What Bananas And Mayonaise Taught Me About Blogging

Groceries

If you’re anything like me, you’re very methodical about grocery shopping. You probably know when the best days and times are to go and make out a detailed list beforehand. If you’re really into it, you may even have a path mapped out in your head. If you’re anything like me, you take grocery shopping [...]

5 Things @winecountrydog Taught Me About Social Media Branding

Welsh Corgi

Did you ever have an in-person meet-up with someone you’d first met on Twitter? And then they got tired and they took a little nap—under the table? Yeah, sounds like a bad bar tale, doesn’t it? But it happened to me. About 2 years ago, I met an amazing dog on Twitter. I became an [...]

Why Not Reading Fiction May Be Hurting Your Blog

Read fiction books for better blogging

(Image Credit: Selina Swayne) A particular phrase has crept into quite a few conversations I’ve been in over the past few months. What’s weird to me is that I seem to always be the only one that reacts to it and that has begun to disturb me. The phrase that I’m referring to is, “I [...]

The Hollywood Guide to a Better Blog Tagline

better blog taglines

We have just watched the inflated, over-the-top, “I’m good.” “No, you’re good” Oscars. Well, some of us. Since my daughter was in the biz, the glamour is gone. But that’s another story. I didn’t watch the awards this year, but seeing the blow-by-blow on the front page of cnn.com—and watching the trailers— I couldn’t help [...]

Oink Lessons (Don’t Write What You Know)

Oink-Lessons

I hate the phrase “Write what you know.” It’s not that I don’t think the message is good or the people that tote it around aren’t sincere when they say it. I don’t like it because it’s what I refer to as a “Cop-Out Quote”. It’s one of those things people say that others latch [...]