Was that catchy enough to grab your attention? Can't you just picture it? This weekend I attended the Indianapolis Christian Writer's Conference. Leonard Sweet was the keynote speaker. All I really remember him saying was that a whole new language now exist in the google world. We must learn this language in order to relate to this new generation of bloggers, twitters and texters. He went on to say that the primary currency in a google world is images. We must communicate in the world that is there before us and not the world that we want to be there. This is a culture that thinks in images. What is the image of your writing? Leonard Sweet claims his is a cement truck. He mixes his thoughts and images together until he gets the right consistency and then pours it out in a thick slab. James Watkins later claimed his writing image was more like a hemerrhoid. He pokes and prods the reader into a painful reality making it difficult to sit in one's own comfort zone for very long. In other words, he's a big pain in the... Get the picture?
What would my image be as a writer? I see my writing image as a cupcake. I write for children creating a yummy, delicious experience for them with lots of creamy white filling they look forward to sinking their teeth into and long to get again. So now I'm back home trying to add some exercise into my routine, so that my cupcake image doesn't turn into an extra large pizza pie. And no, I'm not gonna shave my hairy legs before I go. If I could, I would wear a tee shirt that says, "No mental image required here" or better yet, "Keep your google brainbows to yourself."
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