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Writer’s Block: Blame It On Trump!

posted in Blogging, Humor, Writer's Block, Writing on November 25, 2016 by Lauren 4 Comments

I had every intention of writing a blog post but that same old dread enveloped me like a noxious fog — President Trump. Eye twitches. I tried to calm myself by meditating: ohm, ohm… Oh, my God, President Trump. Throat constricts. I tried taking a walk to get inspired: Trees, birds… Trump. Brain freezes. I’ve got… Continue reading →

In Search of the Endangered Attention Span

posted in Blogging, Satire on October 2, 2016 by Lauren 20 Comments

Interacting on Facebook and Twitter takes less time than writing a 400-word blog post. 400 words are too many for someone like me, someone who is easily distracted, who stops writing in the middle of a sentence to run outside and take a picture of a tree.

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Blogging Your Way Back To Writing

posted in Blogging, Writer's Block, Writing on September 19, 2016 by Lauren 38 Comments

Why write a post for free when I should be revising a story I want to sell to a magazine? Writing is my focus, not blogging.

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Perfectionism, What Is It Good For?

posted in Blogging, Humor, Writer's Block on September 12, 2016 by Lauren 19 Comments

I was revising a post about the pitfalls of perfectionism and realized I couldn’t stop revising it. I had fallen into the very pitfall I wrote about in the post that no one would read. What a conundrum and interesting predicament. Interesting, because this predicament of mine could serve as a learning experience for other perfectionists…. Continue reading →

My Existential Blogging Crisis

posted in Blogging, Humor on April 17, 2016 by Lauren 29 Comments
Door Closed

Blogger, Writer, Tech Support I stop by my blog every now and then to dust off the dashboard.“Why am I here?” I ask, waiting for divine intervention. But, all I got was spam. Other times, I return to the dashboard after receiving a bad news email from a security plugin that’s a bit of a drama… Continue reading →

Do You Feel Like You’re Blogging In An Evening Gown?

posted in Blogging, Humor on October 11, 2014 by Lauren 24 Comments

That’s how it feels when I write a post on WordPress. I need to put on an evening gown to write, unlike Blogger, which has a casual dress code. In September Ron, head writer of the fabulous blog Being Ron, wrote a post asking which blogging platform we preferred WordPress or Blogger? I responded with this comment: If I could do… Continue reading →

Why I hate promoting myself

posted in Blogging on August 27, 2014 by Lauren 26 Comments

In all the years I’ve been blogging — roughly 4 1/2 — I’ve never been comfortable promoting myself. And here I am about to embark on a mission to promote my latest blog post at Huffington Post, an achievement I’m quite proud of. The fear of posting on such a high-profile site was paralyzing at times…. Continue reading →

Hint Fiction: Short, But Not Necessarily Sweet

posted in Blogging, Fiction on June 1, 2014 by Lauren 16 Comments

I lost my engagement ring. The coroner found it on a corpse on the dance floor, clenched inside her fist. My fiancée’s missing.   Jayne’s Micro Writing Challenge. Join in and link up at Injaynesworld. The Challenge: Write a story (beginning, middle and end) that hints at a larger story, but is complete within itself, in 25… Continue reading →

Are You A Moody Blogger?

posted in Blogging, Humor on March 29, 2014 by Lauren 25 Comments
Easily distracted

Do you post at the same time each week or when the light hits your computer at a certain angle? Light includes both natural and unnatural lighting — a flashlight in the event of a power failure.

A Blogger Looks Back to 2009 and Asks, Why Am I Here?

posted in Blogging on January 18, 2014 by Lauren 33 Comments

  I started blogging back in May 2009 shortly after I lost my job as a customer service rep at a bakery where only the baked goods were nut-free. The gal who preceded me and the one who followed were also let go after three months. We all got the tee-shirt, but one of us… Continue reading →

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