MMM - Can She Talk?

Posted on July 3, 2008
Filed Under Archives, Monthly Mini Meme | 41 Comments

Another month is upon us, and it’s time for BWAB’s Monthly Mini Meme (MMM).

For those of you who missed the first edition of this series, the floor (comment section) is open to all readers to share one random fact about themselves.

I started this series as a way for others to learn more about me, and for me and the others in the community to learn a little more about you.

Here’s mine.

Being the baby of the family had some advantages for me, but disadvantages as well.

My siblings were talkers. They talked non-stop. If our parents weren’t around, when I spoke up, my siblings would either interrupt me, or make me feel inferior. Hence, I didn’t talk much.

Once when an aunt and uncle were visiting from the West Coast (we lived in the Midwest) my aunt was observing her nieces and nephews. After a long period of time had passed, she pointed at me and asked another relative, “Is that little one mute?”

I learned of this years later. That aunt is a favorite of mine. Now when we’re together, she can’t get me to shut up.

Now it’s your turn…….

Photo Credit: From my personal archives

Decorating Our Home In Blogosphere

Posted on July 2, 2008
Filed Under Archives, Blogging Lessons, Themes | 39 Comments

Have you seen the TV show “House Hunters” (on HGTV)?

It’s about home buyers who choose a new house (edited down to three for the show). At the end they say why they picked the one they did. Fast forward a few months, and the show concludes […] Continue Reading…

NBOTW Author Says “Life Is A Jungle”

Posted on July 1, 2008
Filed Under Archives, New Blog Of The Week | 20 Comments

In his “About” page he writes:
Life can seem like a jungle sometimes, overgrown with all the “things” that are in our life. The animals that consume us (debt, busy-ness, work, family, etc) lurking around every corner.
Isn’t that the truth?

This week’s New Blog Of The Week (NBOTW) is written by […] Continue Reading…

I Can’t Read It, If I Can’t See It

Posted on June 30, 2008
Filed Under Archives, Blogging Lessons, Themes, Writing Tips | 49 Comments

I cannot count how many times I’ve landed on a blog, only to click off.

It wasn’t because the blog was laced with profanity, nor was it due to the site sporting too many ads

It was because I couldn’t see the writings.

By seeing the writings, I mean the size […] Continue Reading…

FEFF - How To Get More Hits On Old Posts

Posted on June 27, 2008
Filed Under Archives, Free and Easy Finds, Plugins and Widgets | 41 Comments

It’s Friday, and I’m adding another great freebie to my “Free and Easy Friday Finds”(FEFF)

Last week I found a new plugin called “Random Posts”. It’s quite slick.

Via the use of a plugin (link to follow), you can display posts from the past. What this plugin does is […] Continue Reading…

Bloggers Flunk The Reading Assignments

Posted on June 26, 2008
Filed Under Archives, Blogging Lessons | 37 Comments

It’s sad but true, many bloggers may not be reading your posts. They scan your words, may (or may not) find something to comment on, and then click off.

Today’s Lesson

If you read the comments to yesterday’s post, Vered mentioned she had read (possibly on Skellie’s blog) that some […] Continue Reading…

Blog Posts - Are We Our Worst Critic?

Posted on June 25, 2008
Filed Under Archives, Blogging Lessons, Writing Tips | 26 Comments

On Monday we discussed the importance of your most current post. It was decided our best work may be buried in our archives.

But, how do we know what is our best work?

Is it the post we spent days constructing, editing and reediting until we had it perfect?

Or was […] Continue Reading…

NBOTW Needs No Introduction

Posted on June 24, 2008
Filed Under Archives, New Blog Of The Week | 25 Comments

If you’re part of the BWAB community, you’ll see her commenting.

If you travel through blogosphere, she’s there too.

She’s small in stature, but has a large presence in social networks, as well

In fact, she’s everywhere.

The name of her blog may produce visions of a “mommy blog”, but she rarely writes […] Continue Reading…

You’re Only As Good As Your Current Post

Posted on June 23, 2008
Filed Under Archives, Blogging Lessons, Writing Tips | 41 Comments

Have you ever noticed the majority of visitors to your blog only comment on your most recent post? Even your loyal readers aren’t digging to find more of your writings.

If they are, they often don’t comment.

Why is that?

Today’s Lesson

As bloggers we’re continually publishing new posts.

As our new posts are […] Continue Reading…

Free ‘n Easy Friday Finds

Posted on June 20, 2008
Filed Under Archives, Free and Easy Finds, Save Time | 25 Comments

Hi all,

Welcome to my new series.

It will be called “Free ‘n Easy Friday Finds”. As some of you already know, I like to use acronyms (abbreviate with letters), so it will often be referred to as “FEFF”.

Each Friday, I will share something that is free to bloggers. […] Continue Reading…

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