Blogging How To’s

Wednesday Writers Workshop: Writing No Matter What

04.04.2012

I dare you to raise your hand if you’ve never sat in front of the screen or paper and just thought, shoulders slumped, I don’t wanna.

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: Using Music to Amp Your Creativity

02.29.2012

I mostly hone in on the emotional notes of what I’m working with. It’s how what I see or hear or smell or taste makes me–or a character I’m writing about–feel that I want to focus on.

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I Blog, Therefore I Am

01.20.2012

The fact is that despite all the talk of metrics and stats, success in blogging is really totally subjective.

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: What Kind of a Blogger Are You?

01.18.2012

To actually start blogging, however, I think you need to spend some time thinking about what kind of a blog you want to have.

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: Real Time Real Life Blogging Seminar

12.14.2011

I’m putting together the best of what I’ve learned over the almost eight years that I’ve been blogging as well as my experience in social media and years of teaching writing.

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Wordless Wednesday Meets & Marries Writers Workshop

11.09.2011

Content is king. I’ve heard that consistently since I first started blogging, but damn–it’s sometimes hard to make content the king of your blog, especially when your life starts to get pushy and take over.

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Sticky Readers: Flypaper for Your Blog

11.07.2011

Bottom line, then, what Margaret’s book is about is: how to write blog posts that make readers return to your site.

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Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Commenting and Conversation

05.26.2010

So here’s a short survey…just because I’m curious 1. I think Commenting on blogs is a good way to get my two cents in the best way to create a conversation with the blog author and others a waste of time Other (please specify) 2. When I comment on a blog, I expect nothing the [...]

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Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Finding your place in the blogosphere

04.28.2010

The appeal of blogging is that it’s a democratic arena;  you can blog about any topic, any field, any subject that hooks your attention.  While it is true that the more well-known blogs tend to be grouped around a finite selection of topics–politics, food, parenthood, technology–they’re really only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.  I [...]

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Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: The First Question of Blogging

04.22.2010

To continue the conversation we began last month. I put to you then what I consider to be The First Question of Blogging:  Why do you want to blog?  Answer that, and while I can’t guarantee you riches, I can say your experience as a blogger will be successful.  Can’t answer it?  Go back and [...]

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