March 2010 newsletter
Newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias
World of Words by Elias Tobias Reader’s Bill of Rights
1. Readers have a right to a new blog posts as scheduled.
2. Readers have a right to quality original writing and photography on the posts.
3. Readers have a right to respond to the posts quickly and easily.
4. Readers have a right to participate in the poetry blog by various interactive means.
5. Readers have a right to a site that is easy to navigate without broken interior or external links.
6. Readers have a right to a minimum of advertising which is always secondary to content.
7. Readers have a right to be informed of changes in the operation of the poetry blog through newsletters, press releases and static page posts.
8. Readers have a right to a professional-looking poetry blog with a minimum of typing errors and a variety of technical capabilities, such as videos and podcasts.
Red Dot Media Management created
Sand Castle Productions has been acquired by Red Dot Media Management, an organization created by the owner of the “Word of Words” poetry blog. Sand Castle which has produced 15 videos for the World of Words by Elias Tobias Channel on You Tube, will become property of Red Dot Media.
A recent video made by Sand Castle Productions, intended as a series of informational “newscasts” called, “Between the Lines,” has not done well with reviews, and Red Dot Media will take over the series with a new concept for the monthly videos.
“They will be shorter, casual, and more informal,” said Michael D. Hall, the real name of poet Elias Tobias and owner of Red Dot Media Management. “We may not even keep the name of the series. We want to do it right.”
Hall said the work completed by Sand Castle Productions served the needs of the growing poetry blog, however it was time that the blog do the videos and other projects in-house.
Get the print version of The Exponet
The latest edition of the March 2010 Exponet, the official newsletter of The World of Words, is available in PDF format, and can be sent to any specific email address upon request. To request a printed edition, contact the webmaster at contact@eliastobias.net.
Join the World of Words Fan Club
Be a part of the World of Words official fan club. The webmaster of the World of Words by Elias Tobias has created the Official Fan Club Web Site for the poetry blog. The Fan Club Web site is free, and those who want to join are urged to register for the main site with the link in the bottom right portion of the page.
The World of Words by Elias Tobias Official Fan Club web site is for those who want more from Elias Tobias and read all there is on the web blog. The Fan Club has many added benefits and the goal of the fan club is to create a true community of the webs site*s readers. Benefits include a personal blog by Elias Tobias called Between the Lines, Faces and Places, the Exponet Insider, free downloads and free classified ads for those who register. A special Official Fan Club Web site video has been created and is available at the World of Words web blog or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KrCcg4NMyE.
“Power of Love” Theme for March
The theme of poetry for the month of March 2010 is “the Power of Love,” for all daily posts, including the Poem of the Month below. The choice in theme is a web site’s reflection about how important love, in all its phases, is to people.
First you slip, then you fall,
and don’t realize what happened at all,
except that something hurts.
It may be your heart,
Don’t know when its starts,
until you think it is gone.
When you fall, it may be into the arms
of someone whose charms may raise
the alarm that your life has changed.
It could be your name.
Ice transforms when it gets hot,
And tears form when love is not.
When you fall through the ice,
the temperature gets under your skin
and then things begin to get better.
The fall stays in your memory,
even as the years go by.
You wonder why, especially
when you lie and say it never did hurt.
It must have been an accident.