), I'll let you know what's inside.

#scribbler, #scribblerbox, #writing, #winner, #convention, #TAF, 

#TriangleAssociationofFreelancers, #NRW, #NeuseRiverWriters

The Talented Tulip

This morning, Tulip turned a morning stretch into action. She turned on the bathroom fan.

Next, she'll be flushing the toilet. 

🚽

The Latest Irritant

Just this week, Tulip found a new way to get my attention. Until now, she nudged her empty food bowl off the table it's set on.

Now, she dumps the full dish down. 

Those dark spots aren't ants on the floor. You are seeing the remains of this morning's meal and Tulip's green overturned dish. I bought several slow-feeder dishes. She has no patience to eat slowly.

This is Tulip's way of saving it for later.

#Tulip

#slowfeeder

#cat_tales