A WordPress plugin to help you write your book reviews faster so you can spend more time reading and less time tinkering with formatting.
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I started out liking Material Girls. I think it had a super powerful message and I could easily draw comparisons to our real lives! It’s like the current fashion world, but multiplied and blasted into the future. You know how there are trends today? Things […]
I recently talked about where to find images to use in design projects and I revealed my love for bundle sites like Design Cuts and The Hungry JPEG. Well I have some awesome news for you. A bundle of 45+ epic fonts for only $23.20 […]
There are a lot of “rules” when it comes to making business cards. You need to include your name, your blog name, your blog URL, your email address, your Twitter handle, your Facebook URL… Blah, blah blah. Screw all that. Having a memorable business card […]
Earlier this month I talked about some of the lessons I’ve learned as a three year blogger and one of those points talked about why my email open rate (to subscribers) was only about 30%. I went through a phase where I bribed people to […]
BookExpo America is approaching fast!! Since this will be my third year attending (and my second year speaking at Blogger Con! Don’t forget that!) I thought I’d offer a few pieces of advice. Join the BookExpo America Goodreads group This group has been invaluable to […]
It was so easy to fall in love with A Court of Thorns and Roses! It was an insanely quick and easy book to read, despite being 432 pages. I read it in one sitting and the time flew right by! A Court of Thorns […]
For a long time now, I’ve been splitting my online presence between: Nose Graze – The blog Creative Whim – The “design/dev” site and shop But for the past year I’ve been constantly asking myself, am I doing this wrong? I didn’t create two brands […]
Last year I published a post where I was very against deleting old content. The gist of my post was: I never delete any of my old posts. I don’t think you need to. Why would you want to remove the content you worked so […]
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 […]
Over a year ago now, I launched my managed WordPress hosting business, Book Host. I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of the pros and cons of running a hosting business. Pros of running a hosting business I can provide my clients […]