10 Essential Blogging Tips from Stephen King’s “On Writing” — The Art of Blogging

I'm a big fan of King. Not sure if that's a surprise to you at this point, so when I saw this post, I had to read! I've read 'On Writing', but it was a while ago, and having these tips pulled together over on The Art Of Blogging is a great help... In 2002 …

How Often Should You Blog? — The Art of Blogging

Something that has troubled me on and off for a while. Over on The Art Of Blogging. There is a lot here to take in, and some of it flies in the face of a lot of what I see... For those of you who don’t have the time to read through this blog post: …

Blog Posts. How Long is Too Long? Help!

I'm in a bit of a quandary. I've started in on a series of posts about email lists for beginners. This was originally a post I had written over two years ago, and back then it was as all-encompassing as I could make it, and it came it at around 3000 words. I originally wanted …

[Blogging Mindset] Consistency is Key — The Art of Blogging

Originally posted over on artofblogging.net . Consistency is an issue i've struggled with over the last few months. I've seen bigger increases in engagement last month since I settled on a regular schedule. An excellent argument for consistency is made here: What if your favorite TV show suddenly started misbehaving like this: they release one …

Diary of an Author with Multiple Sclerosis

It’s been a while since I've done one of these, but if you read my post ‘Back from the brink of despair,’ you’ll know that I’ve had a few challenges over the last few months, but now I feel like I’m clawing my way back, and I want to get back to my diary posts. …

How to find awesome images that will boost your blog posts

I recently read an excellent but disturbing blog post from author Christoph Fischer, relating to the use of images on your site or blog, that may be under copyright. If you read any posts about blogging, and as a reasonably new blogger, I have done, the advice often given is to use images for each of …