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Archives for May 2011

May 14, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

Blogathon haiku day: Swahili and sore knees, bikes and bacon

May 10 was Haiku Day in the 2011 WordCount Blogathon, where 200+ bloggers tried their hand at the ancient Japanese poetry form. Here are some of my favorites.

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: 2011 WordCount Blogathon, examples of haiku, haiku, haiku examples

May 13, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

Blogger.com bloggers, this one’s for you

This is for those enterprising bloggers who didn’t let the blogging platform’s current outage get them down. Instead, they went with Plan B. That’s resilience.

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: 2011 WordCount Blogathon, Blogger.com, how to bounce back, resilience, tech tools for writers, what to do when your blog crashes

May 12, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

Dear WordCount: Someone linked to my blog, is that bad?

In the latest installment of the Dear WordCount advice column, a new blogger wonders why someone added her to their blogroll, and what she should do about it.

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: blogging tips, blogging tips for beginners, linking to other blogs, what is a blogroll

May 11, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

Blogging tips from the 2011 ASJA writer’s conference

You don’t need to be a professional writer to act on this blogging advice from the 2011 American Society of Journalists and Authors writer’s conference.

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: 2011 ASJA writer's conference, Beth Feldman, blogging tips, Carmina Perez, tips for improving your blog

May 10, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

2011 Blogathon haiku theme day

Today in the 2011 WordCount Blogathon we’re writing haiku. Check back on Saturday, when I’ll share some examples in my weekly #blog2011 round up.

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: 2011 WordCount Blogathon, haiku, how to write haiku

May 9, 2011 By Michelle V. Rafter

Guest post: making time to write fiction

In a guest post, Portland, Ore., author and journalist Jennifer Willis shares suggestions for carving out time to write novels and other fiction.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: finding time to write, guest post, Jennifer Willis, productivity, Valhalla, writing fiction

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