Lurk Your Heart Out

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I have many reasons why I like lurkers. They go about their own business, reading when they can, smiling at their computer screens. They have real names and faces and stories.
“Lurkers” are those folk who read blogs, but never comment or indicate that they are reading. It is [...]

Blog Envy

Every once in a while I find myself with a good case of Blog Envy. When I land on a really good blog my eyebrows get get tall (like my pride.) I read and scroll and click until I can’t sit anymore. I end up running to my bedroom to dump out [...]

Blog Your Heart Out – Part 3

Perhaps the silliest blog question I’ve been asked in recent days is, “Nelly, can you please help me pimp my blog?” And so, this post might also be delicately named, “Three Easy Ways to Pimp your Blog.”
1. Use one or two widgets. They’re free and make your blog more interactive. [...]

Blog Your Heart Out – Part 2

A few Nelly-thoughts on blog commenting:
1. When appropriate, answer your comments within your own posts. It’s fine to answer a comment on the commentor’s blog (if they have one), or privately by email, but, that sort of takes away the fun of allowing everyone else in on the conversation. And it confuses the [...]

Blog Your Heart Out – Part 1

I think far more people should become bloggers. It’s very easy, it’s a creative outlet, and it’s easier than writing long, boring, mass-emails. I’m starting a short series on some things I’ve learned over the last year or so about blogging. Go blog your heart out, kid.
1. Be patient with yourself [...]