Elisabeth Fraser

I realise that I am not a blogger and know I never will be one. I'm happy about that because I realise what I am.

I'm a writer. I write short stories, articles and essays. I write historical fiction and humorous short stories, some of which have been scripted.

I've decided to join a few 'blogging' sites and see how I go. Eventually I will settle with one, but the jury's out at the moment.

I realise, as with writing, there needs to be a passion - a strong focus to a successful blog. I have one developing on another site, and I'm interested to see where it leads me.

One of the sites seems to be more of a social/anti-social networking site, another is very well serviced, but it's lonely there and the last makes me feel like a salesman for other sites and products.

I'm a writer who likes to blog, but it isn't the be all and end all of my life and never will be.

This guy guards one of my writing sites.

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Delete a Blog

June 11th 2009 22:52

My blog is now empty as I've just got a Domain and everything has gone over there. How do I delete the old blog?

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A Few questions

June 11th 2009 22:52

I'm a new blogger, this is my first try at it and I have a few simple queries.

I've just taken over an inactive blog, can I change the title? If I can would I have to notify AdSense?

I develop my stories on a writing site, am I able to put them here as well? Or do posts to this site need to be original in content?

Am I allowed to put a link to the site where my stories are?

Thanks for reading this.

Lis.

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on Ten Film Quotes Translated Into Japanese, Then Back Into English

September 7th 2009 09:19

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Ruby! You're brilliant!

*slaps head in frustration*

But was I right? Number 8??

Is Number 7 "A Room with a View" ??

Come on guys, I don't watch movies, only once or twice a year. TV 2 hours once a week. Radio daily. ABC Western Plains.

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on Do you buy Australian, or do you buy cheap?

September 7th 2009 09:05

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If you ever fall over the barrier and head towards Coonabarabran, I'll let you pick them up warm from my girls. The eggs are big and the yolks are orange due to their natural feeding habits.

Hell, you can lift my girls and they'll lay in your hand.

Oh, just to make you feel worse, we see our steak growing on the hoof, see what he eats and how he is developing.

We know where he is going, and at the right time, we take him to the abattoir 15 kms away.

Two days later we bring him back in nice little packets and tuck him in the freezer.

Cost? Around $450-$600 ( depending on dressed weight)all up from birth to plate and about 6 - 9 months beef for a family of four.

I KNOW you're underprivileged, you're also 'conned'.

Our lack is really decent vegies; we're tired of the recycled garbage from the Big Smoke.

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on Do you buy Australian, or do you buy cheap?

September 7th 2009 07:24

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I try to buy Australian goods and groceries, but living in the far west of NSW, we have a choice of Woolies or Coles in our main shopping town.

Our tiny country town has an IGA, a newsagency/post office and a CRT. None of them stock genuine Australian goods.

There is a site, Ausbuy, which tells you stuff such as Golden Circle isn't ours now, but the overseas company which bought it still have the old labels on the products stating 'Australian owned' and 'product of Australia'.

I hate shopping, even just the weekly grocery shop, I spend so much time reading labels.

I have my own hens as I will not buy eggs from a supermarket. Even the so-called 'Organic' or 'Free Range' aren't fresh, often three weeks old.

I can't sell my eggs as I refuse to vaccinate my chooks, I also feed them scraps and not the acceptable chook food recommended by the Egg Board. I throw the spare eggs away and thus make the foxes happy.

The prepared chook food contains animal by products, antibiotics and possibly genetically modified corn. It is also hard to buy chook pellets which don't have overseas content in them.

Same with pigs - you can't feed them the scraps from the grocers any more - that's why pork doesn't taste 'porky' any more.

Sorry about the rant

Lis.

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on Ten Film Quotes Translated Into Japanese, Then Back Into English

September 7th 2009 03:35

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Hey Marc! I think I got one!!

Is No. 8 - Home Alone?

Lis.

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on Shawshank Redemption: The Movie That Improved On The Book

September 6th 2009 03:39

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You could be right about Shawshank being better on film than on paper. I think SK was trying to fill out a short story to novella size because his Agent made him

NOW! How about you reviewing "The Green Mile" Huh?

That is definitely better as a movie.

Especially the scenes in the ...Oops, that would be a 'spoiler'

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on Ten Film Quotes Translated Into Japanese, Then Back Into English

September 6th 2009 03:28

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I couldn't pick a single one!

I'll go crazy if you don't give me the answers!

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There seems a Biblical flavour, a Shakespearian style - after that I'm stuck.

You're a nut! But I like you!

Lis.

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on Funny cats

August 9th 2009 02:39

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Hot Goggies and Muffin Moggies!

You hang out in the same places I do!

Lis

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on It wasn't me!

August 9th 2009 01:41

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The kitty was on a

"purr-to-purr" network.

Lis.

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on Blogging - It's all about content . . . yeah right!

August 6th 2009 08:53

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I respectfully disagree, blogging does not mean you have to prostitute your writing ability and creativity to earn the fast 'Google' AdSense points.

Blogging is communication - fast, sometimes efficient communication.

There is absolutely no reason why you cannot relate to your readers meaningfully and honestly.

We write to be read. Write to be read and be remembered.

Write for yourself, for you - for the writer it is where we exist.

Ms Bell, are you stating that you are not a creative writer? Just a 'snatcher' of prurient items from the Internet? Surely not!

James - the hours spent searching other persons original content to glean a few small morsels! When you could be creating your own brilliant blogs! I'm sure you would find it easier and more satisfying to build on your own ability.

Thank you all for the chance to discuss, agree and disagree with you. It is truly a meeting of minds and thoughts.

Elisabeth.

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on Blogging - It's all about content . . . yeah right!

August 5th 2009 12:40

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Mr NG,

I have joined a couple more, one seems to have promise, though I am a little more cautious now.

I used to work in a News agency and all magazines are displayed according to formula, in much the same way as the items in the Supermarkets we so love.

That was something I didn't know, people 'cut and pasted'. Doesn't that come under plagiarism? Stealing another person's intellectual property?

Merely saying where you got it from, doesn't cover your rear end.

Writers used to put a proper citation in their work, complete with date of copyright and publisher.

Did the world dump the Berne and Rome conventions? I don't think they did, in fact I think there is more work going on with the Rome one concerning Electronic Media - which is us.

Just my opinion, you understand. I think I may have got off topic a little. I got burned by a plagiarist a few years ago and I don't forgive or forget easily.

Lis.

Elisabeth Fraser

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