I changed operating systems on my computer and lost the bookmark to this recipe and couldn't
remember the name of the blog so really had to exercise my google - fu to find it again!
I'd misplaced it and couldn't
remember the name of your blog!
I changed over to Hughes Net and wasn't able to get any of old email posts, couldn't
remember name of your blog.
Not exact matches
Majority
of that time has been spent here, and a year or so on my original
blog, under a different
name — you may
remember that way back.
A decent amount might even take the time to Google those
names and
remember who these people are / were instead
of reading a sports
blog post and thinking — Huh, I guess I have never seen a Bear in a # 56 jersey.
I
remember looking up to a few
of my favorite bloggers (just to name a few: Katey McFarlan from «Chronicles Of Frivolity ``, Emily Gemma from «The Sweetest Thing Blog», Brighton Keller from «Brighton The Day «and Haley from «Sequins And Things «-RRB- and thinking how neat it is that they share their fashion finds and outfit
of my favorite bloggers (just to
name a few: Katey McFarlan from «Chronicles
Of Frivolity ``, Emily Gemma from «The Sweetest Thing Blog», Brighton Keller from «Brighton The Day «and Haley from «Sequins And Things «-RRB- and thinking how neat it is that they share their fashion finds and outfit
Of Frivolity ``, Emily Gemma from «The Sweetest Thing
Blog», Brighton Keller from «Brighton The Day «and Haley from «Sequins And Things «-RRB- and thinking how neat it is that they share their fashion finds and outfits.
Some
of you might
remember the
name Brett Andersen from my «Daily Look: Chunky cardigan»
blog post a couple weeks back.
And when The Yummy Mummy contacted me about writing for the
blog, she explained how keen she was to remind other people that you can still go on dates with your partner, even if you have the new
names of «Mummy» and «Daddy» to
remember.
I vaguely
remember seeing a «Chuck Wendig» wandering around various
blogs — but I have enough trouble connecting
names to people that I interact with every day; I had no idea that he is one
of the «diverse artists»
of the field.
I wish I could
remember the author's
name of a
blog post I read quite a while ago that outlined everything that makes Hugh's writing so stellar without giving away any
of the story.
With yesterday's initial
blog posting I chose a theme I don't even
remember the
name of... and then when I saw it, I knew that it wasn't the one for this
blog.
And then I
remembered, I had an agent, a great agent, I wrote great books (so all the rejecting editors told me) and yes, you are right, self pub has given my stories a voice and an ear and the chance to be read, when they otherwise would have still been gathering dust on my hard drive, yet, on the other hand this is hard, REALLY HARD, it is SO hard to find your way to a readership as a SP, with limited funds (dwindling)... and the glimmer
of trad pub — with their power to splash your
name around established circles
of readers, and their ability to secure a great number
of reviews where, as a self pub, doors have been slammed in my face — becomes temptingly shiny again, (it's like childbirth, you forget all the painful stuff with time)... and it all gets very tempting... almost tempting enough to consider sacrificing one work JUST one artistic premise for the trade off
of visibility... and then perhaps, just perhaps THEN, my SP efforts will finally sprout wings... but then I hear you and other say, it wasn't worth it, you'd never do it again, and I sigh... And then I wake up the next morning and think
of packing it all in, and going to work for Walmart and steady shitty pay... lol And then along comes this
blog post.
You want to make sure the
name of your future website is something easy to
remember and straightforward, and that it isn't too close to an already existing
blog's
name.
If you've read my
blog from the beginning you might
remember us going through a year - long season without a job, years
of growing my own business, nine months
of trying to sell a house under difficult circumstances, moving to a new house in a new state, various life - threatening health emergencies in our family, focusing time & energy on starting a church, getting a crazy puppy
named Jack and now this season
of intense nesting!