Category — Writing

A got this link via Twitter today and took a second to read it:

Worldchanging: Peak Population and Generation X

There is an interesting theory presented that we (those of Generation X) will see the world’s population peak this century.  For all the stuff in the article, I share the link for one quote that struck a chord with me:

“…though times are tough and the planet demands our hard work, it also needs people who are happy, healthy and creatively energetic. The world needs our best-lived lives, not our martyrdom.”

The way I see it, yes there is a lot of hard times ahead of us that are going to require work, but if we let that consume us, our lives will really be for naught, or at least not very fun.

My little Twitter entry for the Copyblogger contest got re-published in the LA Times this weekend. No attribution as I was only an honorable mention, but my three sentence story close out the article.

I can’t recall how long I’ve subscribed to Brian Clark’s Copyblogger, but I’ve been a lurker there for a while. On a whim I entered his Twitter Writing contest and won a second honorable mention.  the contest?  Write a story in 140 characters or less. My entry was:

The priest at the funeral home asked if she had been a loving mother. The children all stared at each other. The silence spoke volumes. [original tweet]

For my honorable mention I get a signed copy of Hypnotic Writing from Joe Vitale. I’m actually looking forward to seeing it as I’ve never heard of the guy before.