Tag: Amanda Vaill

Flack Time

flack1 informal noun noun: flack; plural noun: flacks 1. a publicity agent. “a public relations flack” verb verb: flack; 3rd person present: flacks; past tense: flacked; past participle: flacked; gerund or present participle: flacking 1. publicize or promote (something or someone). “a crass ambulance-chaser who flacks himself in TV ads” Ok, today I am Amanda Vaill‘s flack. Let’s proceed. Ms. Vaill…

Writers Connecting

Below is a link from the author Amanda Vaill on writers marketing/publicizing their own work. Interesting that many do not use social media or blogging to promote their writings, believing this practice to be “disgusting.” Some do. Some get too connected to their readers. Some readers get too annoying and bothersome to writers. Guilty!! None But A Blockhead Following is…

Animation of a Gerald Murphy Painting

One of my favorite paintings to view at the Dallas Museum of Art is Watch by Gerald Murphy. The museum has moved the oil-on-canvas painting around the building to different locations in the past few years, but it is usually prominently displayed. The last time I viewed Watch, in early August, Murphy’s work was on…

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