My 5 year old granddaughter was decorating my house this weekend with the sidewalk chalk. She moved from the wall to the front porch and sidewalk and colored until she was no longer interested. As I looked at this wall this morning I was struck by the beauty and intensity of her art work. So, [...]
Content is king, queen and the whole royal family. Content is not just a bunch of words strung together on a page. For the blogger or website owner, content is the material you personally craft to share with your clients, customers, readers. It should be your Sunday best, well-groomed, in matching colors, and scuff-free. You [...]
Sometimes we overshoot the mark, or underestimate our time and/or ability. I set a grandiose goal last year of reading 100 books! Ha! It was spurred on by excitement after reading a blog of another woman with that goal-only at the time I didn’t realize she was a writer of young adult fiction and was [...]
The word is wish and the challenge, at Jillsy Girl’s blog, was to interpret the word in a blog post. I chose to do a quick post on the Disney song, When You Wish Upon a Star and much conversation ensued. And, I’ve been thinking about wishing ever since. I’ve wished for things in my [...]
The old saying about waking up on the wrong side of the bed feels like the issue for me this morning. I can’t get in the swing of things. When one of my children was young I made the mistake of telling him once that he’d gotten out of bed on the wrong side. Though, [...]
In case you missed it, last Wednesday’s post, Need to Put A Little Fresh Air into Your Blog, was chosen for WordPress’s Freshly Pressed feature. I’ve seen the varied posts there before but never actually tried to get myself on that page! Of course I want to be noticed as a writer and a blogger; [...]
Yesterday three of the blogs I regularly follow showed indications of burn out or overwhelm. One was just quitting, no explanation was given. A second was going public with his ambivalence or loss of focus. And the third wrote to apologize for not getting to readers’ comments-which I took as an indicator of being overwhelmed [...]
Recently a reader asked me where I got inspiration for my posts, specially as I have 3 blogs. And, as I shared with her, sometimes my inspiration comes from reading news sources and other blogs. I want to thank Trish for that, doubly so. Her recent post, Oh The Places You’ll Go gave me the [...]
Words for the week: promotional bio, resume, marketing plan, business card, goals, accountability… These are all the tasks or goals in front of me now. They’re what everyone should be working on when self-employed or setting out on a new career path. I’m good with all of it except for the promotional aspect. I need [...]
