Bloggiesta To Do List
I’m so excited about Bloggiesta this year that I signed up to host a challenge. I think I’ll keep it a surprise, for now, but it’s going to be very visual and very fun! Can’t wait! In the meantime, I’ve … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Blogging
Olé for Bloggiesta!
Bloggiesta was the first blogging event that I participated in, Welcome to my Bloggiesta! It was during the very first month of Joy’s Book Blog, January 2011. I completed a number of little annoying tasks that I had been meaning to do … Continue reading →
Books for Resolutions, Goals, and Projects — January BAND wrap-up
For the January gathering of the BAND — Bloggers’ Alliance of Nonfiction Devotees, advocates for nonfiction as a non-chore — I asked how we use books to support our goals, resolutions, and projects. I answered the question in the original … Continue reading →
Books to Support Goals and Resolutions — A question for the BAND
January and one’s birthday are two great times for setting goals, resolving to do things (or not do things), and making plans for the future. Since we all have different birthdays, it’s January that gets all the shared attention, the … Continue reading →
Happy Blogiversary!
Today is my 1st Blogiversary and you’re not even getting a lame T-shirt. Heh. One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to do more giveaways, but I didn’t get it done on Day 2. So, keep an eye on this … Continue reading →
Weekend Cooking and BAND
We’re a little distracted around here — watching baseball, drinking sparkling wine, and lots of cheering. So, here’s a quickie post that happens to be appropriate both for Weekend Cooking and for the Bloggers Alliance of Nonfiction Devotees topic of the … Continue reading →
NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) — write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days! I learn, and re-learn, a lot about time management when I take on this challenge. Laura Vanderkam, author of the terrific book about time 168 … Continue reading →
Louisiana Public Library
As I wrote yesterday, I’m posting a couple of “reading tales” about learning to love books in honor of Dewey’s Read-a-Thon tomorrow. Yesterday featured A Reading Tale — Guest Post by a friend of mine, Kathy Carlton Willis. We grew up in the … Continue reading →
A Reading Tale — Guest Post
In honor of Dewey’s Read-a-Thon on Saturday, my friend Kathy and I are posting our reading tales, childhood stories about reading. We grew up in the same small town, so we share similar experiences but focused on different ones when … Continue reading →
My short-lived Zotero experience
Thing 19 for the 23 Things for Professional Developmentis another reflection week. This time the emphasis is on integrating the tools that we have been playing with. I thought I should confess that my Firefox / Zotero experiment (cpd23. Thing … Continue reading →