We had another full week, with posts every day. I’m gonna try to keep making this happen.

My friend, Pete, turned me on to this great acoustic solo act, Matt Nathanson. Check his site out. Freakin’ awesome.

The novel that I am serializing here at Loki Listens, started on Saturday. Check out the first section.

Twitter. I am apparently back in business. Check out my tweetstats.

After several recommendations, I moved from Pidgin to Digsby for my Instant Messaging client. Main thing is that digsby takes care of my email, myspace, and facebook.  It also crashes less than Pidgin.

With that said, let’s talk about Squidoo. I reached my target of 10 Lenses. With that target goal, I will not make another lens until I believe these 10 are very, very good. Check them out.

• Seth Godin’s Tribes
• Loki Listens to You
• Who is Jack Lhasa
• Jack Lhasa’s Lensography
• Richard Bach’s Illusions
• Fable 2 Review
• Saint’s Row Review
• Xbox 360 Review and Hub
• Herbal Remedies: Echinacea
• Herbal Remedies: Ginkgo Biloba

And lastly, I’d like to talk about Daily Mugshot. Come and join in on this fun.  I have set a goal to wear a different hat every day.  Or atleast wear it in a way that I have not before.  Check it out below.

Jack.
I Listen.
Monday Updates
December 8, 2008

Some craziness going on this past week.

I started my NaNoWriMo novel, I’m about 15,000 words in. I need to pick up the pace if I am going to finish on time. I’ve played with the idea of releasing sections of it on here. Making it a serial. We’ll see what happens.

I signed up on Squidoo. I’ve got two lenses going now. One on myself, and one of the video game Fable 2. There will be a lot of these in the future, and links will be here for all of them, so you don’t miss out.

Also started reading Seth Godin’s Tribes. It’s pretty smart stuff. There will be a review of it when I finish.

I think that about raps things up for this update. See ya soon.

Jack.
I Listen.

Books, books, books. I’m mad for reading. I spend untold amounts of time scraping through my library, the local library, and the web for sources of inspiration, or just a good read that can help me get out of myself for a while.

Sometimes it is important, as a writer, to lose yourself in a good book. I like to pick up things that aren’t really my style, to give a fresh perspective on what I write. I spend a lot of time waxing philosophic on my blog, and that generally comes from what I read.

I’ve been pulling my way through the works of Hunter S. Thompson these past few weeks. Fear and Loathing: on The Campaign Trail ‘72 has not only been an excellent read, but it’s made me feel closer to the elections this year. Hunter could always dig himself into any situation, completely engulfing his personality with his subject. I respect that a lot, and I think that if more writers really allowed themselves to be a little crazy, or heroic, or depressed, or manic, they would be able to make their characters more believable. Hunter knew this.

Write yourself into a story. Let it take over all that is you. See what happens.

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Loki
I’m Listening

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I am based out of the South Eastern United States. I am considering all options and trying to build a portfolio. I would be happy to contribute to small magazines/ezines/blogs for free.

Quick Summary – I’ve been writing for 13 years. I wrote mostly poetry early in the life, as well as short fiction. Later I began to write non-fiction fairly often, as can be referenced in this blog. I worked as a copywriter for some time. I am a writer, photographer, and all-around writing catch-all.  My writing has a unique voice, I think that it really speaks for itself.

I have experience in many fields, including(but not limited to):

• Blogging
• Web 2.0
• Journalism
• All forms of Windows and several Linux Distributions
• Poetry
• Short Fiction
• Hiking/Trailing
• Photography
• History
• Pharmacology
• Therapy
• Psychology
• Philosophy
• Theology
• Copywriting
• XHTML
• proofreading/editing
• Entrepreneur/Small Business
• Technology; Computers, Video Games, Phones, Gadgets
• Nutrition and Health Supplements
• Politics

My writing background includes:

• 2 Years This Blog. 5 Years of web presence prior to this blog.
• Several months as co-host of the Something Kinda Techy podcast
• 4 months on the Twitter Travels team.  Co-Founder.
• 2 Poems published in the Canadian magazine, Waxing & Waning
• Several articles for The Entropy Report , Editor: Drake Frost
• Guest Blog at P.R. Seitz Books. Editor: P.R. Seitz
• Book Reviews for P.R. Seitz Books
• 2 Months Proofreading for Delegate2
• Speaking of Poetry, a self-published CD of Spoken Word
• Some articles and media at Associated Content.
• A consistent twitterer. I am often found helping people in web2.0 matters here.
• Currently a CNN iReporter in the Second Life world. If you would like to speak with me there, my SL name is Jayell Alter.

My regular work has included:

• 8 Years of Retail Management
• 1 Year of Call Center Technical Support
• 6 Months of Warehouse Shipping and Receiving
• 6 Months of Copywriting for a major eBay company
• 6 Years as an eBay Seller
• 2 Years as an entrepreneur, with my own graphic design company
• 3 Years as a Freelance Journalist

Contact me privately with job offers or comments in general. You may also reach me by phone with the widget below.

- Jack Lhasa

-Loki.
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Developmental Theology 089
Lesson #36

Foreign Powers dictate what I am saying.

-Loki.

I hope to start regular posts again soon, so stay on the lookout. Also, I will be starting a new blog shortly, with multiple contributors, in the ezine style. I am currently looking for writers who would be interested in contributing on a regular basis. Contact me via the form…

Writers should review this blog and share the same writing interests that I have expressed within.

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