Wingedcentaur, Irish Seal People, and the Dead Kennedys

It's the middle of the night and I can't sleep. So I have decided to blog. It was either that or read a 8 part series of hubs by someone called wingedcentaur about the Kennedy Assassinations. And I used to think that you came across some odd things watching TV in the middle of the night.

OK, since I am here I am going to write a little about ideas I have for upcoming hubs. I want to write something about biblical literalism. I have plans to include some things I learned reading a book called "The People of the Sea," which is about the celtic legend of the selchie. A selchie is a seal in the water, and then when it comes up on land it turns into a human being. These legends come from Ireland and Scotland, and the author of "People of the Sea" traveled around the british Isles in the 1950s collecting and recording tales about the selchies. It's a lovely book. I should write a review of the book! I never thought of that. What could sea people possibly have to do with biblical literalism you may be wondering? Right now my brain is too fried to explain that train of logic, if logical it is. You will have to wait for me to write the hub.

As for me, I'm going to go check out what theory wingedcentaur has about those Kennedys.

Writing the Hub "My Son Becomes A Man"

I've been writing on Hubpages quite a bit, under the name graceomalley. I'm beginning to develop my own way of writing hubs, and it's not quite like what others are doing. A few days ago I read the advice that a hubber should be able to turn out a 600 word hub in an hour. This is from a very experienced and successful hubber, whose picture is permanently on the Hubpages home page. She's also a bit of an overacheiver if you ask me. She's homeschooling six kids while renovating her home and earning one third of her household income by writing online and editing.

Well, I don't write that fast. Then again, I'm writing pretty different stuff. This hubber's latest article was 600 words on styles of chandeleirs. Had great pictures. She's learned a thing or two renovating that house. My latest, by way of contrast, was 2,000 words about the meaning of manhood. I included what it is like for me as a mother to live with my teenage son as he grows into a man, reflections from my dating experience, events in sports, and a childhood incident of domestic abuse. It's a complicated subject really.

Here's the link: http://hubpages.com/hub/My-Son-Becomes-A-Man-What-Manhood-Means-To-A-Woman

I'm finding my way on Hubpages. It's not like I took forever to write that article. It was all done on the same day, including writing the text, finding pictures and posting links. It was a Saturday, and my family was milling around me all day, asking for stuff. I made a big pot of chili, did laundry, and was on the hostess crew for a church potluck that Saturday too. I got to spend some time in the car with my son, though I missed my daughter's basketball game - but that was the fault of the potluck, not my writing.