How do you choose a Wordpress theme? What do you need to consider? First let’s look at the parts of a blog or a theme:
The header is across the top, the sidebar can be on the left, right, or both sides. (or like on our site, we have two separate sidebars to the right side of our content area) The footer sits at the bottom of each page. The content area is where your actual blog title and blog post will appear. [Read more →]
Beautiful writing and stunning photography are the hallmarks of the I Live On A Farm/Scrumptious Living blog of J.L. “firefly” Fleckenstein. A visit is like falling down a rabbit hole into a cozy fairyland you never want to leave. With her warm and welcoming prose, she invites her visitors into her upstate western New York world as if you are a friend, and with her vivid descriptions, creates the feeling that you are there. The site is like a crackling fire, a soft pillow, a book you can’t put down. You want to stay…and stay.
“This is one of those days when we really should sit and have a cup o’ tea or coffee together … or perhaps, a hot cocoa?” she suggests in a recent post. [Read more →]
The Writer’s Blog Workshop Series Lessons: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
Lesson Two:
Blogs are like books–tastes are subjective and individual. For example, romance novels aren’t for everyone. In fact, every romance novel isn’t for every romance reader. Some romance readers love paranormals, others don’t like them at all. Same for westerns or medievals or romantic suspense or erotic romances. One type of book, or even one author, doesn’t please everyone. You don’t write to please everyone–you write to please a certain readership who enjoys the type of books you enjoy writing. Writing books you enjoy writing is one of the keys to writing success. Your own enthusiasm about your stories is what reaches out to readers through the pages of your books. If you loathe paranormals and force yourself to write one, it’s not likely to be your best work and not likely to end up appealing to readers of that subgenre. Your lack of enthusiasm will show. In the same way, no blog is to everyone’s taste. There are certain things that are a turn-off to most people– [Read more →]
So, you’ve decided you want a website. Now what? Well, the first step is to pick out a domain name. Go to a domain registrar such as Dotster or GoDaddy . Search to see if the name you want is already taken. So your name is JaneSmith and JaneSmith.com is available? Great. But what if some other overachieving Jane got to your name before you did? You can pick a variation of your name such as JaneASmith. You could use a hyphen Jane-Smith.com, or you could add author such as janesmithauthor.com While the best solution is to use your name, if you are already writing under a name and someone else owns that domain, you’ll need to be creative. [Read more →]
Day 1: Blog boring. Tell everyone what you had for lunch, how many pages you wrote, and that #2 pencils are on sale at your local Wal-Mart.
Day 2: Ignore visitors. Don’t respond to anyone who actually commented on Day 1.
Day 3: Blog TMI. Tell all of your embarrassing secrets, and some of your relatives’ secrets while you’re at it. [Read more →]
