About Me….

Hi. My name is John Walker Ross. I blog from Havana, Florida with the intention of saying things you don’t hear every day…Feel free to let me know how I’m doing.

I’m also trying to sell my novel which is a historical western. If you like what you read here and happen to include a literary agent in your circle of influence, feel free to tell them about me. I promise I will not object.

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    • Thanks for the kind words Patricia. Very cool site (though I wish I read German…Google’s translator leaves something to be desired!) I’ll definitely check in regularly and let you know when I post anything Elvis-centric here.

      Especially love the interview with Whitney, which was entirely new to me.

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  3. I stumbled upon Sheila’s blog page one cold afternoon b/c I have an inherent love for Elvis and I am always searching for whatever I can find about him (as if I haven’t already read too many bios and engaged in far too many dialogues on fan forums.

    Elvis notwithstanding, my ultimate goal was to find different blog pages, blog set-ups, blog topics, blog management, etc. I enjoy writing and certain interests and I was considering putting it all together so as to have a central location for my thoughts and interests, but also with the idea of engaging and educating others in those same interests.

    Being a fan of political blogs and websites, I can ascertain so much from the manner in which these sites are maintained. Being a fan of a few fan blogs, well, there is much leeway in setting up and maintaining those.

    Honestly, I am not any nearer to setting up a blog page than I was in the winter when I stumbled upon Sheila’s. And then there is also the fact that her blog is so well thought out, well organized and has a history, a continual stream of information over a substantial period of time – be it Elvis, her favorite movies, books, or just a personal story to share. Once I was pulled into her page, I certainly couldn’t just ask her “So, I want one like yours. How do I do it?” In fact, most the blogs I follow, I would never dare ask the blogger for any advice, but I am still looking.

    So, that is how I found myself here.

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  4. Bethann,

    Based on my early experiences her I can definitely offer you a few basic insights:

    1) Don’t worry about catching Sheila.She’s the Elvis of bloggers. Her picture is probably next to the word “indefatigable” in every modern dictionary. She’s definitley my biggest blogging inspriation, but I realized before I even started that I would have to go at my own pace and head in my own direction. (And remember, even she had to start somewhere!)

    2) Pick some narrowly focused set of subjects. (Not narrow subjects, just narrow focus). Elvis sounds like a great subject for you but in any case something you’re consistently interested in. I mean I want to write about a lot of other subjects besides popular music (movies, sports, politics, history) but having a set of parameters really helps me get my mind around what I’m doing. If I can add that other stuff later, then that’s great, but for now, it’s fun to just do what I can do.

    3) Jump in and learn as you go. I spent seven years thinking it over, hoping somehow all the necessary tech-knowledge and some brilliant organizing idea would somehow magically implant itself in my brain. Never happened. I finally just decided to start with something really personal to let people know something about where I was coming from and go from there (all relating to my main subject of course!) I’m still adding bits of how-to knowledge day by day (just learned to track my site’s traffic two weeks ago…exciting stuff!)

    4) Know that following step two makes step three a whole lot easier.

    I’m stil a babe in the proverbial woods, but please feel free to ask me any questions you have. If I know the answer I’ll tell you. If I don’t know the answer I’ll freely admit it…I like keeping it simple!

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