Finding A Blog Niche: Guest Post from Angela Johnson
Even though it’s often overlooked, finding a blog niche is crucial for your blog’s success. In this article, we’ll help you find yours.
Blogging & Social Media
Welcome, Guest Bloggers
Guest bloggers will be posting while I update and revise Preserving Memoirs.
6 Ways to Avoid Blogger Burnout: Guest Post from Mary Aspen Richardson
Blogging is one of those occupations that are hard to do well unless you genuinely enjoy them. However, what happens when the activity you were once passionate about suddenly becomes a burden and a major anxiety trigger? Even though this is what nightmares are made of for most writers, it’s vital to remember there is … Read more
Friend Request—Accept or Not?
Every day, I get friend or connection requests on Facebook and LinkedIn. Today, I have 1,146 friends on Facebook and 2,651 connections on LinkedIn. Obviously, I can’t interact with even a small percentage, and when I add new friends/connections, I wonder if I’m just adding another name of someone I won’t ever communicate with. In … Read more
Happy Birthday!
The last year and a half have been as crazy for me as for the rest of the world. A move from my home of 53 years to a retirement community combined with COVID lockdowns, medical issues, and going from a walker to a manual wheelchair to a scooter to a power wheelchair distracted me … Read more
Belated Happy Birthday to My Blog
The last few months have been chaotic. I know everyone’s life has been disrupted by the pandemic and the civil unrest. Add to that my move from my home of fifty-three years to a senior living community in lockdown, and I have been adjusting to a whole new way of life. I love my new … Read more
My Blog is a Teenager
I started blogging on WordPress in 2006, when the platform was just three years old. In those early days, WordPress was for blogging—period. I installed WordPress on the website that I created and maintained in Dreamweaver, and for a long time it remained separate from the site itself. Now, of course, my entire website is … Read more
I’m Back
My apologies for the long delay in posting. I haven’t been feeling the best, and I’ve been working on a number of projects. I’ll share some of them in upcoming blog posts. Now that I’m feeling better and getting caught up on work, I will update my blog more often. Image: © Depositphotos.com/anyaberkut
Happy birthday to my blog!
Twelve years and 2,160 posts ago, I sat down to write my first blog post. In that post, I said I would writing about my current projects, sharing writing and editing tips, and covering electronic publishing. While I’ve done those things, I’ve added other subjects. The word cloud in the sidebar shows that the most-used … Read more