If I had to name my biggest frustration with blogging up to this point, it would be that I have yet to launch a really successful contest. According to more experienced bloggers, hosting a contest is a wonderful way to generate traffic for your blog and expand your writing network. I can testify to the […]
Read more "Help Needed: Running a Successful Blogging Contest"Now that The Artistic Christian has been around for a complete year, I’ve realized two things. First, I love discussing the arts from a Christian perspective and simply must continue. And two, I really need to start a Devotional Blog! For those of you who have been faithful readers, you know that I’m […]
Read more "Introducing My Companion Blog!"“Variety is the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavor.” William Cowper “The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.” Felix Mendelssohn I love the freshness of each new season. As we move into a particularly cold winter I’ve found myself shivering in freezing rain and […]
Read more "“All Shook Up” – The Power of Variety in Blogging"To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. Barbara Bush Thank You to My Blogging Family! At this time last year, this blog was nothing but a concept that had sparked within the back of my imagination. “Can I really keep up with this?” I wondered. “And if […]
Read more "Thanks to My Blogging Family!"Merry Christmas! From Our Family to Yours…
Read more "Wordless Wednesday – A Christmas Greeting"A primary concern for most bloggers is gaining new followers, since this is often how we track the growth of our online presence. There are all sorts of techniques out there for accomplishing this… some of which are good and some of which are not. As a Christian writer and especially as a […]
Read more "Gaining Followers with Integrity"Things have been a little lonely around the blogosphere this past month, as a large majority of writers dedicated themselves to participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). As the blogging community became something of a ghost town, I had to continually remind myself to take a deep breath, keep calm, and just continue […]
Read more "5 Writing Quotes to Keep You Inspired During the Busiest Month of the Year…"________________________________ “I write when I’m inspired, and I see to it that I’m inspired at nine-o’-clock every morning.” Peter de Vries “Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day.” Norman Mailer ________________________________ A Delicious Surprise! This weekend presented me with a delicious surprise…I’ve officially gained my […]
Read more "My First 500 Followers (and the Kinkos Guy Who Inspired Me to Keep Writing)"I really do want to publish a book someday, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at my manuscript. Mainly because it’s – well – nonexistent. I could spout any number of excuses about the demands of graduate school, foster parenting, and working two jobs, but we’d all know better. I could also give […]
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