Just a short note today, on a rainy, dark, gloomy, morning. Lots of adjectives to describe these late fall days bereft of sunshine. Many of the folks I follow have those spam-foiler letter combinations in script and curves and other ingenious ways to keep the robots from crashing the party.
When I took the Blog Book Tours class last year with Dani, these final letters to be typed into your post were considered bad form. Guess with the increase in spam, folks have decided it's a necessary evil.
So...I still haven't added them to my blog, but I'm curious to find out what everyone's take is on this.
Question du jour:Do you mind typing in "nadtuern" or "gliblinks" before your comment is published on someone's blog? Do you have these critters on your own blogs?
Inquiring minds are inquiring.
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Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Tit for Tat
Spent some time yesterday, after the walk in the forest, making sure I was following my followers. Reminded me of that old line "There they go! I must be after them, for I am their leader!" Ahem. Anyway, most of the time it was an easy process. I clicked on the photo and found the appropriate blog under links. Then I added the url to my master list for ease of clicking and commenting. I'm thinking that reading 10 blogs a day on a rotating basis and leaving a comment is manageable.
Complication
When a writer has more than one blog, time constraints force me to choose one. Decisions. Decisions. Have I selected the right one? Time, I guess, will tell.
Author Central at Amazon
While I was off meandering through the woods, the gurus at Author Central worked their magic. Book trailer, cover photo, my photo, and the blog are happily ensconced in their new home over there. Feels good to have one more item checked off on the To Do List for Headwind.
Complication
When a writer has more than one blog, time constraints force me to choose one. Decisions. Decisions. Have I selected the right one? Time, I guess, will tell.
Author Central at Amazon
While I was off meandering through the woods, the gurus at Author Central worked their magic. Book trailer, cover photo, my photo, and the blog are happily ensconced in their new home over there. Feels good to have one more item checked off on the To Do List for Headwind.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Blog Hopping Monday
Today I'm on Patricia Stoltey's blog: http://patriciastoltey.blogspot.com/ and also guesting on Sherry Gloag's blog as well: http://sherrygloagtheheartofromance.blogspot.com/.
There's an interview with Katrin, my heroine, as well as a peek at the trailer and the glorious cover done by Sue Payne. Come see what Headwind's about. There's also a bit about me there, as well.
Then check out Brad Jaeger's Blog - The First Novel That Moved Me at http://brad-jaeger.blogspot.com/
Brad's orchestrated a lovely blog hop for authors and you'll find his views there.
The first novel that moved me was The Four Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright. Written back in the 40s, it's the story of four children who move to the country. Might not sound like much, but to a lonely only, it opened the door to some possibilities beyond the inner city streets.
Please stop by and leave a comment. Thanks
There's an interview with Katrin, my heroine, as well as a peek at the trailer and the glorious cover done by Sue Payne. Come see what Headwind's about. There's also a bit about me there, as well.
Then check out Brad Jaeger's Blog - The First Novel That Moved Me at http://brad-jaeger.blogspot.com/
Brad's orchestrated a lovely blog hop for authors and you'll find his views there.
The first novel that moved me was The Four Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright. Written back in the 40s, it's the story of four children who move to the country. Might not sound like much, but to a lonely only, it opened the door to some possibilities beyond the inner city streets.
Please stop by and leave a comment. Thanks
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Blog Turf Wars and Ten Things
Don't have a clue what the title means, but I like it. Been working at redesigning my own blog turf and thanks to Alex Cavanaugh (who blogs at http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/) or possibly Enid - we've been having some confusion over at the BBT Cafe, I finally made the artistic leap - lost the white ink and decluttered the background. I liked the old template but it really was too busy and distracted from my orts of wisdom. So, thanks Alex and/or Enid!
Got a bunch of goals for the week, relative to the blog. I need to add a gazillion blog and website links, for starters. Think I'll probably go back to the good old Rule of Ten - it's a great tool for writing down ideas, organizing the pantry, and developing a website.
The premise is simple: Do ten things. In this case, I'll add ten blog links and ten website links. When I'm done, the blog will be a better place. Tomorrow, I'll think of another ten things to do somewhere else - maybe on the blog, maybe contacting Indie Bookstores to beg them to carry Headwind. I visited many indies when I was back east in May and this will be the right time to follow up.
Ten Things. This trick can take the most onerous task and turn it into simple stuff.
Question du Jour: What are your tricks for simplifying tough jobs?
Got a bunch of goals for the week, relative to the blog. I need to add a gazillion blog and website links, for starters. Think I'll probably go back to the good old Rule of Ten - it's a great tool for writing down ideas, organizing the pantry, and developing a website.
The premise is simple: Do ten things. In this case, I'll add ten blog links and ten website links. When I'm done, the blog will be a better place. Tomorrow, I'll think of another ten things to do somewhere else - maybe on the blog, maybe contacting Indie Bookstores to beg them to carry Headwind. I visited many indies when I was back east in May and this will be the right time to follow up.
Ten Things. This trick can take the most onerous task and turn it into simple stuff.
Above photo is Fred the Emu - or possibly Fredrika - as I said, it's been kind of a confusing day.
Question du Jour: What are your tricks for simplifying tough jobs?
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