Writing Helper: A lot
Feb 26I see this one all the time, and it drives me nuts. It’s also a very easy mistake to avoid, with a simple memory trick. A lot is always two words, never alot. To help you remember, you would never write alittle, so never write alot. Easy, right?
Why and how to schedule your blog posts
Feb 22You’re writing one or more blogs and keeping up with them pretty well. Why would you take the time to keep a blogging schedule? Before we get started, let me know you what my blogging schedule looks like for the first few days of March. 3/1 NaNoEdMo kickoff post 3/2 Popular links from February 3/3 Synergy Magazine 3/4 Using email filters to manage your email and get more done As...
Dust off those novels!
Feb 17It’s that time of year again, and to be honest, I almost FORGOT. That tells you just how busy (and preoccupied) I’ve been. March is NaNoEdMo. That’s National Novel Editing Month. If you participated in NaNoWriMo in November or just have a novel in a drawer that needs work, then consider signing up. The rules are pretty simple: spend 50 hours in March editing your novel. If you...
Please, not your profile!
Feb 15I love spammers. I love Akismet more, since it keeps all this garbage from showing up on the blog. I did notice one today that I almost approved. “Hi, I’m Dr. Richards. Check out my Cialis profile.” Dude. If you’re on Cialis, I do not want to see your profile.
The Business of Blogging
Feb 14Steve Pavlina usually has great articles, but this one is especially good. He points out a problem many bloggers, including me, struggle with. If you want to make money, then treat your blog like a business, not like a blog. Some of his points really hit home. I’ve spent most of my time developing content for my blogs and not nearly enough time marketing and promoting. Yep, my traffic...