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And this is what my blogging efficiency looks like.
Thanks to Jennifer for sharing!

And this is what my blogging efficiency looks like.

Thanks to Jennifer for sharing!

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And This Is Why I Feel Crazy – Can You Relate? | Code Name: Mama

On the everyday reality of being a work-at-home writer and mother.

1 day ago
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My Blog Got Stolen... And This is How I Got it Back | BlogHer

How to head off hackers.

4 days ago
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What Blog Tasks are You Embarrassed to Admit You’ve Overlooked? : @ProBlogger

Oh, my gosh, I definitely have my list. Today I’m submitting my blog to DMOZ. It’s taken only 4.5 years. I’ve been meaning to rewrite my About page for … um … a year or two? And my sidebar … oy.

What bloggy tasks have you been putting off and/or forgetting?

1 week ago
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The Panic of Never

Right there, the title, isn’t it the perfect phrase for a parent and a writer? The panic of never, the panic of never finishing a project, of never starting one, of never again having time to write, or never having the time you need.

I love Rachael’s follow-up suggestions as well:

Some Answers to My Own Question {Plus Some Friday Reads}

Which also includes this rad excerpt by Dean Young from “Selected Recent and New Errors”:

Do you think the dictionary ever says to itself
I’ve got these words that mean completely
different things inside myself
and it’s tearing me apart?
My errors are even bigger than that.

3 weeks ago
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Walking On Egg Shells | The Path Less Taken

On writing authentically instead of pre-censoring our words.

3 weeks ago
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Skitch - Annotate, edit and share your screenshots and images...fast.

Wanna write on top of photos? Annotate, edit & share screenshots & images.

4 weeks ago
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Facebook page admins beware! What you CANNOT do on Facebook | MarketingGum.com

Rules about cover photos and giveaways as they relate to Facebook.

1 month ago
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- Navelgazing Midwife Blog - Responsible Blogging

What responsibility do you have toward readers as a blogger when it comes to giving advice (parenting, birth, health…)? If someone takes your advice and has a bad outcome, are you liable?

I think about this a lot since I blog about hot-button issues like homebirth and alternative healthcare and unschooling. I keep wanting people to know it’s just my opinion — but at the same time, I can’t stop myself from writing from the perspective of an advice-giver. I’ve tried, and I can’t do it! I love giving advice.

But when it comes right down to it, I’m not an expert in any of the subjects I write about (or, I don’t consider myself one). This quote kind of sums it up:

… all we bloggers really are are darn good writers (for the most part). We don’t necessarily know any more than anyone else, we’re just good at getting the information out there.

1 month ago
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How to merge pdf files in OSX

How did I not know it was SO EASY to combine PDFs in Mac?

1 month ago
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