Echos Of My Neighbourhood

Bits and Pieces of my week – Echoes of my neighbourhood.

jacquelineobyikocha13 Comments

Sorry for the late posting of my echoes, I’m between trips and connecting on the move can be challenging.

My week has zoomed past in a whizz and a blur. I’ve had many low moments bordering on despair and a number of even moments but I’m getting to an even keel.

Here are bits and pieces of photos taken during the week.

Have you been to Girona, Spain? Lady Lee takes us on a lovely outing. Take a peek 🙂

Each week, I share photos on ‘Echos of my Neighbourhood.

If you would like to participate, the challenge is quite simple and you can find out more about it through this link.

Blog

Blog Bytes – Stay True To Your Voice

jacquelineobyikocha

Blogging Voice, Consistency, Find Voice, Audience, Blogging Topics, Building Connections, Take Time, Blogging Tips

Holding on to your voice

One great aspect of blogging that a good number of bloggers overlook is holding on to their voice in the huge world of blogging.The tendency is that in the bid to gain readership, they don’t take the time to understand that their voice is what drives their blog and in running helter-skelter one’s voice gets drowned out.

Your readers don’t care to follow your site as much as they care about the person/voice behind the site.

What’s your message? How distinct is your voice in the cacophony of voices? Take the time to find your voice and stay true to it. Read More

Featured Blogs

Featured Posts – Share Your Post Links

jacquelineobyikocha

1456149614808[1]

‘PLEASE KEEP SENDING IN THE LINKS.’ 

Today’s featured blogs posts are:

Do step in and show some love.

Could I have just a little more time? I read this heartfelt post and could empathize as well as relate. There are those moments in time when we wish that we could switch time just a wee bit, but each day, life teaches me a lesson that the love we receive from our loved ones is given freely despite our warts and all.

Life Cameos I totally enjoy Life Cameo’s poetry’s and prose. She has a way of bringing everyday people and life into words that leave me satisfied as though I read a full novel in few stanzas.

Dear Self Lovely post and idea. I think I’ll write myself a letter for Christmas.

Teeny tiny itty bitty One word is cute. How do people fit into this itty, bitty cars?

How do you define a good woman? Who is a good woman? Are you the exceptional Proverbs woman? Well, I, Jacqueline ain’t one! A thought-provoking read for you.

‘Do you want more eyes on your words?’

Well then, add your LINK INTO THIS LOOP.

Comments are disabled here to keep the loop tidy. Any comments or link you want to send can be added through the link in the post.

Thank you for your understanding and regards.

‘We create a cohesive community when we come together.

out-of-the-silent-breath 2

Writing

Writers’ Quote Challenge Prompt

jacquelineobyikocha1 Comment

Given that I’m travelling out of town today and not sure how the rest of my week will go as per blogging, I’m sending out the Writers’ Quote Prompt for this week a bit early.

“Storytelling is the oldest form of education.” Terry Tempest Williams

Bernadette and I invite you to join in on our blogging event called The Writer’s Quote Challenge. We have decided to pick up the baton that Colleen and Ronovan  handed off.

We are continuing the same format and here that is: there are no rules to follow. Either make up your own sayings  or use a quote from a famous author that you find gives you inspiration.

Each Thursday, we will post the prompt and all you have to do is participate!

On your own blog post do a pingback to this post and make sure to “like” or “comment” on everyone else’s post. A pingback is when you embed (or copy) the URL of my weekly prompt into your own blog post.

Make sure to check our weekly prompt to see if your entry is there. You can copy URL of your blog post and include it in the comments section of my original weekly prompt if that works better for you.

Copy the badge above and include it in your own post. Tag your post on your own blog as “The Writer’s Quote Challenge,” so we can find the posts in the reader.

We are equally looking for more hosts to join in the fun.  So if you would like to pick up the challenge of hosting, just let one of us know.

Have fun

Jacqueline

 

Writing

Essential Writers’ Tips 7

jacquelineobyikocha3 Comments

Essential Writers Tips, Improve, Editing, Writer, Professional Writer, Criticism, Alpha Beta Readers, Publishing, Prepare

To Improve, Prepare Yourself For Punishment

A great part of writing and being a writer involves criticism.  A lot of time, we are afraid of having our work scrutinized constructively by others that we pass up opportunities to have them take a carving knife to our revered work.

However, to effectively improve your writing, you have to take certain steps that would certainly cause you to cringe.

If you can afford a professional writer or editor, pay them to look at your work and give you critical feedback without sweetening it. The tougher the criticism, the more helpful for you in the longer run.

The narrow road of the publishing industry is full of rejections and criticisms from publishing houses, editors, agent etc and the sooner your mind opens up to such circumstances the better accustomed you become. Read More

My Thinking Corner

Tuesdays Trickles – My Thinking Corner

jacquelineobyikocha11 Comments

picsart_11-15-10-46-071

How many times do we catch ourselves making plans for months to come when we’ve not finished living in the day that we are given?

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that we shouldn’t plan for the future, but my question is, how much of the present are you living or are you simply existing and planning for a future that would most likely not occur as you planned?

It’s how we live our today that determines our tomorrow.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

out-of-the-silent-breath 2

Rononvan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

I Can’t Breathe…

jacquelineobyikocha14 Comments

picsart_11-15-10-01-531

I can’t breathe…
thoughts trapped…
is new, death?

©Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Ronovan writes weekly haiku challenge – breathe&new

Photographs · Poetry/Poems

I Waited…

jacquelineobyikocha14 Comments

I peered hard to see the man on the moon
if he had secrets to tell me as he sings me a tune
but nary did I see him even in the zoom
I guess he’s equally in disdain of the World and it’s tycoons’.

IMG_5116

This was taken from last nights’ Supermoon.

Art

EXPOSE YOUR CREATIVITY, SELL AND EARN ON REDBUBBLE

jacquelineobyikocha

Creativity, Make Money, Redbubble, Sell Art, Affiliate Marketing, Marketplace, Optimize creativity

Get More Mileage Out of Your Creative Side

One of my main goals on this website is to share possible ideas and ways that my readers can make money and optimize their creativity.

Redbubble is a diverse creative community and marketplace where you can display your artistic skills and creativity.

Here, you can sell your work and you’ll find a niche of like-minded humans like you, displaying work, admiring work and discussing work. Joining is free and we like free price 🙂 READ MORE

Mundane Monday

Silhouette – Mundane Monday

jacquelineobyikocha13 Comments

Mundane Monday Challenge is created to find beauty in almost everything.

The challenge is simple. Find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.

picsart_11-14-09-39-531

I love passing this trail on my evening strolls when the sunset gives its beautiful rosy blush to the sky. My aim was the little birdie perched on the cactus, but I like how the total image turned out.

out-of-the-silent-breath 2