blogging

31 Days to a Better Blog Workbook – Price Goes up on May 10

I received an e-mail from Darren Rowse (of Problogger fame) letting me know the cost for his 31 Days to a Better Blog Workbook was going up in price on May 10. I purchased the workbook when it was first released and it’s excellent.  I wrote a review of 31 Days to a Better Blog [...]

Yes, You Can Make Money Writing Shorts & Blog Posts Even When the Economy is Rotten

Shorts (not the boxer variety!) are 500-700 word articles that are generally found in the front part of a magazine or published as a blog post. If you’re new to a publication or blog site, the editor will probably assign you a short rather than a full-length feature. Once you’ve proven yourself, you’ll get the [...]

How Technology Brings a Famous Journal to Life

At 12:00:01 GMT Thursday, November 26 (4:00:01 Pacific, November 25), the Scott Polar Research Institute will begin releasing the last journals of Captain Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova expedition.  The journal will be released day-by-day, starting today – 99 years from the date of the original entry. Beginning with the entry for November 26, 1910, which [...]

What Personality is Your Blog?

A year ago I wrote about Typealyzer, a service that would analyze the personality of your blog based on your posts. At that time, my blog had only been running a couple of months, and its personality was assessed as ISTJ (introverted-sensing-thinking-judging) called The Duty Fulfiller. Sure, I like doing a good job, but I [...]

Interview with a Mom-Author-Blogger

Tina Nocera, founder of the Parental Wisdom blog, and the author of Because Kids Don’t Come With Manuals: Contemporary Advice for Parents, recently shared her experience of using her blog to promote her book.   NH: Why did you start blogging? TN: Interestingly, the book is a conversation on parenting; something I mention in the introduction. A [...]

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