Laura

Is Your Blog Empty Content?

February 3, 2012

Ben posted his list of WordPress plugins, in 3 parts. In the last post he mentioned a plugin for putting your writer profile/ bio at the end of each post (which I do) or keeping it at the footer of your blog, not in the sidebar. I disagree with this. Yes, there may be other [...]

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The Dusty Bookshelf Challenge

February 2, 2012

I have too many books to make a list. I don’t want to spend that kind of time on making a list, it just leaves me feeling guilty for not reading the books yet. However, this year I have actually started reading some of the books. My unread books are mainly non-fiction. I read the [...]

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The Great Divide

February 1, 2012

I’ve been reading websites and blogs online for several years, especially blogs and sites created for writers. I couldn’t even try to look back and count how many I have read, how many I still follow or how many I find new. The numbers don’t really matter. Overall I have noticed one thing divides them [...]

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Turn it Upside Down and Combine Ideas

January 31, 2012

Take any topic, something written about many times. Turn it upside down, give it a new spin, a fresh slant and look at it in a new and unexpected way. The best way to do this is to combine ideas, two different sides of a coin, two different opinions, two different ideas, etc. Unbalance something [...]

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Lo-Res Graphics

January 30, 2012

Lo-fi graphic, low-res graphics, text mode visuals, ASCII art, ANSI art, pixel art, Unicode, Twitter art, Facebook art and all the other forms and styles of creating simple graphics. Otromatic, 8 bit graphician. Raquel Meyers – Lo-fi graphics mixed media artist. ASCII Arena 8 Bit Today 8 bit collective – 8bitcollective is the first completely [...]

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Invent a New Kick on an Old Gumshoe

January 29, 2012

There have been all kinds of private detectives, investigators and amateur sleuths in fiction. It would be hard to come up with a completely new character. But, if that were your challenge… what can you come up with? To give you an idea here are some practical links for people who really are interested in [...]

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Do You Use WordPress Proofreader to your Advantage?

January 28, 2012

Are you making full use of all the proofreading features available with the newest version of WordPress? If you put some time into understanding how the features work (mainly how to understand what they are suggesting to you) you can have an editor look over your post before you publish it to your site. This [...]

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Free Online Courses

January 27, 2012

Just a list I put together one day. Have a look if you have time to update your writing or web publishing skills. WordPress Google Blogger Intro to Information Technology Digital Photography Visual and Graphic Design Design – Applying Design Principles Fundamentals of English Grammar English Writing Skills Speaking and Writing English Effectively 21 Days [...]

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Plain Text Formatting

January 26, 2012

I’m working on a blog to display my ASCII art and the art from other artists which I have collected and gathering electronic dust bunnies on my hard drive. I had a struggle to get the ASCII art to display in plain text without warping to the left. Then I found the Preserve Code Formatting [...]

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Writers Can Learn from Romance Readers

January 25, 2012

The ABCs of Romance: The Duke of Slut, Mary Sue, TSTL, and More!. Mary Sue/Gary Stu: A critical term reserved for badly-written protagonists who are too perfect—they are simply good at everything, everyone except the Bad Guys loves them, and they have no discernable character flaws. Mary Sues are generally disliked because, since they have [...]

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What Writing Related Life Hack do you Use?

January 24, 2012

Curvy Girl Guide asked: “We want to know what items make your life easier. Not counting your phone what life hacks do you use?” I thought about it for a while and then wrote: My old TV tray. I use it to sort out the mail in the morning. I use it to sort through [...]

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Happy Year of the Dragon

January 23, 2012
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Twitter Tweets #30ThingsAboutMe

January 22, 2012

Twitter bares their soul with the hashtag #30ThingsAboutMe. How far would you go with a post about yourself, something personal, on Twitter? I wouldn’t post this list to Twitter. Although I’ve posted personal thoughts before I wouldn’t want to make that many posts in a row there. Also, I do feel there is a line [...]

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Places to Write Online

January 21, 2012

Get started writing, get paid a little as you go, get used to keeping a writing schedule and get your name on something published for others to read and give you feedback. These are some interesting places to write for online: Yahoo!Voices Open Salon Technorati Suite101 HubPages

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The Messy Etiquette Consultant

January 20, 2012

Etiquette is about manners and protocol. You can get by with common sense and courtesy. But some etiquette rules really do have to be learned, especially when dealing with cultures other than your own. It could be an interesting career choice. If you wrote a character who is an etiquette consultant how would she look, [...]

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From Twitter – #FactsWithoutWikipedia

January 19, 2012

This was a pretty funny hashtag on Twitter yesterday. I posted a few myself. It’s not easy being funny. If you have time to warm up you can get better, your jokes become smarter and you come up with them faster. Try write several ideas for the hashtag #FactsWithoutWikipedia. Write at least 3 and see [...]

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Censorship Protest Blackout

January 18, 2012

  Corporations and governments should not have too much control over the Internet.

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