Category: Blogging

New Review Style and Black Friday for the Blog

New Review Style and Black Friday for the Blog

I have never been one to participate in Black Friday.  I prefer to sleep in the day after Thanksgiving.  However, I am not adverse to Black Friday shopping in my PJs, which is exactly what I did.  Ashley at Nosegraze was holding a sale on her plugins, I just couldn’t resist and purchased the Book […]

Posted November 26, 2018 by Whitney in Blogging / 2 Comments
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Winter Bloggiesta 2017

Winter Bloggiesta 2017

To start the blogging year off right I’m participating in the 2017 Winter Bloggiesta.  As this is a mini event I’ll keep my to-do list short and sweet. To Do List replace duplicate images with hopes of cleaning up my media folder participate in one mini-challenge — digital declutter back up template/database update Netgalley profile […]

Posted January 13, 2017 by Whitney in Blogging / 5 Comments
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Fall Bloggiesta 2016

Fall Bloggiesta 2016

Bloggiesta is coming! Fall Bloggiesta is this weekend (September 15 – 18) and I have a few ongoing projects to work on. To Do List: Back up Template Write review for And Then There Were None Organize categories Replace duplicate photos in posts Participate in one Twitter chat Participate in one Mini-Challenge Comment Work on […]

Posted September 14, 2016 by Whitney in Blogging / 10 Comments
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The Dreaded White Screen of Death

The Dreaded White Screen of Death

Yesterday, I experienced what every blogger dreads — the white screen of death. I went into update my theme and bye bye blog.  Being technologically impaired I panicked. I’m not going to lie, I hyperventilated. With shaky hands, I contacted my theme provider, Ashley at NoseGraze and Bluehost. Both responded promptly and helpfully assured me […]

Posted August 20, 2016 by Whitney in Blogging / 8 Comments
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Jae Ellard Guest Post

Jae Ellard Guest Post

Guest Post I’m very excited to host the  Jae Ellard blog tour and share her excellent guest post on balancing it all. TIME AND BALANCE By Jae Ellard, Author of The Five Truths About Work-Life Balance, Simple Intentions Founder As a teacher and speaker on the topic of imbalance, it’s very common for people to […]

Posted April 29, 2016 by Whitney in Guest Post / 2 Comments
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Bloggiesta Mini-Challenge: Is My Blog User Friendly?

Bloggiesta Mini-Challenge: Is My Blog User Friendly?

In conjunction with Bloggiesta, I am participating in a mini-challenge hosted by Guiltless Reading which focuses on receiving blogging advice. The official description is: Something about your blog weighing on your mind? Do you have ideas but want to bounce them off a few more people before taking the plunge? Do you want some advice, […]

Posted March 22, 2016 by Whitney in Blogging / 8 Comments
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Bloggiesta

Bloggiesta

March 21 – 27 In short, Bloggiesta is a blogging marathon revolving around ticking off those items on your to-do list and improving your blog while in the good company of other awesome bloggers doing the same thing.   Update book reviews using UBB Plugin update review policy Write reviews Add WP-Optimize Plugin Comment Participate […]

Posted March 21, 2016 by Whitney in Blogging / 6 Comments
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Guest Post Christina E. Pilz on Obsessions

Guest Post Christina E. Pilz on Obsessions

Today I am pleased to host Christina Pilz who shares her obsession with Victorian era workhouses. My obsession, since the age of seven or so, has been with workhouses and I’m not sure why. I mean, you wouldn’t ever want to end up there, as workhouses are always, nearly always, nasty, dark, and grim. And […]

Posted March 11, 2016 by Whitney in Guest Post / 0 Comments
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A New Home & Look

A New Home & Look

I have a new home, and finally made the move to a self-hosted site!  After six years I worked up the courage, and with that move came a big facelift.  Not only did I redesign, but also rebranded. Upon choosing a domain, I found that sheistoofondofbooks was already taken as were other variations.  I could […]

Posted February 23, 2016 by Whitney in Wordpress / 13 Comments
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