Category Archives: Blogging

Guest blogger: Juliet Nubel Young – Stronger than Me

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

  Fate picked me up in my hometown of Glasgow many light years ago and since that day it has moved me around the dog-eared map which has gradually become my life. It moved me eastwards to follow my studies. … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Sylvester L. Anderson – ‘The Sevens’ free from Smashwords

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The Optimist * The weight of the world Slides off my wings I am not a carrier pigeon So I carry not a heavy soul Nor a heavy heart Even when I am grounded My faith is always in flight * … Continue reading →

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7 Steps to a User-Friendly Blog by Diana Wallace Peach

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Sue Vincent

This isn’t a new topic, but it seems worth a mention every now and then within the WordPress blog community. I love connecting with other bloggers and occasionally a website makes that hard if not impossible to do. Here are … Continue reading →

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What To Do When One Of Your Blog Posts Is Reblogged #bloggingtips – Hugh’s Views & News

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

One the nicest things another blogger can do is to share one or more of our blog posts. I remember when one of my posts was reblogged for the first time. As a new blogger, it was one of the … Continue reading →

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Take control – A beginner’s guide to spam and how to spot it …

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There is a debate about whether or not you should manually moderate all comments before allowing them to appear on you blog. I personally do not moderate every comment. I do moderate every first comment from a reader and it … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Geoff Le Pard – Buster and Moo

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The perils of a novel in weekly instalments Maybe it was my Charles Dickens moment; maybe hubris; or just maybe I wanted to find a way to generate posts as a relative newcomer to blogging. Whatever the motivation I found … Continue reading →

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Who fed the Mogwai?

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Sue Vincent

You know the story… warm, fuzzy creature, gets wet and fed after midnight then turns into a destructive Gremlin? I’m fairly certain that WordPress must employ Mogwai and forget the bathing and feeding routine occasionally… And every so often, I … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Jaye Marie – #TheBrokenLifeBlogTour @jaydawes2 #Mystery #Thriller

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

In my wildest dreams, I could never have dreamed I would ever be running a Blog Tour for one of my own books. Just goes to show how far you can come if you let yourself dream big. Way back … Continue reading →

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Guest author: P. H. Solomon – Imagination by firelight

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Hello to everyone and thanks to Sue for hosting me today. It’s a pleasure to be here. As an author, I’m also a reader and I’ve enjoyed many books over the years. I have some fond memories of reading at … Continue reading →

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Switching gear

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Writing, for me, is a creative expression of life. I would hate for it to become a chore or an obligation. It needs experience as its fuel and, while there may be a rich inner life upon which a writer … Continue reading →

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