Word nerd with some writing experience and a pile of unread books, coffee in hand, and some sort of critter nearby.
A couple of weeks ago, I asked if you were making yourself a better blogger. In the comments, there was a resounding call for “tell us how to be better bloggers!” So here I am. I’m not sure I’m the right person to do it, but I’ll tell you what I think. Just because I’ve […]
I blame this weekly column for the folder in my Google Reader entitled “Blogging.” Before this column, I operated mostly by observation, relying on some of my favorite podcasts and blogs to keep me filled in on the geeky stuff I should know. Now, however, I have hundreds of blogging columns to read. That’s one […]
There’s nothing like a night of no sleep to put life firmly “in the way” of my blogging and writing, let me tell ya! My answer to that this week was to put up a “out of office” post and just forgive myself…and try to appreciate the lack of screaming, thanks to the miracle of […]
First, something helpful… This came to mind when, during a class last week at the conference, someone mentioned reading level and being appropriate for your audience (specifically children in a certain age range). Did you know you can paste your text into an online tool that will test your document’s readability? Check it out here, […]
I have a whole collection of pictures of the baby with a whole collection of cool Catholics who were at the Catholic Writers Conference Live and Catholic Marketing Network trade show last week. But… But my Official Photographer has misplaced her iPod Touch, which has all the great pictures on it. She’s 13 and was […]
Last week at the CWCL, I received quite a few questions regarding new media. They seemed to stem around these themes: What is it? Why should I use it? How does it work? I watched people take notes on what “backlinking” meant and how to “schedule a post.” We’re a group of writers here, but […]
At the blogging panel at the Catholic Writers Conference Live, a participant raised a great question: Is it better to focus on quantity of posts or quality of writing for blog posts? We could go around and around about this question. I can’t help but think of the question of which came first, the chicken […]
Among the things that came up during the blogging panel of the Catholic Writers Conference Live last week was the subject of guest posting. One of my favorite authors shared with me after the session that she’s really struggling with blogging. She has REAL writing commitments, paying gigs. Blogging is a distraction, in many ways, […]
One thing I love to do when I speak about blogging is to send a piece of paper around the room and collect everyone’s blog links and then SHARE THEM. This goes along with the generosity I believe we should all have with our online space (within reason). This list includes everyone who filled out […]
I know, you’re wondering how I justify jumping in here when the Catholic Writers Conference Live is over. I’ll tell you how: I’m in denial. AND I found that I didn’t have NEARLY the time I thought I would (I’m delusional) to live blog and share. There is laundry reaching to my ceiling and kids […]
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