Heart Like a Dog

The Good, the Bad, and the Oh My God of living with dogs!

When the Words Won’t Come

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By now you should all know that I will be speaking at the BlogPaws Conference in Nashville at the end of this month. My topic is Engaging Your Reader.

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I was a little nervous when I heard they were opening sessions for people to sign up. What if no-one signed up for me? But I’m happy to report, my session is full. For those of you who get into my session, don’t worry. I’m at conference from Thursday until Monday morning, if you see me there, grab me chat me up. If you aren’t attending, don’t worry, I’ll be writing a post recapping my topic. 

Last Thursday to give peeps a little taste of my topic, I participated in a Google Hangout with Jessica Willams from You Did What With Your Wiener (who will be doing one on one sessions about increasing your Facebook interactions) and Carol Byrant, Marketing Manager of BlogPaws and blogger at Fidose of Reality.

You can watch the chat here or you can go directly to Youtube. (Honestly, could that picture be any more unflattering?)

I’m telling you up front, I fidgeted a lot and had a real problem keeping my eyes looking at the camera on my computer. I kept looking at Carol and Jessica on the bottom part of my screen. And I think I got off track once, but Carol was all cool about it. After the chat Jessica and I hung out a bit and answered a couple of questions.

One of the things Carol and I talked about was what to do when you experience writer’s block. 

There are a number of things I do when the words just won’t come.

  • I have a bunch of posts in draft form in my dashboard. I go through those and look to see if something catches my eye, (although some of them are outdated now).
  • I will also flip through pictures in my computer and see if any of them inspire me come up with a post.
  • I am also sometimes inspired by some of your blog posts, or one of your posts reminds me of a story and I’ll jot some ideas down.

These are some of the ideas I use when I’m at a loss for words, what methods do you use when the words just won’t come?

And just because who the hell wants to see my picture on the blog, here is a cute picture of my puppy on his solo walk this past weekend.

Golden Lab

If you’re happy and you know it, lift your paw.

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This Means Socks

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By now most of you know I’m a big Harry Potter fan. I’ve read the books more times than I can count.

One of my favorite characters is Dobby the House Elf. For those who are unfamiliar with the Harry Potter books (really? I can’t believe it’s even possible. Go read the first book, I’ll wait.)

Just kidding.

For those unfamiliar with House Elves, these creatures live to do work for the families they serve. Typically a house elf dresses themselves in a tea towel, or a rag. To most house elves the worst thing that could possible happen to them is to be dismissed by their masters and the way their master does so is to bestow them with clothes.

In a House Elf’s mind, being presented with clothes is a horrible disgrace. 

Except for Dobby. Dobby wanted to be a free elf and his favorite piece of clothing was socks.

While dogs don’t have the reasoning capabilities House Elves do, I feel there might be some similarities between dogs and House Elves.

Specifically stated, Socks are to dogs like clothes are to House Elves.

Sampson’s been licking at his paws again, it’s getting to the point where the fur is coming off and so the other day I told him, this means socks.

Golden Lab

No Mama, please. I’ll be good.

Do you know putting socks on a dog is a lot like trying to put socks on a kicking toddler? 

Well it is. 

The only good thing? I didn’t have to worry about whether they matched his outfit or not.

Golden Lab in socks

It’s humiliating, but at least the socks match. You should see what she wears.

 

You Make Me Smile – May 10, 2015

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You make me smile (or laugh), the sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do on a daily basis that brings a smile to my face, or a laugh to my lips.

Sampson, the patient way you lie in front of the water bowl, just waiting for me to refill it…

Golden Labrador

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You make me smile.

He’s a silly dog. Most times he ‘digs’ at the bowl, letting us know it’s empty, but lately he’s taken to just lying in front of it.

He sure makes me smile.

What do your dogs do when their water bowl is empty, or are you better at keeping it full than I am? 🙂

Delilah Stone

Honestly, what would she do without me? She forgot to wish you all a Happy Mother’s Day.

To all the mothers out there, we wish you a day surround by everyone and everything you love.

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