A few months ago, I started preparing for my presentation at the 2015 Type-A Conference in Atlanta. I’m leading a session called “How to Keep Writing When the Internet Tells You to Quit.” I’m pretty excited about it. In the process of preparing for a session about blogging and writing online, I’ve done a lot…
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Tell All The Truth But Tell It Slant
When I first started blogging in Ye Olden Dark Ages (2008, which feels like a lifetime ago sometimes) I didn’t really think about what I was writing in terms of who would read it. Because I didn’t really think anyone would. (And let’s not even get started on the LiveJournal I had in college. ELL…
Technical(ish) Takeaways from Type A
The Type A Conference was my third blogging conference. It was fun and I got to meet and talk to awesome people. There were parties. There was swag. However, unlike other conferences I’ve attended, none of that was the focus. (If you’re looking for a post about the fun side of Type A, well, this isn’t…
Facebook? More like Sponsoredbook
Remember when you and your Facebook friends were actually able to interact with one another on walls and news feeds and you could see what they were up to and they could see what you were up to and we all talked about ourselves in the third person? Ah, the good ol’ days. You might’ve…
A blog about blogging: Part Two
I blogged about blogging and y’all didn’t run away! Winning! (Is anyone else still saying that or just me? I admit to being notoriously behind when it comes to proper slang words. But “winning” is maybe the first good thing Charlie Sheen gave us since Major League.) First, y’all are flattering. Truly. I didn’t write…