I was scanning through my blogging feeds in Google Reader the other day when I found this article, “5 Ways to Make Your Blog Available on the iPhone.” I’m not a smartphone user, so maybe that’s how this never occurred to me before. I also read blogs primarily through a […]
What would YOU ask a blogger?
At the Conference Writers Conference Live, I’m moderating a panel on blogging. I have lots of questions I want to ask, but I’m curious…what would YOU ask a blogger? What do you want to know? What advice or tip have you been longing to learn more about? One of the […]
Getting Back on Track with Daily Blogging
I usually look at my blogging as something that can’t be cut. I mean, I can post a picture of my baby, or a daybook, or a quote. There’s no reason to cut and run and let it gather dust. Except… Except that sometimes, life gets in the way. Because […]
The List Sickness
I am an avid list-keeper. It’s a bit of a sickness. It’s also extremely handy for those times when I find myself light on time, lighter on ideas, and still needing to blog. I keep lists of things I want to ask readers. I keep lists of people I want […]
Blogging with the Spirit
I’ve been pretty embroiled in preparing for our parish’s Confirmation Boot Camp over the last couple of weeks. This week, in front of the class of Confirmation students, I thought about my journey to published author. Blogging’s what lit my fire for writing. It’s how I came to be published. […]
Social Media & Blogging
I resisted it for quite a while. “I already blog,” I thought. “Who needs Twitter? And I can’t even really navigate Facebook. So I’ll just keep blogging.” That was years ago. Now, I’m just as embroiled in the web of status updates as anyone else. It just seemed to be […]
Tips from Experts
I’m tight on time for this week’s column, so I thought I’d share some links to other people’s wisdom. On Becoming Better:Matthew Paul Turner, of Jesus Needs New PR, shares 9 Ways to Become a Better Blogger. I’m a big fan of #3: “Be funny, sensational, opinionated, over-the-top, interesting, deep, […]
When real life gets "in the way"
I find myself in a particularly busy season of life. This is due, in large part, to an abundance of blessings. Three of those blessings are ages six, three, and five months. The other blessings are writing (for pay!) deadlines and a new home. This week is crazy. We are […]
Blogger’s Block
I’ve been mulling over Karina‘s excellent discussions about the lie of writer’s block and busting it when I realized that I have a secret weapon. Blogging. Admittedly, I’m a little crazy. (I blame the baby. You should, too.) Even so, for me, blogging lets me stretch my writing muscles before […]
It’s Mary’s Fault I Write
May is Mary’s month, and I can’t help but reflect in this space about how it’s Mary’s fault that I write. Yes, I blame her. Writing was a dream of mine years ago, when I was a wee girl living in the country and filling notebooks with terrible tales, but […]