Just for Fun: The Esse Diem Meme!

My friend Doug Imbrogno is wicked smart, talented, and musical to boot. When he speaks, I listen.

The other day he made the off-hand suggestion that I put together an “Esse Diem meme” – because it would be fun and because he likes the way it sounds when he says it out loud. That’s good enough for me!

So here’s the deal: If you have ever written for, commented on, or are a reader of Esse Diem bloG, pick up one of your favorite books and recreate this picture in a self-portrait if you can (you can have someone else take it if it’s not working out the other way). Be sure to tell me what book you are holding and why it’s a favorite.

Esse Diem meme

Post it to your own website and I’ll link to you, or send me the digital photo at edg@longridgeeditors.com. I’ll post the collection here the first week of September, and “Storify” it, too. I’ll cook up a prize for the Reader’s Choice award, as well as an Editor’s Pick. In the meantime, you can follow the fun at http://essediem.tumblr.com/.

(It’s not all God and essays over here, you know. Sometimes we just are goofy. But we try to be goofy in an intelligent manner. Ahem.)

Esse-a-Go-Go: The Live Chat!

I hope you enjoyed last week’s blog posts, where I traded stories with my friend and fellow writer Karan Ireland.  This week we are at it again, with Karan writing on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and I will write this week on Tuesday and Thursday.

If you missed Karan’s posts, you can click here: A Hard Day’s Write and Ash Wednesday

Tonight, Karan and I will both be online starting at 8 PM EST to talk about writing, blogging, and life.  That covers a lot of territory, so we hope you will jump in and have some fun with us!  To join the chat, simply click on the link for Esse-a-Go-Go under Daily Mail Live Chat at the top of the left hand menu on the home page here.

If for some reason that doesn’t work when the time comes, you can go to http://blogs.dailymail.com/mommyhood/2012/02/27/live-chat-esse-a-go-go/ and you should be able to connect with the chat from there as well. Logging in with a Twitter or Facebook account is one of the easiest ways to participate.

Please share this with writing and blogging friends, we would love to have a good turn out for the conversation.

Special thanks to Charleston Daily Mail’s managing editor, Brad McElhinny, for supporting writers in our community, and for consistently encouraging both digital-first journalism and creative initiatives in Charleston.

Hope to “see” you tonight!

Image credit: Marketing, Coffee & Pretzels