When I made the decision in early 2015 to combine all my blogs into one, self-hosted site, it simplified some stuff for me, bringing everything under one umbrella. Which de-simplified things for many of my readers, as I had completely separate audiences for my food blog than I did for my writer’s blog and merging […]
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On Leveling Up and Finding The Way
Operation G.I.T. My brain has been all over the place this week. I’m closer to back in the groove of normal schedule, but not quiet there. Mornings after taekwondo are always the hardest for sticking to my vow to get up and write before walking the dogs and the gym. I don’t get to bed […]
Ch..ch…ch…Changing…
Okay, before I get into the meat of this post, I have to get in my shameless plug. If you haven’t already nabbed this one, now’s the time, as its enrollment in KDP Select is up next week, and I’ll be rolling it out to other retailers. Now, on to the topic at hand. […]
Quick Update
Busy busy at the office today (is there any other kind of Monday?). But I’m hanging out in a guest post over at Molly Greene’s today talking about my journey from self publishing to the traditional path and back again.
Subscribe By Email: NOT Just A 90s Throwback
I posed the question yesterday on Twitter of WHY bloggers so often do not have a subscribe by email option. It was more a rhetorical question to prompt people to think “Do I have that? No, I don’t. I should add one.” And if it had that effect on someone, awesome. You might just gain […]
The Positivity Project
If you follow me at all, you’ve probably noticed an increasing frequency in the number of posts spawned by something I read at Daily Good. Seriously, I’m loving this having good news delivered to my inbox every day. We could all use our faith in humanity restored. It’s spawned a great deal of introspection and […]
Dear Void, I Love You
It seems that I’ve read a slough of posts by bloggers lately where they are apologizing to their readers for having fallen off the face of the planet and making the confession that they don’t really like blogging, it’s a huge time suck, and they’d rather be writing fiction anyway. Such posts usually leave me […]
Bloggers Beware, You CAN Get SUED For Using Pics On Your Blog via Roni Loren
So I’m coming in late today with no particular idea for a post, so I am passing on the cautionary tale offered up by fellow author and blogger Roni Loren about her experience accidentally violating image copyright. Go read her post. It’s kind of chilling. Highlights below. Here’s what I learned about Fair Use: It […]
The Friday Fab: A Link Roundup
I’m short on time again today, so rather than try to rip something interesting out, I am going to point you in the direction of the great stuff I’ve read this week. Jami Gold talks about How To Make the Most of a Scene. And if that doesnt’ work, Melinda S. Collins talks about how […]
The Correct Way To Share
Social media is a great thing. It is a lynchpin to any good platform that our content be shared. Our mamas all taught us that sharing is a good thing. But when it comes to sharing intellectual property like blog posts and the like, there is a right and a wrong way to go about […]