Kitt O’Malley

Category: Writing

  • Blustery Day

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    When driving my son to school, I commented that it was a blustery day. He responded, “No, it’s the Apocalypse.” WIth the temperatures approaching 100°F and the Santa Ana winds whipping through dry brush and parched trees, he may be closer to the truth. Southern California is on fire. This time in May. Way too…

  • Advocate or Narcissist

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    Thursday a new member of OC Writers, a MeetUp writing group I attend, referred to my work as “changing the world.” Of course, he hadn’t yet read my blog. As a Christian author, he assumed my writing was altruistic, since I described it as a mental health blog where I have also posted some seminary papers. The…

  • #Search Engine Optimisation for #Indie Authors: How Far Should You Go?

    #Search Engine Optimisation for #Indie Authors: How Far Should You Go?

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    This blog post/article voices what I am quickly becoming overwhelmed by — the time and attention-sucking nature of maintaining a broad social media presence.

  • Found Notes

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    Recently found some notes I jotted down while attending a workshop at The Gathering on Mental Health and the Church at Saddleback Church. Here they are: Enjoy speaking to individuals and small groups. Anxious when hear mental health professionals discussing mental health crisis intervention. PTSD for me. Difficult past experience. Do not want to go back…

  • New Dawn

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    This morning I reveled in a beautiful drive through Santiago Canyon from my son’s school in Rancho Santa Margarita to a writers’ group in Orange, CA. Perhaps I should have stopped and taken a picture, but I did not, for I was too in the moment, enjoying the ride and taking in the scenery. The ride was pure…

  • Social Media Promotion

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    I’ve debated how to best promote my blog using other social media and have found myself overwhelmed and unsure of whether I am using my resources best. Please also read my Liking Photos post on this matter and give me your personal experiences and advice. Thank you.

  • Liking Photos

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    Am I wasting my time liking photos on Instagram and Google+? Should I be posting duplicates to both sites? Which is a better use of my time? Should I create a mirror blog on Google’s blogger to reach Google+ users? So far my posts are of two natures, text on WordPress and photos on photo-sharing sites.

  • Terse, Too Terse, Way Too Terse

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    Woke up to a dream. In my dream, author Richard Milner, the leader of the writing group Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write and author of the novel The Vessel of Kali, handed me a sticky note with feedback on my writing. The sticky note simply stated: By the way, you can find Richard at richardmilnerauthor.com. Purchase his…

  • Prose Poems

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    In a way, I write prose poems. Short jabs of non-fiction. A few words indicating where my thoughts are, where they may take me. Like a poem in that in few words, I do what? Do I communicate adequately in my terse interjections? Need I go into more detail? Can I? Does it suit me? Does…

  • Postpartum

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    Thoughts and urges Never disclosed Never shared Until now Little baby boy Pretty rose between his legs So pretty Want to take him in my mouth So yummy Want to eat him up Unsettling urges No rhyme or reason Thoughts that pass Memory remains Urges not actions Still disturbing Is this what it means? “So…