tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79680543222533111572024-03-05T10:46:32.049-08:00Almost Famous By De's FaultBusiness and book website: wordwhisperer.net
Author of SETTLE FOR BEST: SATISFY THE WINNER YOU WERE BORN TO BE; SERVAL SON: SPOTS & STRIPES FOREVER; DeFOREST KELLEY: A HARVEST OF MEMORIES; FLOATING AROUND HOLLYWOOD; LET NO DAY DAWN THAT THE ANIMALS CANNOT SHARE(order at Amazon); and THE ENDURING LEGACY OF DeFOREST KELLEY(order at http://store.payloadz.com/go?id=382995)Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.comBlogger986125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-64819947897735900232019-04-29T03:58:00.003-07:002019-04-29T04:03:37.834-07:00Upcoming Appearances and New WebsitesHi! It's been quite a while!<br />
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Just want to update you on where to find me these days and on upcoming appearances and events I have scheduled through 2019.<br />
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<b>New websites:</b><br />
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HireMe.WordWhisperer.net (My professional copywriting website)<br />
YellowBalloonPublications.com (My author and personal appearances website and blogs)<br />
Krisand Kritters.com (My animal-centric website)<br />
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<b>New DeForest Kelley Books:</b><br />
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DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal: A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best (This is an enhanced edition of DeForest Kelley: A Harvest of Memories, My Life and Times with a Remarkable Gentleman Actor)<br />
The Enduring Legacy of DeForest Kelley: Actor, Healer, Friend<br />
Kelley Phone Tag: The Rest of the Story (there will be six volumes rolled out between now and the celebration of De's 100th birthday on January 20, 2020. Volumes 1-3 are available now in paperback and Kindle editions. Find out more about them here:<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kristine-M.-Smith/e/B001HN12DS%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share">https://www.amazon.com/Kristine-M.-Smith/e/B001HN12DS%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share</a><br />
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<b>UPCOMING 2019 PERSONAL APPEARANCES</b><br />
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<b>B&G Sponsored Events</b> will have a series of bazaars that will take place at <b>602 North Orchard Street in Tacoma, WA 98406 </b>(it's at a church but is not a church-sponsored event). I will be at all of them except the June 15th one, when I will be at Raincon in Forks WA at the Rainforest Arts Center talking with attendees about my thirty-year friendship with Carolyn and DeForest Kelley.<br />
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<b>The B&G Sponsored Events will take place from 10AM to 4PM on the following dates at the address listed above</b>: May 18th, July 20, August 17, October 12, November 16 and December 14.(There will also be a bazaar on June 15th, but I won't be at that one.)<br />
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<b> RAINCON FORKS WA JUNE 14-16, 2019</b><br />
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<u><b><i>Please buy the books you want me to sign in advance at Amazon.</i></b> I will only have 30 copies of UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL at these events and just a few copies (fewer than ten) of my other titles. So to be sure you aren't disappointed, buy them in advance and bring them with you to these events. Thanks a million!</u><br />
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<br />Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-36972547830681699802016-09-06T10:10:00.001-07:002016-09-06T10:10:51.634-07:00Cosmic Potato: TPD Episode 8: Kristine M. Smith<a href="http://www.cosmicpotato.com/2016/09/tpd-episode-8-kristine-m-smith.html?spref=bl">Cosmic Potato: TPD Episode 8: Kristine M. Smith</a>: This week marks the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. To help celebrate I invited a very special guest to come on this episode of the show...Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-74386292530461275332016-09-01T20:31:00.002-07:002016-09-01T20:31:39.604-07:00Visit YellowBalloonPublications.com for Lots of DeForest Kelley-Related Updates and InformationPlease visit YellowBalloonPublications.com for lots of DeForest Kelley-related updates and information!! I'm writing blogs there now!<br />
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And since this is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek I'm doing a lot of interviews and podcasts about De's career and my decades-long friendship with him and his wife Carolyn.<br />
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I have an audio version of <i><b>DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal: A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best.</b></i><br />
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Listen to/see the interviews and order the audio version of the book EXCLUSIVELY at YellowBalloonPublications.com.<br />
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De ya there! Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-91272102575787853702016-08-12T20:48:00.001-07:002016-08-12T20:48:58.513-07:00DeForest Kelley Memorial Film Shown at Paramount and the Golden Boot Awards Ceremony in 1999<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCSPimDxXDw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCSPimDxXDw</a><br />
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Yes, they spelled his last name wrong... even at Paramount after 50 years of doing movies with them!Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-24623856703865398372015-12-13T11:20:00.001-08:002015-12-13T12:00:14.563-08:003 Ways #DeForestKelley is Still Making the World a Better Place<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Still</i> Making the World a Better
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2;">Actor #DeForestKelley passed away on June 11, 1999 but
his portrayal of Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the original #StarTrek television
and motion picture series’ continues to impact the world in medical clinics, hospitals
and other places across the globe.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1.) The late actor DeForest Kelley would likely be one of the
last people on earth <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to suppose—or even
to imagine—that his legacy would extend more than a few years beyond his lifetime.
In fact, when asked by Dan Madsen how he wished to be remembered, DeForest—familiarly
known as “De” to his friends and legions of fans—responded that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">he wondered if he would be remembered at all</i>.
“There’s nothing deader than a dead actor!” he told Madsen—which is generally
true. Fewer than ten greats and too-soon-gone icons are still widely remembered
and celebrated by the masses decades later: </span>Charlie Chaplin, Laurence Olivier, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, John Wayne, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So the self-effacing actor would likely be astounded (and
definitely touched and honored)to learn of the breadth and width of his
enduring legacy. For it’s a fact that countless Dr. McCoy “clones” are tending patients
in medical clinics and hospitals across the globe. Whether they’re doctors,
nurses, or medical technicians, many were inspired to enter the fields they’re
in because of Kelley’s portrayal of Dr. McCoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">According to Kelley, Dr. McCoy was based on one of Kelley’s Encino
doctors… old-fashioned to the core, the way his doctor uncle had been….the kind
who, if he didn’t make house calls, would if he could. Kelley’s doctor brought
his dog to work with him. His practice was home-like, unhurried, and welcoming.
It isn’t hard to imagine that most of today’s McCoy clones emulate the same relational
concern and caring, with or without the canine companion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2.) For the most part, De’s fans have continued to carry De’s
‘katra’ with them. Deeply concerned for the welfare of others (animal, human,
veterans, hospitalized children, and fans of all ages, abilities, aptitudes and
faiths) as De was, and as gently engaged in the world in the ways he
was—treating each encounter with another person (virtual or actual) as a sacred,
shared moment and an opportunity to interact and serve—De’s delegations of fans,
friends and family members are walking, talking blessings just waiting to
deploy their essences to make someone else’s day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3.) De’s co-stars, producers, directors, writers and the
multitudes of technicians whose lives he enhanced during his long career in
motion pictures and television have always said what a thoughtful, helpful,
tuned-in individual he was with each of them. Patient, kind, and rarely upset
(and so respectful and kind when upset that Richard Arnold reported that it was
hard to tell how irritated he was unless you knew him very, very well), their
memories of working with De are decidedly delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t help but believe that a measure of his
personality and approach to relationships rubbed off on each of them, and that
they are kinder, gentler individuals than they might otherwise be today. I know
for a fact that my long association with De had a profound effect on the way I engage
with others today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All things considered, I don’t think I was off by more than a
millimeter when I shared at De’s memorial service the following sentiment: “In
my opinion, DeForest Kelley was the kind of man God had in mind when He created
Adam. If the world was more-heavily populated with DeForest Kelley types, it
would be the paradise we all wish it was.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kristine M. Smith is an author and freelance copywriter whose
decades’-long friendship with Carolyn and DeForest Kelley changed the
trajectory of her life. A greatly-enhanced edition of Kris’s 2001 Kelley title—renamed
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DeForest
Kelley Up Close and Personal, A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him
Best—</i></b> will debut at Amazon in 2016 during Star Trek’s 50<sup>th</sup>
anniversary. Email Kris at <a href="mailto:kris@wordwhisperer.net">kris@wordwhisperer.net</a>.
She will be available for virtual DeForest Kelley interviews throughout 2016.
To book her for local or national convention appearances, use the same email
address.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If you were impacted by the career, kindness, or concern of
DeForest Kelley, please reach out to Kris if you haven’t already. She is
compiling the second edition of her e-book, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Enduring Legacy of DeForest
Kelley: Actor, Healer, Friend</i></span> and would love to consider including your
story in it.</span></b></div>
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Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-52827111079168234482014-07-08T11:40:00.004-07:002014-07-08T11:40:40.354-07:00My Newly-Wrapped SUV to Prove I'm The Full Meal Deal as a Copywriter!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">To read about my "advertising adventures" in my newly-decked-out SUV, check out <a href="http://wordwhisperer.net/">wordwhisperer.NET</a>. Too, too funny! </span><br /><br />Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-72169817272677589882014-03-01T20:32:00.002-08:002014-03-14T17:54:42.807-07:00North Shore Animal League Re-Establishes Carolyn and DeForest Kelley Memorial Fund<span style="font-size: large;">Good news! Diane Haddick contacted the North Shore Animal League and re-established the Carolyn and DeForest Kelley Memorial Fund! The link is below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.animalleague.org/support/how-you-can-help/deforest-carolyn-kelley-memorial-fund.html" target="_blank">http://www.animalleague.org/support/how-you-can-help/deforest-carolyn-kelley-memorial-fund .html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you know, Carolyn and De visited the Fund personally and supported it for many years. You've probably seen pictures of them with kittens and puppies from the League. (I aim to send the Legue the photos I have of them there, so they can post them again.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please donate on De's and Carolyn's birthdays (January 20, October 5th) and on their anniversary date (Sept 7th) and on the date of De's passing (June 11th) -- and any other time you remember De or Carolyn and want to "thank" them for the joy they brought to your life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you!</span>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-16383748887214597962014-01-20T09:41:00.002-08:002015-01-25T19:24:02.041-08:00Happy Birthday, DeForest Kelley!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today would have been DeForest Kelley's</span> <span style="font-size: large;">94th birthday</span>. <span style="font-size: large;">Wow! Unhappily for the rest of us, he didn't live to see his 80th roll around. But every year, reliably, I get notes, Facebook messages and other communications from stalwart fans of De's (Carl Rylander, John Bowersox, Marge Duff, Jim Westbrook and others) to remind me that they haven't forgotten him</span>. <span style="font-size: large;">I hope he's looking down and seeing how much love millions of people still have for him. He once said in an interview with Dan Madsen, "There's nothing deader than a dead actor. I sometimes wonder if they <i>will</i> remember me!" (To which I retorted in print something like (paraphrasing here), "They'll remember you, Mr. Kelley. They'll remember <i><b>you</b>!</i>" And this was <i><b>before</b></i> I reconnected with him again in 1988 and began the amazing journey that ended up with me becoming his personal assistant and caregiver at the end of his life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DeForest Kelley is ever-present in lots of people's minds--and for all the right reasons. He wasn't 'just' an actor--he was an earth angel with a terrific sense of humor, immense compassion for others, and a smile and blue eyes that lit up the world. Yes, he <i><b>was</b></i> a helluva actor. But he was a by-far even-better human being.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At his memorial service at Paramount, I said, "DeForest Kelley was the kind of man God had in mind when he created Adam. If this sad old world was more heavily-populated with DeForest Kelley types, it would be the paradise we all wish it was." He loved God (without being preachy in the least) and loved his neighbor as himself. (With a preacher as a father, he was well-grounded in theology, but not made proud or arrogant or <i>holier-than-thou</i> by it.) He believed in social justice. Everyone who knew him or even just saw him from a stage at a convention felt "beloved".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was the rarest of all human beings</span> <span style="font-size: large;">and he <i><b>did</b></i> have a ministry: it was all of us who remember him on this day with affection and the yearning to tell him, once again, "Happy Birthday. De!"!</span>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-26278720892689488452014-01-12T19:35:00.000-08:002014-01-12T19:35:26.329-08:00Transitioning from this Blog to wordwhisperer.net--Please Follow Me There! <span style="font-size: large;">For those of you who have been following me on this site, please know that most of my blog posts from now on will be at <a href="http://wordwhisperer.net/">wordwhisperer.net</a>. I will continue to post Star Trek and DeForest Kelley-related things here, of course, but nearly everything else will be at wordwhisperer.net, my business website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And for those of you looking for a reputable, conscientious, pro-active WordPress web designer, please connect with Lisa Twining Taylor at <a href="http://tacomacomputertutor.com/">tacomacomputertutor.com</a>. She created my new website at wordwhisperer.net and has various examples of additional smoking-looking websites on her site.<b><i> I highly recommend her!</i></b> </span>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-56207207665936616992013-12-27T18:06:00.003-08:002013-12-27T18:06:48.209-08:00Kristine M Smith's Word Whisperer Logo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="font-family: "Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://www.autorepairseattle.com/">http://www.autorepairseattle.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Copy written to SEO keywords </span><u style="font-size: medium;">without</u><span style="font-size: small;"> talking points provided)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Copy written to SEO keywords </span><u style="font-size: medium;">without</u><span style="font-size: small;"> talking points provided)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.furnacefilterscanada.com/">http://www.furnacefilterscanada.com/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Berlin Sans FB","sans-serif";"><span style="color: yellow;"> (I wrote the home page and
the English Language version of the video at this site.)</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: yellow;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><i style="background-color: #990000;">The script is amazing.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="background-color: #990000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://retreatcenter.net/">http://retreatcenter.net/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000; border-collapse: separate;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="background-color: #990000; border-collapse: separate;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Copy written to SEO keywords <i>mostly</i> </span><u style="font-size: medium;">without</u><span style="font-size: small;"> talking points provided)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><b><span style="color: #365f91; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://jcwhelan.com/">http://jcwhelan.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b><i>“I
love taking the time to read what you do with what you are given. You amaze me!
I don't think I could give higher praise to any vendor we use - and we have 20
to 30 that we use regularly. There are gifts that God gives that cannot be
explained by any man or <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><b><i>science
- they are living examples of a miracle,
tangible to even the highest skeptic. This is what I think each time you
submit any writing to us. We are blessed to count you <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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a partner.” — James C. Whelan, Michigan </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Copy written to SEO keywords <i>mostly</i> </span><u style="font-size: medium;">without</u><span style="font-size: small;"> talking points provided)</span></span></span></span></div>
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moving banner ads)<span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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provided by the clients, some by the seat of my pants.</span></span></span></div>
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Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-71952733456286598912013-12-17T15:38:00.002-08:002013-12-17T15:38:24.560-08:00Feast or Famine: Life as a 'Creative' is Both Glorious and Gut-Wrenching!<span style="font-size: large;">A few weeks ago I had clients in holding patterns, waiting to land as soon as I completed the project I was on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week both of the clients who were scheduled to employ me have decided to wait until after the holidays have come and gone. <b><i>ACK!</i></b> So here I sit, praying for some unexpected drop-ins: former clients, new clients, some editing work, <b><i>anything!</i></b> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Moral of the story: get down payments or retainer fees up front so that when (not if) clients decide to delay, it doesn't throw you into "OMG!" Mode, wondering how you're going to make ends meet. "<i style="font-weight: bold;">There goes my Christmas plans and packages. I'm dead in the water..." </i>T'is NOT the season to be a pauper. I can handle it any other time of the year, off and on (it's a way of life for most Creatives) but this time of year it makes me come across looking like a penny-pinching Scrooge when I'm feeling more like Bob Crachit--or Tiny Tim! Grrrr...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not that I'm sitting here twiddling my thumbs, mind you. When my schedule frees up unexpectedly, I start writing for myself, doing the marketing stuff that shows my wares and abilities on FB, Twitter, and LinkedIn. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I also write complimentary copy, during these droughts, for power networking partners who have sent work my way this year. I just finished writing 4000 words of copy for Internet Earle (who is creating a complimentary website for a friend of his) to thank him for the number of times he has sent clients my way and saved my bacon this year, and for Lisa Taylor, who offers two services that lots of people need: computer tutoring for seniors here in the Tacoma area and other technophobes and custom WordPress sites. It makes me feel very, very good to be able to do this for them. Words are the only gifts I can afford to get them this year for Christmas, and it's a great gift--one that most people have to pay serious money to get. Oh! And I bathed my sister's two dogs yesterday, too... in my spare time. So I'm not twiddling my thumbs, by any stretch of the imagination!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But of course none of the above pays the mortgage; it just keeps me from stressing too much over something I can't control while blessing people who have been such blessings to me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm watching the websites that offer writing jobs (usually for peanuts) to see if I spot anything that will carry me through this dry spell that I can bid on. That takes a lot of time out of every day, including weekends. I must spend 50-60 hours a week looking for writing work when I'm not engaged in writing projects. Very few people understand the enormous amount of time and attention it takes to make a living this way. But there's nothing else on earth I'd rather do than write, so here I am... writing for free when I can't write for pay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please keep me in your prayers for a sudden, surprising upswing in business--sooner rather than later. (Now would be a good time!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I appreciate it!</span>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-78277753463251023812013-12-16T12:04:00.001-08:002016-09-01T20:32:48.793-07:00New Article I Wrote for the Living Without Family Network--Enjoy, Like and Share!<span style="font-size: large;">New article I wrote last night ("Where is Love?") is up now at Life Without Family Network. Check it out if/when you have time or the interest--and feel free to Like and Share!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">http://www.lwfnetwork.com/</span>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-55989249904991618072013-12-15T12:34:00.000-08:002013-12-15T15:31:48.359-08:00Five Ways to Find a Great Freelance Copywriter <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">5 Ways to Find a Great Freelance
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">©2013 Kristine M.
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Professional copywriters
usually charge one to three dollars per word. Here’s how to get one for less—<u>without</u>
sacrificing quality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every
business and entrepreneur needs a professional writer now and then—for web
content, a brochure, content marketing articles, you name it. Unfortunately,
too many have fallen victim to tens of thousands of charlatans and wannabes who
have hung their shingles at scores of online freelance websites and proclaimed
themselves copywriting experts. (No certification or testing is required so <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">anyone</i>
can claim the title.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in -4.5pt 10pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong> </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="line-height: 115%;">IF</span></u></i> you elect to use an online freelance website to look for copywriters (<u>not</u>
recommended!) be sure to carefully review each candidate’s profile page, client
history and feedback, certified test results, and portfolio. Most of the reputable copywriters
have fled online freelance websites (or are fleeing as fast as they can)
because the reputation of these sites has plummeted because of the overwhelming
numbers of impostors and their resulting unhappy customers; few professionals want to be
associated with them anymore. If you go this route, expect to spend hours (perhaps days) sorting through often-laughable
sub-standard profiles and portfolios in search of the remaining reputable
providers. Bottom line: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Don’t settle for less than the
best.</i> You’ll get what you pay for at these sites. Remember: you’ll need
a result that you can be proud of, not sub-standard copy fit only for lining
the bottom of a bird cage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong> </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you want a local provider, do a search on “your town + copywriter” and
see who pops up. Visit
their websites and look at their histories, portfolios and client
testimonials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Note: no professional copywriter
tackles all niches; only hacks and wannabes do that—and they usually do it
poorly.) When you find ones that impress you, give them a call and make
arrangements to meet them to discuss your needs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on the kind of copywriter you’re seeking (SEO copywriter, real estate
copywriter, web content copywriter, content marketing copywriter, etc.) and
check out the credentials and client reviews of the ones you find. I highly recommend that you hire a
native professional copywriter from within your own country (wherever you are
in the world) when your target audience is also where you are, since he or she
will be well-versed in your nation’s idioms, culture and customs and won’t be
making major mistakes because of cultural and language issues. If your target
audience is in another country, hire a professional copywriter from the same
country your target audience is in unless the copywriter can show you copy he has
already written for that audience. Why? Because (for example) UK Englishmen
speak, spell, and write differently than do Americans, Australians and
Canadians; readers can be put off if they run across unfamiliar colloquialisms,
spellings or cultural references that they don’t hear at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A metaphor like “You hit that one out of the
ball park!” resonates in the United States, where baseball is a national
pastime; it’ll just raise eyebrows (and sometimes hackles) in other places.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you aren’t well-versed when it comes
to spelling, grammar and punctuation or if you confuse words when you’re writing
(there, their, they’re; its and it’s; accept, except; then and than, etc.) find
someone else to help you select your copywriter. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s what you <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">don’t </i>know about
spelling, grammar, punctuation and other matters that can come back to bite you
professionally unless you find an ally to help you choose a copywriter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Agree to pay a small fee to the
copywriter you’re considering hiring. Have them write a short one-page/250-word sample web page,
article or letter on your topic of choice (give them the source materials for
this piece); or (ideally) have them edit and enhance a substandard
one-page/250-word piece you already have on hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let them know you want the piece back in under
an hour (unless they’re absolutely swamped with deadlines). If they can produce
the piece to your satisfaction within this time frame, it’s likely you’re
dealing with a professional candidate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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exemplary freelance copywriter to do your bidding, one who won’t charge you an
arm and a leg for their services. But please note: if you aren’t able (or
willing) to pay <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">at least</i> $100/hour for the services of a professional
copywriter, wait until you are. No professional copywriter worth his or her
salt is going to write for you while going backward financially. Consider a U.S.
copywriter’s reality (which may mirror your own if you’re an American business
person or entrepreneur)…<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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in the USA...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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paid vacations </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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paid sick days </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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employer-paid insurance plans </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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take into account the time it requires to find and quote on projects</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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pay 100% of our Social Security, FICA, and other federally-mandated fees
instead of just a portion of them </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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freelancers enjoy writing great copy...sadly....enjoyment doesn't pay the
mortgage. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kristine M. Smith is a professional freelance
copywriter and the author of seven books. To discover the kinds of projects she
tackles and the ones she leaves to other professional writers, please email her
at </span><a href="mailto:kristinemsmith@msn.com"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">kristinemsmith@msn.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></div>
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Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-39965165913571456662013-11-21T16:16:00.002-08:002013-11-21T16:17:33.787-08:00JFK Assassination 50 Years Later -- My Memories of that Horrific Day <span style="font-size: large;">I have been depressed for about a week. Very unlike me. Then I figured it out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been trying to "shove" the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination out of my mind with every ounce of my being ... but it keeps resurrecting itself like a bad nightmare that just won't go away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It won't go away. It never has. I don't see how it ever will.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thirteen years ago November 22nd began to have a happier association, when my grand niece Casey was born. Since then I have always been able to superscribe this one great joy over one of my childhood's greatest sorrows--but this year I can't because everywhere I look, online and off, JFK's life and death looms large. As it should. It happened fifty years ago tomorrow. In less than an hour's time, a nation changed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was twelve when President Kennedy was killed. I was sick at home on the couch in Cle Elum when a news flash came on: President Kennedy has been hit by a bullet or bullets in Dallas, Texas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was only half-listening to the TV when it happened. But for the next four days I was glued to the TV--we all were.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Walter Cronkite came on a half hour or so after the news bulletin to report that our President had died, and took his glasses off, trying not to cry, I went into a kind of unbelieving shock. <b><i>What? Good guys don't die; they always survive gun shot wounds, no matter how grave</i></b>. I'd grown up on westerns. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the next few days we tried to "do" Thanksgiving at my Aunt Marie's home in Seattle even as corteges and flag-draped coffins and a little boy named John-John and a little girl named Caroline said goodbye to their daddy, even as Jackie and Bobby Kennedy did their best to "keep it together" despite their very personal losses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wrote a journal back then, trying to make sense of it all, trying to find some kind of 'happy ending' for this unbelievably sad story. Bobby Kennedy would marry Jackie, I decided. Then Mom told me that Bobby was married and had his own family and children. I didn't understand, then, why he couldn't have two families. I could tell he loved them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I watched for five years as Uncle Bobby helped raise and inform Caroline and John Jr. alongside his own boisterous brood. Then, on June 5, 1968, Caroline and John Jr and ten (soon to be eleven) other Kennedy children lost Bobby to another assassin's bullet as he ran for President to pick up the torch his brother had carried before him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was too much for me. This wasn't fair. This wasn't right. This was inhuman. This was ungodly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So... I've been trying to "keep it all together" all month, to move on, to say 'that was then and this is now'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Casey sees all this as ancient history, I'm sure. But I was just a year younger than she is now when this "history" happened to my heart, soul and brain-- and I have never been the same--for better <i><b>and</b></i> for worse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The story<b><i> still</i></b> shocks and saddens me. I still (almost desperately) imagine a better outcome--I imagine the Kennedy brothers surviving their assassination attempts and a different trajectory altogether from the one our nation entered following those dark days. No Watergate. No Iran-Contra. No trickle down voodoo economics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When will I wake from this nightmare to find that so much of the past 50 years has been a bad dream, that most politicians <b><i>haven't</i></b> misbehaved (in the public interest and arena) as it appears they have (most of the time) since 1968?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I imagine a nation that cares about all of its citizens, not just the 1%.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I imagine we all do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What can we do about it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We can vote to bring compassion, justice, fairness, and equanimity back into the political space. Statesmen used to serve us. Have they all been silenced or murdered?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No. Thankfully, no. So it isn't to late. It's just <b><i>almost</i></b> too late.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If we don't vote for the changes we still need, we'll keep getting the shaft we've been getting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't give up. Don't ever give up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." JFK</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Some men see things as they are and say 'Why?' I dream things that never were and say 'Why Not?'" RFK</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"The dream shall never die." EMK</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Three rich men who could easily have afforded to sit on their rear ends their entire lives and done nothing. Instead, they gave their all. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And we are better for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-76315483982578240622013-11-20T08:19:00.001-08:002013-11-20T08:20:33.737-08:00'Life Without Family' Website Goes Live--and I'm a Featured Writer in Its Inaugural Presentation. Check it out!<span style="font-size: large;">Here's an article I wrote (for pay!) for a new website for people who are living a "Life Without Family". Enjoy--and if you have a story to contribute that fits the LWF theme, please get in touch with the owner: she is welcoming well-crafted pieces (you don't have to be a stellar wordsmith to contribute, though) and pays up to one hundred pounds per piece (whatever that translates to in dollars...)</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.lwfnetwork.com/category/inspiration">http://www.lwfnetwork.com/category/inspiration</a>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-19938313987015288022013-11-08T20:24:00.000-08:002013-11-08T21:11:36.236-08:00Humane Officer Days at Animal Protection Institute<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first requester, Lisa Twining Taylor, has asked me to talk about my time as a Humane Officer in California. There isn't much to tell, but here goes. (In fact, the above photo captures the first of only two times that I ever wore the uniform--thank God! I felt like a hippo in a tutu in it.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started at API as a Field Representative for the Pacific Northwest. When I moved from Eatonville to Sacramento in 1981 I became a Field Services Director nationwide, flying all over the country for various animal welfare-related causes. Neither of these positions required a uniform.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, along about 1982 or so, I was given an additional position: Executive Director of Humane Educator's Council, the law-enforcement branch of API. That's when things got <i><b>interesting</b></i> (as in the old Chinese curse, 'May you live in interesting times'). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The powers that be at API decided that I needed to take an Arrest, Search and Seizure course, which was the last thing I wanted to do. ("Damn it, Jim, I'm an educator, not an enforcer!") But I obliged them, anyway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There were plenty of people at API with law enforcement backgrounds and some of our Humane Officers wanted to go undercover and visit dog and cock-fighting operations in various counties well-known for these illegal practices. So I had to know about the proper protocol for arrest, search and seizure, although I knew darn sure that I was never going to be one of these underground activists. (Most illegal animal-fighting enterprises are also heavily into drug and prostitution activities, too, which carry far-heavier fines and jail sentences, and any undercover officer who was outed was likely to be murdered before they ever got back to report what they discovered.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Needless to say, as Executive Director I was the one responsible for sending officers into the field, and I was a miserable wreck about the responsibility. I didn't want to send undercover officers to possible early graves, so I back-pedaled <i>all the time</i>. I said no and no and no; I don't ever recall saying yes to any undercover activities at all. I had no intention of being answerable should someone come back in a body bag. That isn't what I'd signed up for when I agreed to work for API, a <i>humane education</i> organization. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Needless to say, the law enforcement folks willing to take the risks probably considered me chickenshit but I just couldn't see how to square the possibility that an officer I sent out undercover might not come back; not with my belief in humaneness and humanity: I consider a live humane educator a helluva lot more effective than a dead martyr...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I never sent anyone out undercover. The guys who wanted to do that ended up serving another animal welfare organization whose Executive Director didn't mind taking the risk and that worked out just fine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So...yes.. this photo captures one moment in time: the day I had my photo taken as a State of California Humane Officer. And I wore the uniform to the Arrest, Search and Seizure class. Those are the only two times I ever wore it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love animals. I love people. 'Nuf said? </span>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-12092292729061734532013-11-07T23:13:00.000-08:002013-11-07T23:40:09.800-08:00Amazing What Treasures You Find When You Open Old Scrapbooks...<span style="font-size: large;">It's late, so I'll just upload a few of the treasures I found as I went through my photo albums and scrapbooks earlier this evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Every one of these images has a story worth telling as do the ones I haven't uploaded yet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Which one(s) do you want to hear about first? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let me know and I'll tell the stories in the order requests are received! </span><br />
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<b>Mom and Kris playing on Laramie Street, Warner Bros, 1995</b></div>
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<b>Autographed Jerry Lewis Photo 1965</b></div>
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<b>DeForest Kelley and Kris Seattle Convention about 1995</b></div>
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<b>Deaken kissing Kris about 1992</b></div>
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<b>Kris in Rollerblading Garb</b></div>
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<b>Kris is Humane Officer Garb</b></div>
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<b>(Yes, I really was a Humane Officer for a time)</b></div>
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<b>Deaken and Kris, about 1989</b></div>
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<b>Kris with tiger cub. Gentle Jungle 1977 or '78</b></div>
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<b>Kris with Natasha at Shambala about 1991</b></div>
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<b>Kris at Gentle Jungle 1977 or '78</b></div>
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<b>Kris with lion at Gentle Jungle 1977 or '78</b></div>
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<b>Kris with Sneakers Serval 1977 or 1978</b></div>
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<b>Kris with Linda Lavin at Actors and Others for Animals Benefit about 1991</b></div>
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<b>Kris with Cindy Marshall at Actors and Others for Animals Benefit about 1991</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> <b> Kris with Earl Holliman at Actors and Others for Animals Benefit about 1991</b></span><br />
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<b>Kris with Ed Asner and Mike Farrell at Actors and Others for Animals Benefit about 1991</b></div>
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<b>Newspaper article re animal sanctuary I volunteered at (no longer in existence) about 1978</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-37644108569914776572013-11-02T14:25:00.001-07:002013-11-08T22:35:06.919-08:00Have Panda and Penguin Pummeled Your Page Rank? Blame Whoever Wrote Your Copy or SEO-enabled Your Site! <span style="font-size: large;">A lot of SEO companies are scrambling right now to wipe the egg off their faces and pacify now-irate former customers. I know why. It should never have happened, but this is why it happened.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in the day, when the Internet was new and the powers-that-be in cyberspace didn't know how to build a serviceable Dewey Decimal System (of sorts) to help visitors quickly find the information they were looking for online, they came up with SEO--search engine optimization. SEO-based searches worked well for a while, right up until unscrupulous web content producers (clueless copywriters and hired hacks) began to behave badly, stuffing SEO keywords and phrases into their copy with total disregard as to whether they were providing anything <i>else</i> of value. As long as the keywords boosted their sites to near the top, they felt their jobs were done. So what if the rest of the information on the site was crap? It wasn't their job to write helpful, seeker-friendly copy, was it? They'd been hired to boost rankings, to get seen topside on Google and other search engine sites, not to get visitors to stay and play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The result? </span><span style="font-size: large;">You remember, I'm sure. When you'd go looking (for example) for a "Tacoma copywriter" the first several pages of returns were all about, "Learn to be a copywriter," "What does a copywriter do?" "copy writing defined", etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What you'd get were ads and definitions, not a single name for a Tacoma copywriter. It was frustrating as hell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back then, you got that result because a bunch of people calling themselves internet writing gurus figured out how SEO worked and started stuffing SEO-friendly keywords and phrases into the copy they wrote to divert seekers to their employers' websites, even though the sites were rarely allied with what you were looking for. So you'd find yourself scrolling down the page, often page after page, until finally--<b><i>maybe!</i></b>--you'd find an actual Tacoma copywriter with a name, website and phone number. <i>Hallelujah! </i>But it took for-freaking-ever!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Google developed the Panda and Penguin algorithms (and most recently as of this writing, Hummingbird) to weed out the black hat operators who were/are abusing their filing system. Google's goal, always, is to point seekers to the sites that are most likely to satisfy their needs. Google isn't in business to mislead and frustrate its users; it's in business to stay in business and, to do that, it needs to help weed out the cheaters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So a lot of SEO firms and copywriters (and, sadly, their clients/victims) that are adversely affected by algorithm changes more or less "have it coming to them". They "cheated" their way to the head of the class under the old system and they've been caught red-handed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good copywriters have never had to worry all that much about algorithm changes. Good copy is "sticky"; that is, it's helpful--when people find it, they stay and play, stay and read, stay and buy. In a nutshell, they find what they're looking for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is why, in a world filled with self-proclaimed and unregulated SEO companies and copywriters, it's always good to seek proof that the company, entrepreneur or writer you're thinking about hiring has a clean record, pre-Panda and Penguin and post-Panda and Penguin. Ask to see the sites their work appears on and ask how long they've been there. If their sites are still high and dry, toward the top of search rankings after each of the algorithm changes, you can feel pretty secure that they're doing things the right way and serving you well. They're making sure that the sites they build and the copy they write for you will be enjoyed and used by the people who are looking for what you do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If they can't produce proof of their SEO acumen pre- and post- algorithm changes, <i>maybe they don't have any</i>. And that should be a red flag to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-32439925041129402442013-10-22T21:24:00.000-07:002013-10-22T21:30:43.316-07:00This Blog is Approaching 100,000 Views! WOW!<span style="font-size: large;">OK, I'm officially astonished. I just noticed that this blog has been viewed over 94,000 times. Either I have a very stalwart 49 followers or a lot of people are checking here on the sly. Welcome! Who are you? Where are you? What brought you here today and in days past? What do you want to see more of? Less of?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm wondering if we should have a contest and give away one of my books (your choice) to the 100,000th visitor. I expect whoever the winner will be to cross the finish line sometime before Christmas this year, so a book would make a nice little gift -- to keep or to give to someone else. I'd sign it to whomever wins it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Does this resonate with anyone? If so, let me know. And if YOU'RE the 100,000th visitor, let me know by email (kristineMsmithATmsnDOTcom) and let me know which book you'd like to get. They're all listed at the top of this blog and you can find out more about each of them on my book and business website at kristinemsmith.biz.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Kris M Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701380508405061770noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968054322253311157.post-84240676580118406132013-10-02T01:18:00.001-07:002013-10-02T08:36:38.093-07:00R.I.P Dear Friend AC Lyles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a great sadness to learn of AC Lyles' passing just yesterday via email. He passed away on Friday, September 27th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I talked to him last in February when he was in the hospital. He wouldn't tell me why he was there, so I figured it was something serious. His wife Martha let me know it was, but she, too, didn't tell me what it was. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That was quintessential AC; he never talked about anything negative. All he wanted to talk about, ever, were positive things--a trait that made him a delight to be around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps the most remarkable thing about AC was that he made you feel like the most important person on the planet when you were with him. Two different times while I was visiting him in his Paramount office, his secretary at the time, Mary Ann Dunlap, buzzed in from her outer office to report to him that Kevin Costner and Buddy Ebsen were on the line. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first time, I was flabbergasted to hear AC tell Costner, "I'll call you back. The most beautiful woman in the world just walked into my office." Surprised, I turned around to see if someone else had entered his office--Elizabeth Taylor, perhaps? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No ... he was talking about <b><i><u>me</u></i></b>! After he hung up, I told him he needed glasses! He smiled, "No, I don't." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Buddy Ebsen called, he asked Mary Ann to let him know he'd call him back. I objected: "Buddy Ebsen is getting up there, AC. He might not be around when you get to calling him back. Take his call!" He said, "No. I'll do it later."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I polished AC's and De Kelley's stars on the Walk of Fame for twelve years (nearly every week) until I moved away in 2003. AC used to let visitors know that he had a star polisher. (Very few stars do.) When he told a tour group leader from England, a man named Clive, the group leader made arrangements to stop by with his UK tourists when I would be polishing AC's star the next time they came to Hollywood! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the big day approached, I called AC and joked, "Hey, it's high time you came down and watched me polish your star. Why don't you stop by and surprise the tour group this weekend?" Of course I expected him to beg off. But he said, "I will!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Mom and I got to the star on the designated morning (we planned ahead to be sure to get there 20 minutes early), AC was already there, surrounded by his fans from the UK. Of course the gathering caused other tourists to wander over to see what was happening. In no time at all, there was a crush of people on the sidewalk watching how AC's star polisher did her thing and to meet the man himself--Paramount Producer and Goodwill Ambassador for <b><i>at least</i></b> 55 years at that time (1995)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">AC stepped over to Mom, took her hand in his, and said for all to hear, "I have to confess something: I'm in love with your daughter." I cracked up. Mom joked back, "Spare me the details! I don't want to know!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That was AC. He made everyone feel adored. That's because he genuinely did adore everyone. He was one of the very people in Hollywood (De Kelley among them) who never got drunk on their own corks, didn't buy their own press. AC, like De, wasn't full of himself. He was genuinely interested in everyone he met.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will miss knowing he's not holding down the fort at Paramount. I simply cannot imagine the Paramount lot without him and his white 1955 Thunderbird on it. An era has truly passed...</span></div>
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