Avoiding Bad Blog Behavior
Everyone wants an audience, whether you’re posting cutsey cat pictures or spewing vitriol about some pop culture wave that ticks you off. Yet few site owners are aware of what makes a GOOD site. Some of the worse offenses include: ugly design (this may be subjective, but come on, there’s some BAD taste out there), cluttered pages with too many flashing doodads, the information isn’t organized in a logical way, or the posts are JUST PLAIN UNRELATABLE because they’re too...
Read MoreChocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate Winners!
Thank you to the Where’s the Love blog hop participants! I had a great time reading all of your tension-filled and lovey dovey scenes. The winner of the chocolate prizes are: Donna Barker Vaughn Roycroft Janet Oakley Send me a private message with your addresses and something delicious will appear in your mailboxes! Next Week: We’ll talk BAD BLOG BEHAVIOR and indulge in a chocolate-dipped FRENCHIE...
Read MoreLaissez les Bons Temps Rouler
FOR FRENCHIE FRIDAY and Beth Fish’s Weekend Cooking this week, I HAD to talk about Mardi Gras. In Nice, France carnival or “carne levare” (“away with meat”), lasts for fifteen days and culimnates on Fat Tuesday, the day before Catholic lenten fast. Merriment in the streets and gorging on goodies is typical, as it is in the U.S., though the two day boob flashing and frat boy frenzy à la New Orleans takes excitement to a whole new…um…level. The first...
Read MoreWhere’s the Love? Blog Hop
February is the month of love. Dig up your favorite amorous scene from your novel or short story, (let’s keep it R rated or less. No X rated scenes, please), post 250 words to your blog and hop around to others. Receive and give craft and plot feedback, or just SHARE THE LOVE! WHEN The hop goes live February 14th & 15th WHAT YOU GET OUT OF IT Free feedback on your scene from readers, plus the fun of being enraptured by all of those love-ly scenes. Meeting writer friends is a...
Read MoreVersatile Blogger & Where’s the Love Blog Hop
I’ve been selected by the lovely Jackie Buxton for the Versatile Blogger Award. Thank you, Jackie! But this fine award reminded me that my blogging schedule needed revamping. This is what I came up with: Twice per month, author interiviews. Twice per month, editor/writerly advice. The odd contest or blog hop And the new category that I’m very excited to share will be: Frenchie Fridays, consisting of cultural tidbits about my favorite French topics or recettes delicieuses...
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