Blogging
Happy Blogiversary to Me! ๐
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6500 Posts!
155,000 Views!
Dozens of great blogger friends!
Countless smiles and good times!
Many thanks for your follows, Likes, comments, and support!
Here’s to another year of book posts, author spotlights, and reviews…
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Great Bloggers Bake-off!
#SongLyricSunday is linked up with the Great Bloggers Bake-off this weekend! Head over to Crushed Caramel’s blog to see some of the awesome and fun creations bloggers have contributed – and don’t forget to check out mine! ๐๐
Hard Truth: Self-Love is Not a Social Media Movement of Posting Pictures of Yourself on the Internet
Great reminder from Yecheilyah that selflove begins on the inside!
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Hard Truth: Self-Love is not a social media movement of posting lots of pictures of ourselves on the internet.
And donโt twist my words. There is nothing wrong with posting pictures (I do it all the time).
You are allowed to post what you want.
via Hard Truth: Self-Love is Not a Social Media Movement of Posting Pictures of Yourself on the Internet
10 Years… and Counting!
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Can’t believe it’s been ten years since this little blog began as a landing page for Region E of Michigan’s south central chapter of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) when I served as a local president, council president and board member.
A lot has changed.
My children are ADULTS, grown and on their own and I stepped away from PTA.
I got fed up with Facebook drama and transitioned this site to a book blog in support of mainly indie authors.
More than 5,000 posts have found their way to these blog pages and received more than 121,000 views and 4500 comments. Many thanks to followers and supporters who make Nesie’s Place a regular stop during their online time.
I’ve made some amazing contacts, and even better… some amazing friends.
I’ve self-published.
I’ve written and posted close 100 short stories on FeliciaDenise.com.
I learned what a Drabble is.
I won a writing challenge.
And I’ve learned quite a bit about blogging, writing, people… and myself.
I’m looking forward to the future and getting back to writing, though the journey will be bittersweet.
I lost my two biggest cheerleaders this year.
My husband, Dennis, in May
(He was always my biggest supporter, reading everything I wrote… then complaining because there was no teleportation, earth-shattering explosions, epic battles, secret portals, guys named Gus and Deke… or zombies. He knew I hated zombies.)
and my mom last weekend.
It’s not lost on me that during my last conversation with Mom, she commented, “I should let you go. I’ve kept you on this phone for two hours and you probably need to write something or do one of those blog thingys.”
Mom. God bless her.
It’s not going to be easy, but I’d better get busy writing… and doing those blog thingys.
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For Those Who Are Sad
Can I cradle you in the nook of my arms? If you were here, would you let me? Hold you I mean? I donโt just want a hug.
3 Ways to Write a Character You Hate
by Kathryn
Now, when I say โcharacters you hateโ, I donโt mean villains.
In fact, some of my favorite characters in pieces Iโve written and read have been villains.
What I mean when I say โcharacters you hateโ, is the characters who are reprehensible pieces of crap who also (unfortunately) serve a significant purpose to the storyline.
Itโs not easy to write them. Thatโs established.
Writing them is tedious and boring, especially when you have characters you love to write and love to make scenes for, but if you donโt also spare time for the bad ones, then your story has a significant hole that needs to be filled.
Itโs hard to craft a well-rounded story when youโve got say, 10 characters that you love to write, because you put the most effort into making those characters perfect.
How To Become a Professional Author
by Laura Peters
Becoming an established author is easier today than it has ever been in the past. That is thanks to services like Createspace and Lightning Source that enable anyone with the skills to self-publish their work in a print-on-demand format.
However, getting your books onto Amazon doesnโt guarantee anyone will buy or read your stories. With that in mind, this article will provide you with a short step-by-step guide you can use to ensure you get the best results from your efforts.
Step 1: Decide if self-publishing is right for you
So, there are two options on the table for people in your position. You could try to find a traditional publisher like Stephen King, Daniel Handler, and other established authors, or you could self-publish.
15 Thoughts Every Writer Has When They Aren’t Writing
by Michael Cristiano
Not being able to write is a sad fact of life for a writer. Thereโs laundry to do, thereโs food to cook, thereโs sleep to be had. Worse, I have this pesky illness that eats up a lot of my time. I toil day in and day out to keep it at bay and under control. Sometimes, it creeps into my evenings, just when I think Iโve escaped. Worse, the horror of it allย often keeps me awake at night and the dread fills my dreams with terror and sadness.
Oh, Iโm not sickโฆ I have a 9-to-5 job.
In any case, the truth is that my job isnโt that bad. I love the people I work with and to be honest, the job in and of itself is mostly anย enjoyable and painless experience. But what Iโm getting at is that I often feel like I donโt have a lot of time or energy at the end of the day to do what I really love: writing! Instead, Iโm left repeating the same thoughts over and over again in my head as I toil through things that I would rather not do if it meant I had more time to write.
Here are a few of those thoughts:
How to Write an Effective Chase Scene
by Doug Lewars
Either a villain is fleeing from the forces of law-and-order or your hero is fleeing from overwhelming danger, but in either case you need a chase scene. Any form of transportation can be used and the overall structure of the narrative will be reasonably uniform although the specifics will change in each case.
Basically the scene starts with one individual threatening another. The individual so threatened departs in haste while the first person pursues. Both need to avoid obstacles and eventually either the pursued will escape or be captured. The trick, then, is to make the scene exciting.