Start a blog! I am a website-enabler, which means I want everyone ever to start a site. If you are an artist or maker, art teacher or someone who wants to chronicle their daily moments, you’ve probably mulled over the idea of starting a blog, but something keeps holding you back. Give me about 15 …
Thoughts and resources on blogging, from my favorite blogging tools to blogging words of wisdom and strategy.
My Favorite Blogging Tools and Resources
Oh, blogging. What do I say about something that has completely obsessed me for an entire decade, allowed me to discover my love for writing, introduced me to amazing friends, and given me a source of income so I am forever ruined from having a 9-5er. How freaking amazing is it that introverts and creative …
30 Refreshingly Unique Blog Writing Prompts
Let’s get refreshed, shall we? If you’re a blogger, you’re going to hit writing topic rock bottom at some point and probably get all pissed off and throw your pizza at the wall. I am here to ensure that no innocent pizza gets maimed. These 30 blog post ideas will give you one for every …
You Know You’re a Blogger When… (An Ongoing List of the Perils of Blog Life)
This one is a love letter in the form of a list to all my blogger friends. I’ve been blogging for approximately 10 years now, and discovered that nearly anything can happen in the world of blogging. In fact, I might need to write a Lifetime movie about blogging. Perhaps you will be able to …
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I’ve Made Every Single Blogging Mistake Possible
Sometimes people ask me how long I’ve been blogging, and after I slap them for being impertinent, I tell them 8 years. That fills me with a mix of pride and embarrassment. Pride: I’ve been blogging for a long time and started way before many bloggers I know. I’ve stuck with it and evolved my …
Blogging Tools and Resources For You
It occurred to me some time ago that I have been blogging for 7 years, and that makes me a blogging genius. Actually, I know some people who have been blogging for a year or 2 who are killing it, with zillions of rabid fans and traffic coming out of their eyeholes, and they are …
What I Learned From a Month off of Blogging
It was tumultuous. It was crazy and my mind was fuzzy and my eyes were picking up my blinky anxiety tics that I get when I’m overwhelmed and confused. Yes, I have blinky tics. You have permission to totally make fun of me. So I decided to give myself a sabbatical from blogging, and it …
I’m One of Those Evil Pinterest Moms
So. I guess there’s a big to-do happening all over the internet about Pinterest moms lately. I’ve heard the snarky comments about perfect birthday parties and homemade Valentines. Nope. I’ll never do this, either. But isn’t it gorgeous? Source Here’s my deal. I consider myself a Pinterest mom, because I’m one of those bloggers …