Halloween Themes and Variations: My Blog Imago

Happy Blogoversary to Tossing It Out!!!
Two great years starting with the first blog post on September 19, 2009

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My Blog Imago

        Why the smiling pumpkin?   Readers of Tossing It Out might be surprised to learn that this blog started as a Halloween blog.  In my earliest posts I tried to relate everything to the topic of Halloween.

        My blog began as a circumstance of synchronicity--a perfect storm of past interests meeting the struggle of a present that was casting a shadow of uncertainty over my future.  Out of work for several months, the image I now saw in the mirror was a man who didn't know what to do next.

        Following the advice of "write what you know", I decided to fall back on my experience in the entertainment and Halloween industries.  I did not want my writing to be a miasma of empty words so I strove for the highest quality writing of which I was capable.  

         My goal became posting daily with no lacuna.  Learning to pre-schedule solved the problem of missing blog posts during vacation times.  

          Did I risk causing readers to oscitate with boredom?   Sure--any blogger risks that, but with more experience I was learning.  I was beginning to feel like a writer and the blog was beginning to look more like a writing blog.

(200 Words)

        For the sake of clarification for those who might think the preceding is somewhat peculiar, this is my entry for the 2nd Campaign Challenge in Rachel Harrie's Platform Building Campaign.   The Challenge is as follows:  

Write a blog post in 200 words or less, excluding the title. It can be in any format, whether flash fiction, non-fiction, humorous blog musings, poem, etc. The blog post should:

• include the word "imago" in the title
• include the following 4 random words: "miasma," "lacuna," "oscitate," "synchronicity,"

If you want to give yourself an added challenge (optional and included in the word count), make reference to a mirror in your post.

For those who want an even greater challenge (optional), make your post 200 words EXACTLY!

     I had to conform my post that I had scheduled for today to fit within the parameters of the challenge. That was okay since this post serves as an introduction to some posts that will be showing up over the next few weeks.  The upcoming posts are something I hinted at in a post earlier this month that dealt with changes that have been occurring on this blog and changes that may be yet to come.


      If you'd like to cast a vote for my entry please go to the Linky List and click "Like" for #56.


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