Unlimited Ideas
Posted by webmaster | Filed under Creativity, Weblogs
If you’re a blogger, creating content weekly or even daily can be a challenge. If you’re writing articles for a living, then you’re probably facing similar problems. How do you find topics to write about?
One of my favorite ways is the list post. Everyone has written them. Let’s take a recent one of mine for [...]
CornerScribe changing to Dofollow
Posted by Jo | Filed under Weblogs
Do you know what do-follow means, in terms of your blog and comments you leave elsewhere?
Usually, blogs default to no-follow in their comments. That is, links in comments are not treated as “real” links, meaning you get no credit for them in google. So, commenting isn’t going to do much for your google page rank [...]
Submissions, please
Posted by Jo | Filed under Weblogs, Writing
I’m looking to fill out my Writing Resources page some more, and I’m looking for some submissions. My goal is to put together a really kick-butt listing of online writing resources, so submit your own best work or others’ work that you find really useful.
Please leave a comment on this post with your link and [...]
9 Good Writing Excuses
Posted by Jo | Filed under Weblogs, humor
writing, novel, freelancing, book, fiction, blog, grammar
Dear Novel,
Yes, I know I have 60,000 words of you written already. I have a scene outline. I even know your ending (and I still respect you). Yet I haven’t sat down with you in days, haven’t added a word to you or done even a little tweak here [...]
How are you using Twitter?
Posted by Jo | Filed under Promotion, Weblogs, Writing
writing, blogging, blog, fiction, novel, book, freelance
Are you on Twitter? You can follow me here. I just crossed the 100 followers threshold, so I’m pretty excited about that.
What is twitter?
Twitter is a social networking site that allows you to post updates in 140 character blips. Think IM plus social networking, and you’ve more or [...]
Must Read New Blog
Posted by webmaster | Filed under Weblogs, Writing
Genreality is a new blog that I’ve really been enjoying lately because of its great information for new writers.
It’s staffed by midlisters, including Lynn Viehl, author of Paperback Writer, which I’ve mentioned here before. Others are Alison Kent, Joseph Nassise, Carrie Vaughn, Sasha White and Jason Pinter.
They discuss various topics of interest to new writers, [...]
Being Prepared
Posted by Jo | Filed under Miscellaneous, Weblogs
Well, so much for practicing what I preach.
Yes, I was ready for NaNoEdMo. I had blog ideas lined up so posting would be a breeze. I was all set, except for that little flu thing. So, no posts because I didn’t have a stockpile ready.
It just goes to show, it’s one thing to know what’s [...]
10 Tips for a Craptastic Blog
Posted by Jo | Filed under Weblogs, humor
Dear blogger,
Put sound on your site. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as it’s noisy. Music and ads work equally well.
Bonus points if it’s exceptionally loud.
Double bonus if it’s also a little racy, the kind of thing I don’t want everyone in my department hearing.
Make your site slooooooooooow to load. If it’s taking [...]
How I doubled my page views in one month
Posted by Jo | Filed under Promotion, Weblogs
I’ve been talking about getting more serious about traffic and RSS subscribers as part of this year’s blogging goals. Here’s how I did in January, and more importantly, how I did it.
In December I had only about 4300 page views. Not very spectacular, is it? In January, that was 10,500. I’m very pleased with that.
I [...]
Writing Contest on Daily Blog Tips
Posted by Jo | Filed under Weblogs, contests
Daily Blog Tips has run another contest, and here are my votes for the best posts. Head over and check out the whole list; there are some great posts there.
How to Print Blog Articles the Smart Way
8 Effective Ways to Increase RSS Readership
How to Add More Sidebar Text Widgets
Display User Welcome Message
Make Money with a [...]
