Avoid these 5 blog mistakes

October 26, 2015
blog-mistakes
If you're not a blogger, you probably don't know that your comments are blogger GOLD. Whether it's because we like to promote discussion or we want to show reader...
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Where did our dignity go?

September 10, 2015
writing-advice
It started when I was approached for a blog campaign to tout wearing no underpants. That's right: going commando. The post was sponsored by a toilet paper company that...
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Worst blogging advice, ever

July 31, 2015
Anyone who blogs has read the zillions of posts chock-full of advice about how to increase readership on your blog.  I've read them, too, and have concluded that most...
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Introducing…heart, mind, soul

May 18, 2015
When I transitioned my blog from Middle-aged Diva to my own website, I didn't name it.  To tell you the truth, I wasn't sure WHAT to name it.  Naming blogs isn't as...
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Just say “no” to video blogs

May 2, 2015
kill-the-vlog
Admit it. You've clicked on cute dog videos. Or funny cat videos. I know you have.  Me, too. But what about the preponderance of video blogs?  I just encountered...
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Showing your treasures: TMI

January 24, 2015
"Pull your dress down, darlin'. We don't show our treasure." I saw that quote the other week and it made me laugh, first because it's so Southern and I spent a good...
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Love me, love my book

January 23, 2015
bad-book-review
Writing a book is...difficult. Authors pour every ounce of their being into a tome--no small amount of blood, sweat and tears are shed--and then it's out, for the world...
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Word crimes: common errors

January 3, 2015
Hello my darlings, it's me again, the Grammar Bitch, here to help set you straight in the new year. It's been a couple years now since I've taught college classes, and...
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BlogHer ’14: the backstory

July 28, 2014
The Scene Thousands of women. Annual BlogHer Conference.  San Jose, CA.  July 24-26. Weather: in the 90s, feels like 104.   I COULD write about the BlogHer...
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Strolling through the blogosphere with crazy, big-thighed a...

May 19, 2014
I've been helping a newer writer flesh out an essay idea and as I tried to help him figure out how to approach a new version it occurred to me how little I've examined...
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