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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is there anybody out there?! My WordPress statistics will tell me. Not that I spend much time analyzing these kinds of numbers. Maybe it’s just me, but a heartfelt comment […]
What’s the first screen that comes up when I type the WordPress address into my browser? Not my blog. Not Freshly Pressed. Certainly not the Stats page. It’s the Reader. […]
I’ve always considered it good manners to be very clear when the words I’m posting belong to someone else–even when the words are my own, but belong in a story […]
Hopping on board the blog again, and look! It’s like riding a bicycle … just gotta get the rust out of my fingers. Not that I’ve been neglecting my writing, […]
More InfoIt’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group, again. I know, don’t remind me– I was insecure two months ago, and haven’t been here since! But it’s the first Wednesday of the month […]
More InfoWelcome to this month’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group post, which you’ll notice is the only post on this blog since last month’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group post. I know. I […]
More InfoWait. IWSG? And NaNoWriMo? I know you’re staring at your screen thinking, “What’s with all the acronyms? She’s really lost it now. Things haven’t been the same at A Scenic Route […]
More InfoThe arrival of fall got me thinking … Since I love walking in the woods, I find it often feels as if my Muse is wandering in a forest full […]
More InfoSince when do Muses need vacations? Apparently mine does, which is why he’s been suspiciously absent from the blog. Oh, wait, here he is … I brush aside the palmetto […]
More InfoWarning: This will not be the usual Insecure Writer’s Support Group post. Believe it or not, this month I’m actually a secure writer. Shocking, I know, but it’s true! I’ll […]
More InfoThe cold wind gives me goose bumps as climb the front steps to Nick Moore’s beach house, gripping my laptop to my chest like a lover. I knock on the […]
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