Blog Comments: How Are You Responding to it? Or What is Your reactions? My Take For The Day At IWSG

Blog Comments:  

How Are You Responding to it? 

Or What is Your reaction?

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Yet another time/day for IWSG post!

Those who are not aware about this wonderful group, a word of introduction is very necessary at this time!

We the members of I W S G (Insecure Writers Support Group) post the first Wednesday of every month our fears, insecurity, thinking, doubts, questions answers, suggestions etc. all related to writing.  Most of the group members are blog authors or writers in different fields.  We help each other by asking questions from the field of writing. 

Even the well-established authors sometimes feel insecurity.  For such situation this is the secured place to share their burden to find some sort of solution to their fear/insecurity. You can ask your doubts, questions etc in relation to writing . There are people to help you out at IWSG.  That is the specialty of this group.   Indeed it has been a great blessing to many of the members here.

In short this idea is the brain child of the Sci-Fi writer Alex J. Cavanaugh. to help out his fellow bloggers/authors.

The registration is still open to join in this wonderful group, anyone who is having one or two blogs or any other authors, can join in this group and exchange their ideas, fears etc. through their pages linking back to its web page.  You can reach to the main web page by clicking here:  IWSG, 

Today’s wonderful co-hosts are Sheena-kay Graham, Julie Musil,Jamie Ayres, and Mike Swift. Please be sure to visit their pages. 

Also the group have an informative and lovely page at Facebook. Don’t forget to visit and join in the page! Facebook Group.

MY TAKE FOR THE DAY:

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We the bloggers' or for that matter any writers' of any kind expect feedback from our readers.  There is no doubt about this! It’s a universal fact that writers expect comments/feedbacks from their readers!  Even the well-established authors look out for some kind of response from their readers.  Though some may not accept this fact openly that is a fact. Indeed, every one opt for some kind of appreciation or feedback from their readers.

Sometimes these feedbacks are very nasty or very negative ones! Of course major ones may be positive or a highly praising ones.  Whatever it is, writers always expect some kind of feedbacks especially the blog authors always look or check out their comment boxes to see if anyone commented!

Here is a CAUTION: Whether it is positive or negative comment, we need to address or respond to it that is a common courtesy.  But unfortunately some of our friends/authors take it lightly and just ignore it.  In the recent past I have notice some good blog owners who comments back or respond to their readers very promptly with all required details in their comments.  I am sure in this busy world, writing blogs and responding to their readers’ comments in a detailed way is a bit difficult task, but yet there are some blog authors very religiously respond to each and every feedback they receive in their comment boxes.  This is a good practice and we need to do it systematically.  I am sure this will definitely increase our writing ability as well as to build a good relationship with the readers, and ha of course the traffic flow too will increase by these continuous process of communication.

I would like to introduce or tell about few such wonderful bloggers to my readers in one of my future blogs.  Their dedication to respond their reader’s response made them real authors in the sea of blogging world.

Commenting to blog post and responding back to that comments is the key word for the day. Let us make it a point to read each ones page and find time to post a constructive comment there.  Surely most of them respond back and that will also be a great help to go further in our writing job.

Wish You All A Happy IWSG DAY !!!

Philip Verghese 'Ariel'

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I W S G – My First Installment :-)

I W S G – My First Installment J

Though I was in the web world for quiet sometime, somehow I missed this wonderful group. 

I am so glad to join the group.  Thanks Alex for your kind invitation and reminder.  

Alex J Cavanaugh needs no introduction to the web community.  He is one of the A to Z blog challenge founding members and he played a vital role to make the A to Z a grand success.  IWSG is the brainchild of Alex.  He created this group to help the writers with timely advice, suggestion and other connected helps in relation to writing. To get More information Please Click Here: Alex J Cavanaugh

I was so delighted to hear about this group and at once i jumped in and  posted one blog in this regard immediately at my page.  You can visit that page by clicking HERE

As I said though I was in this field of writing for quiet some time, but still sometimes I feel very insecure to go on due to the pressure from many sides.  People like Arlee Bird, Alex, Tina Downey and many other like minded people are there to help out the genuine seekers with their timely help.  I was so glad to join in this year’s a to z challenge and completed successfully, with the timely help and support of such dear ones. That support and encouragement made me to continue to be in the process. OMG! I am going away from the stipulated subject.

This post’s main aim is to help fellow writers with timely advice as well as to express our own fears and doubts.  This is my first installment in this line, and

I would like to start with my own experience in the writing field, though I started my writing in my mother tongue (Malayalam) and slowly entered into the English language.

My child hood desire was to become a well known writer,  and I struggled a lot and still struggling to reach that level.  But one thing I learned from my life is that though we fail miserably in our area to reach the goal, we should not give up by any chance, go on try and get into that level.

Fears of rejection is one of the main area where many newbie’s fall flat.  But my advice to such new comers is that ”Do not Give up”, Go on try”, Rejection Slips are part and parcel of a writer. Look into the history of many well known writers, they all faced such situation in their life and they all overcome such hard situation, in this line I have posted a blog post recently, that you can read HERE

Also read yet another post I made sometime back in this regard, you can read that too here at this link. Slips! Slips! Rejection Slips!  In this post you get bit more information about me and my writing life.

Keep Going!  

Keep Writing! 

Keep Inform! 

Don’t Give up!

Good Wishes! 

C U All Until Next  ISWG

And Associates

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“Insecure Writer's Support Group” I Just Joined In

I Just Joined

The Group 

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“Insecure

Writer's

Support

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Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!

All one need to do is, first Wednesday of every month post your thoughts on your blog page and offer a word of encouragement for others especially the one who is a newbie in the field of blogging or writing.

This is the Brain Child of  Alex J. Cavanaugh The blogger/sci-fi writer on a journey of discovery - books, movies, music, games, and TV shows.

To Read More Please Cleck On The Below Link:

 Alex J. Cavanaugh

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A Missed Out Post From The Pages of A to Z April 2013 Challenge: Co-hosts And Ambassadors....

A Missed Out Blog Post From The Pages of A to Z Challenge 2013

A Just Concluded Blog Challenge!

Here is a list and badges of this years blog Co-host and its Ambassadors.

A to Z Blog Challenge Is The Brain Child of Arlee Bird, 

The Blogger. The Owner of Tossing it Out Blog Page.

To Read More About The Co-host and its Ambassadors Please Click on the below link:

Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: 

CO-HOST HELPERS/ASSISTANTS:

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A For Ariel: No. A for Apple: The Miracle Fruit

A For Ariel: No.  A for Apple: The Miracle Fruit

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Greetings to One and All

Welcome Ones Again to my page in this Happy Occasion – The beginning of A to Z 2013 challenge.

Yes the beginning of the much awaited A to Z 2013 Blog Challenge is just here.

As an Intro. Let me put it this way:  I thought I will start this years blog challenge with my own name I mean with my pen name Ariel  but suddenly I decided to change at the last minute, since I have posted a similar post the other day at Tina’s page  The life is good. under the title  “Getting to Know….. So again I started to think for another subject.  All of a sudden a new subject came to my mind; it is worth noting here:

As we are all most conscious about our health these days, so I have decided to write something on this line which will definitely be a help to many who go through these pages.

As the saying goes Health is Wealth. Let us be more aware about it. Yes, just look around us, there are many resources available in and around us, for that matter even in our kitchen and kitchen gardens many such things are available.  If we look into the value in it, its is really amazing!  in these series I would like to bring out few such things which are more precious but we do not know the value or greatness of it.

In the recent past I did few research and collected some materials in connection with this from my friends and relatives and from the medical fratenity.

Let me start with the word "A" Yes, A for Apple.

You may think that, hey what is this, Are you crazy? starting from the nursery class. Of course I am starting from there but definitely not crazy! each of us I mean those who read this learned about this word from the Nursery classes. Yes, A for Apple LOL

Yes, no doubt its beginning is from there and it went into our mind from there.  But here I am talking about its medicinal properties and its great nutritional value as a medicine for some of the common ailments.

A Small Intro:

It is a sub-acid fruit and considered as one of the best fruit of all fruits.  It is generally considered as the most wholesome food.  Apart from its energy value it works as the developments of metabolic functions like the physical growth and functioning of the body.

It has been cultivated from pre-historic times, and has mentioned in the history of China, Babylon Egypt and even in the Holy Bible there are several references to this.  The interesting thing is that the Scandinavian believe that it’s the “Food of God” and believed that it has medicinal properties to energize mind and body. The age old saying of “An Apple A Day Keeps the Doctor Away” The research proved that this is true.

Here are some medicinal properties of this wonder fruit.

As it's being rich in iron. Arsenic and phosphorus are good to beat out anemia. Freshly prepared apple juice taken daily half an hour before meals and just before going to bed will give good result.

It’s very useful in curing acute and chronic dysentery among children.  Ripe apple should be crushed into pulp form and give to children several times a day one to four tablespoons according to their ages this will be a good remedy to dysentery.   The American Medical Association advocated the use of apples as therapeutic agent in dysentery.  Shredded apple mixed with a tablespoon of honey sprinkled with sesame seed is an excellent tonic and appetizer.

It’s also a good medicine for all types of headaches.  Removing the upper rind taken with little salt every morning on empty stomach is a good remedy for even severe headache.  This should be taken for a week.

Its contents of potassium and phosphorous are a help in alleviation of heart disease.   The recent study by Dr. Elizabeth Barret-Cannor of California University revealed that people who consume more potassium through good items are likely to skip heart attacks.

It is also an excellent food medicine for gout, arthritis and rheumatism.  For rheumatic pains its boiled jelly can be rubbed for quick relief.  It is also a good medicine for dry cough, about 250 grams for sweet apple taken daily for a week will give tremendous relief to this pain, It also helps in treating Kidney stones, eye disorders, and dental disorders, it has mouth cleansing properties, Dr. T Hanks in his book Dental Survey says, “Apples have mouth cleansing property that no other fruit possess, taken after meals it works as a good tooth brush in cleansing the teeth.

It also works as a good promoter to body’s vigor and vitality.  The regular intakes of apple remove all deficiencies of vital organs and make the body fit and strong.  Since it contains more phosphorus and iron than any other vegetable it works wonders.  Though its available in different forms like jelly juice or cidar and vinegar, the freshly prepared juice is more effective.

Picture Credit Helen Prabha

Here is a delicious recipe with Apple juice & mint chutney sandwich recipe

by Helen Prabha (All about my world blog owner)

potassium permanganate

CAUTION:  The apple now available in the market are contained or sprayed with dangerous pesticides, the fruit should be thoroughly washed in all possible way, dip into the salt water and washed it with potassium permanganate will help in some extent.

Yet Another Caution: 

Though these are proved remedies we do not take any responsibility for any possible difficulties. it for granted.  Please do consult a doctor/nutritionists before using this 

as a medicine.   The information given here are collected 

from different sources and is posted here mainly for informational and educational purposes only. 

Thanks for dropping at this place.

Best Regards

P V & Associates

Source:

Dr. Vishwanaathan Maanathaara, Thiruvalla

The Word Book Encyclopedia 

F C & A Medical Publishing

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Ato Z 2013 Blog Challenge Is At The Door Step.Here Is A Small Write-up @ Co-host Tina's Page."Life is good" Getting to Know Tina’s Terrific Team Member "Philip Verghese ‘Ariel’ "

Getting to Know Tina’s Terrific Team Member "Philip Verghese ‘Ariel’ "

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As someone said, I too had the intention of keeping myself away from the audience while I write, so in the beginning I adopted the name ‘Ariel’ as my pseudonym.  But at a later stage I understood the value of revealing myself to the general readers.  And I came out with a write up about myself on “How I got my pen name?” And now I firmly believe and recommend that one (If he or she is a writer) need to have an identity to be revealed in the writing field, just ghost writing will not fit the bill.  And  the present trend at writing field is much more than that, unless and until you reveal yourself the audience may not get into it or sometimes even just neglect even though your thoughts or imaginations are in a high caliber.  This lesson I learned it while I was actively involved in Google’s Knol pages.  Since then I started promoting myself and my write-ups through different social media.  For such activities there is an other side too, I received lot of criticism when I started promoting my resources.   I just neglected such talks and still going on with my promotion as often as I can.  And ha,  Note that unless you do the promotion for your work who else will do for you? Think of this!  On this line recently I published a post at my blog page under the title. 9 Tips to promote your blogs…. to read Click Here 

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P V Ariel - Phil 

Now here at A to Z  Co- host Tina Downey of Life Is Good gave me an opportunity to expose myself and my writings  to the web word by selecting me as one of her a to z promoters or ambassadors.  Thus this question and answers.   Though I am a bit late here I am with my answers:


To continue Reading Please click here LIFE IS GOOD

Thanks for your time and patience to be with us.

Best Regards
philip verghese

PS:

Thanks Tina Downey 
for your wonderful offer 
to be here with you all.

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Precious Monsters: A to Z Blogging Challenge: I'm on Tina's Team

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A to Z April Challenge is just around the corner, and I'm pleased to announce I've been chosen to be a part of.
To Read More Pl. Click on the below link.

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