writer at play
Posted in blogging on Jul 6th, 2010
Two years ago in July, two important things happened in my life. First, I set up this site and started this blog. And second, I had my third child. That baby boy is now a cute curly-headed fearless toddler, and this blog is now two years old. As always happens around this time, I’ve been [...]
The Blogging Edition Do you have blogger’s block? Been a couple weeks since you last posted? Feel like you’ve said it all before? Check out Paperback Writer’s Blog Blocked post to jumpstart your blog. And for those trying to stand out of the pack, Darren Rowse offers up a list of ways to make your [...]
testing….
I say this on the DGLM blog and couldn’t resist wordling my blog (click the image to see it bigger): I’m pleased to note the prominence of story and writing. Not sure about the wombat, though (wombat stew, wombat stew! crunchy munchy wombat stew!). Who else wants to play?
Posted in blogging, website tinkering on Jul 29th, 2009
If you haven’t been to this site recently, come on over and check out my new design. It’s definitely a cleaner and whiter look. I wanted something less somber and with a place for a picture header (because flower pictures have a lot to do with writing, as everyone knows!). I’m still tinkering around with [...]
The I-have-too-many-open-tabs edition: Wanna take your blog up to the next level? Check out Problogger’s 31 Days to a Better Blog series. Happening right now. Archaeology is so fascinating: The world’s oldest life-sized statue? It gives me the shivers. And, 11,000-year-old stone circles. Story fireworks are going off in my head. And in entirely unrelated [...]
Posted in blogging on Oct 14th, 2008
Paperback Writer has a list of suggestions for uninspired bloggers. Don’t be surprised if you see a few of them tried out here in the next couple of weeks.
Posted in blogging, personal, website tinkering on Jul 19th, 2008
I found a template that I like much better than my old one; hence the new look of my fledgling website. The color scheme is pretty similar to the one of the old design, but I find this look more readable. The font is a little bigger, the text area is not crowded out by [...]