There’s been a lot of talk about piracy lately—about how we need to “do something about it” and “talk about it” and “make changes”. Piracy sucks. I know authors are distraught when they see their books available to download illegally. And I was pissed when […]
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Naked Social Share: Unstyled Social Media Buttons for Designers
When I redesigned Nose Graze I wanted to get rid of my old social share buttons. They didn’t match my design and sometimes they really slowed down the page. I wanted social share buttons that actually matched my design, integrated seamlessly, showed the share numbers, […]
Creating an Author Website Just Got Easier
I’ve been wanting to create “UBB for authors” for a long time now. I had actually created custom solutions for some of my author clients, so I knew exactly what I wanted to do and what would help authors, but I wanted to turn it […]
Welcome to the New Nose Graze
So yesterday I accidentally launched my new blog design. The design itself was basically done. I kept convincing myself it still needed more tweaking, but honestly, it was done. But since I wasn’t convinced, I wasn’t planning on launching it for a few more days. […]
One Year Ago Today
One year ago today, Coding God and I got married. You probably remember my fairytale wedding in Florence, but something I talked about less is the fact that Coding God and I got legally married before that—on March 17th. We had the legal wedding in […]
Posts That Caught My Eye This Week
I’ve never been one to do wrap ups of cool posts or anything, but this week I read SO MANY great ones that I just had to share! Interesting posts I found this week Allyssa Barnes offered 18 types of blog posts to get you […]
Harry Potter Sites, Top of the World, & End of the World
I know what you’re wondering… where the bloody hell has Ashley been??? I probably should have said something about my departure, but I didn’t. So there you go. Over the last ~9 days I’ve been parading around Europe and the UK with my fam! First […]
New Designs, New Server, New UBB, SO MUCH NEW!
I’m really excited to share all of this week’s happenings with you guys. First, let’s dig into one of the most exciting… NEW DESIGNS! New Design Work You might have a big question mark over your head and be wondering, “Didn’t she stop taking on […]
Pre-Order the Epic Theme Bundle
So surely you guys remember the epic giveaway that Anna Moore and I had going on. 12 WordPress themes for free! Well, today we selected a winner… entry #20: Emily! We’ll be contacting her later today to give her details on the theme bundle, and […]
24 Things I’ve Learned
If you caught on, yesterday was my 24th birthday. I thought it would be fun to highlight 24 things I’ve learned so far in my 24 years of life. 🙂 1. Everyone has a different “best time of my life”. Growing up, I always heard […]