IWSG: Dear Future Self
Got insecurity? We’re here to help! Welcome to this month’s meeting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. If you’re not yet familiar with this fantastic group, we’re a bunch of […]
Write Much Lately?
I hear a loud slurping sound as I open my morning pages. Suspiciously, I type, “What is it now, Muse?” And there he is sprawled in the middle of my […]
IWSG: The Month My Blog Ate My Novel
Otherwise known as the A to Z Blogging Challenge. People sometimes asked me why I would undertake something this crazy. What benefit could I get from posting something, anything, about […]
Backstage at the Blog: Z is for Zero
Zero is what I started this blog with. In fact, it’s what we all started with. Zero words. Zero posts. Zero views. Zero followers. Honestly, I pretty much stumbled into […]
Backstage at the Blog: Y is for YouTube
I’m a bit compulsive about my playlists, and I love to share them. But for a while I was stumped about how to do that without forcing my followers […]
Backstage at the Blog: X is for .xml
XML stands for Extensible Markup Language, and is the default format for many office productivity tools. What does that have to do with WordPress, and my blog? .xml is the […]
Backstage at the Blog: W is for Widget
I don’t think I’ve ever met a widget I didn’t like. These amazing mini applications do everything from display my mounting word count to help visitors find other members of […]
Backstage at the Blog: V is for Visit
Sometimes hopping onto the worldwide web feels like the world’s biggest cocktail party, with the only exception being that I can attend wearing my fuzzy slippers! I can choose from […]
Backstage at the Blog: U is for Unsubscribe
Just when things were getting all warm and fuzzy … But sometimes as they say, “It’s not you, it’s me,” and it’s time to sever my ties with a blog […]
Backstage at the Blog: T is for Theme
I was lucky when I met my WordPress theme. From the very first post, when I slapped a silly image on the screen and wrote my tentative words, the Vigilance […]