Blogging Part 2: Editing Your Own Blog Post
*This could be seen as an extension of my previous blogging post so I’m treating it as a part 2. And just to let you know, I am not an expert.* Self editing is a big bone of contention for me. As...
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*This short story is a work in progress, please feel free to tell me what you think of it. Thanks.* The sold sign (subject to contract) in front of the “two bedroom terraced starter home with garage”...
View ArticleBest Moment Award
I owe a heartfelt thank you to Sandra over at quirkybooks who nominated me based on my blog post – 50,000 Plus! Thanks Guys. This is the first time I’ve received this award and I am, to put it...
View ArticleThe BIG THREE-OH-OH or 300 (for Purists)
So I lay my head down to take a nap (I’ve been very busy lately and damned if it’s not tiring) and when I wake up, all fuzzy headed and wondering where the hell am I and what just happened. I pass the...
View ArticleSmacked Upside the Head With Another Tag!
I was sitting here minding my own business when Sandra over at Quirkybooks reached right out and smacked me upside the head with another blogging tag! OUCH! Seriously, I have to thank Sandra for...
View ArticleLife After Almost Dying…
I wanted a nice “eye-catching” title for my post today. After battling with myself for all of two minutes, I decided not to use the Life after Death title I wanted. Because, although I was technically...
View ArticleIt’s the Big Four-OH-OH!
Wow! I woke up this morning and after a long debate on whether I really wanted to get up or not, I finally rolled out of bed. The first thing I do in the mornings is pop the old kettle on for my...
View Article60,000 and Rising
It was with great joy this morning as I squinted with sleep filled eyes at my stats page and saw I’d finally crossed the 60k mark. With one hand on my ubiquitous coffee mug and the other on my Macbook...
View ArticleGuest Post from Author Tim Waggoner
Tim Waggoner Author of What Once Was Flesh From the Anthology Collection of Michael West’s Vampires Don’t Sparkle Guest Post The Genesis of “What Once Was Flesh” “Where do you get your ideas?” is the...
View ArticleThe First 500 are the Hardest
I had a litte moan about 200 followers ago about the fact that after the big 2-oh-0h that WordPress didn’t give you any sort of fanfare for the 300 or the 400 follower mark. Little did I know that...
View ArticleBlogging With Purpose
It has been almost a year since my nearly fatal brush with death. A lot has changed since then. My “life-changing” event seems to have caused a lot of things to change in my live. Like the proverbial...
View Article1000 Posts! Blimey, That Was Quick
The Muppet Christmas Carol (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It was literally a few days ago that I looked down and saw that I was at least thirty some odd posts from hitting a 1000, I look down this morning...
View ArticleBlogging for Dough, Does it pay?
Hard at work at my new job! I first started blogging back in 2010. One tiny blogpost and then nothing for an entire year. I restarted in ernest in 2011 but never got any colossal views on the Blogger...
View ArticleBlogging Challenges Finding the Time to Write
My work desk. Since I moved over to WordPress last year in April, my personal circumstances have changed dramatically. I’ve been the recipient of two live changing events and my life has gone in...
View ArticleA Guilty 1000: Go Me?
On March 2012, I moved from my former blogging home to WordPress. Immediately my amount of views went up exponentially as did my followers. After a year and three months I had 500 followers and it...
View ArticleThanksgiving Tis the Season to Reflect
Well hello there! Time has shot by faster than a speeding super train and it is the day after Thanksgiving, or as I like to think of it, “Tis the season to reflect.” Soon enough it will be “Tis the...
View ArticleThe Arizona Desert: Old West Revisited…Sort Of
Since heading down to the Arizona desert, it does feel sort of like I’ve revisited the old west. Of course a lot of that feeling is down to the fact that if I’m not bicycling or traveling “shank’s...
View ArticleFreelance Writers: Beware the Scammers (The GLV Experience)
There are a number of websites that advertise for “Freelance Writers.” Of course many do not come out and call these aspiring writer’s freelance. Some, like the site I stumbled across almost two years...
View ArticleA Trophy For Little Old Me
I do love how WordPress sets these somewhat eclectic targets (for lack of a better word) which when reached by the blogger gives them an automatic trophy. The first thought that goes through my mind is...
View ArticleFreelance Writers: Beware the Scammers (The GLV Experience)
There are a number of websites that advertise for “Freelance Writers.” Of course many do not come out and call these aspiring writer’s freelance. Some, like the site I stumbled across almost two years...
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