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Posts Tagged → Blogging
A Tale of Two Blogging Platforms
You may have noticed a silence lately emanating from my blog. Words missing. Subscribers slipping. A blog on the verge of extinction. But, it couldn’t be the farthest from the truth. I’ve just migrated over to the Medium blogging platform that has a wider audience than mine. Medium is a community within many communities. Topics… Continue reading
Why Writers Write
| Moment Catchers | Word Shapers | Many of us didn’t choose to become writers. Writing became us. It is an intricate part of who we are that inspires us to become better writers and therefore better people. Writing is therapy, a self-motivating, actualizing process that helps us understand the world and ourselves, by observing then… Continue reading
In Search of My Blog’s Soul
I’ve been searching for my blog’s soul that I lost over time. -Will I find it with my car keys? -Do blogs have a soul? Questions, so many questions… A nugget of curiosity rattles around in your head. Do you have the answers? You might ask. Yes, I might reply. I’ll tell you what I know… Continue reading
A Blog In Progress
I’ve been blogging off and on since 2009, the year I lost my job during the not-so-great recession. Back then I blogged to purge my thoughts and never thought about finding a niche for my blog. I considered blogging a platform for testing ideas, where I could meet other bloggers and get feedback on my posts…. Continue reading
Writer’s Block: Blame It On Trump!
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
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.
Continue readingI Am a Danger to My Blog
Danger! Danger! Lauren just entered the admin dashboard! Over the past four years, I’ve made many blogging blunders, from blowing a deal with a content syndication service for writing a post about Polish Spam, to breaking the footer on my blog. But of all the blogging blunders I’ve made throughout the years, I think I’ve… Continue reading
Blog Armageddon
I Got Hacked – Excuse My Appearance I’m having technical difficulty and am working on the problem. Not me personally because I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. Some pages on my blog may look odd or unappealing. More odd or unappealing than usual. Please be more patient than I am. I’m at Defcon… Continue reading
On the Blog Menu: Blank Footer, Not Frankfurter
Last week when my right footer disappeared, I thought my blog had been hacked. It turns out that my blog was hacked by me. Yes, I accidentally deleted a footer text box from my blog and then couldn’t find the text widget in the layout. I think the problem was due to a photo gallery… Continue reading