tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191827972009-10-03T07:58:58.179-07:00Ballpoint Wrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052642068447293589noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19182797.post-1146709046330808322006-05-03T19:16:00.000-07:002006-05-03T19:17:26.340-07:00This is more of a VACATION home, a blog used pretty much for commenting at Blogger.<br /><br />My real home is <a href="http://www.bonniewren.com" title="link to Bonnie's website: Ballpoint Wren">here</a>. Drop in for a visit!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19182797-114670904633080832?l=ballpointwren.blogspot.com'/></div>Ballpoint Wrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052642068447293589noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19182797.post-1139000989063274702006-02-03T12:43:00.000-08:002006-02-11T12:55:34.556-08:00Miss Snark needs an index. <a href="http://misssnark.blogspot.com/2006/02/update.html" title="Miss Snark: Update!">Today she recommended</a> that new users search her site with Google for answers to their questions. <br /><br /><blockquote>Google can help. Enter "miss Snark" and the topic, like "writers conferences" and you'll be surprised what pops up. <em>&#8212;<a href="http://misssnark.blogspot.com/2006/02/update.html" title="Miss Snark: Update!">Miss Snark</a></em><br /></blockquote><br /><br />The only problem with this method is that it brings up all the pages on the internet containing the words "Miss," "Snark," "writers" and "conferences." <br /><br />This is a slightly better way to search: type the search term, like "telling lies" into the Google search box. Make a space and follow with "site:misssnark.blogspot.com".<br /><br />It should look like this:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.bonniewren.com/images/2006/google.jpg" alt="" title="" height="185" width="400"/><br /><br />Now the only thing that'll come up are Miss Snark's pages, including her July 6, 2005 post, "<a href="http://misssnark.blogspot.com/2005/07/telling-lies-for-fun-and-profit.html" title="Telling Lies for Fun and Profit">Telling Lies for Fun and Profit</a>."<br /><blockquote><br />But, there are other books categorized as non fiction<br />and published by major publishers that have wild ass claims<br />as well.<br /><br />Edward Klein's diatribe about Hillary Clinton leaps to mind.<br />And James Frey's Million Little Pieces. <br /><br />I haven't read Klein, and don't intend to.<br />I did read James Frey's book and found myself wondering-<br />did anyone check up on this?<br />It's a memoir, and truth is stranger than fiction, and maybe<br />I'm too much a cynic but there are some parts of that<br />book that made me wish he'd published it in the New Yorker.<br />The New Yorker has a fact checking department that is<br />pretty much legendary.<br /><br /><em>Miss Snark, July 6, 2005, <a href="http://misssnark.blogspot.com/2005/07/telling-lies-for-fun-and-profit.html" title="Telling Lies for Fun and Profit">Telling Lies for Fun and Profit</a>," posted three months before Oprah announced </em>A Million Little Pieces<em> as her latest book club selection, and five months before the <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0104061jamesfrey1.html" title="The Man Who Conned Oprah">Smoking Gun</a> exposed the real story behind Frey's "memoir." </em><br /></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19182797-113900098906327470?l=ballpointwren.blogspot.com'/></div>Ballpoint Wrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052642068447293589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19182797.post-1132597417745298742005-11-21T10:23:00.000-08:002005-11-21T17:15:13.030-08:00I created it so I could post at Blogger. My real home is <a href="http://www.bonniewren.com/" title="Ballpoint Wren">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19182797-113259741774529874?l=ballpointwren.blogspot.com'/></div>Ballpoint Wrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01052642068447293589noreply@blogger.com0