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Rebuilding Links

I have tried to rebuild links with the sites I’ve linked to on other blogs, but I’m sure I’ve missed some of you! If you link to my blog and would like me to return the favour, please let me know. My only conditions are: #1 I have to like your blog (but all of my readers are intelligent, funny people, so I’m sure I will) and #2 Your blog has to accept comments easily (#2 comes about...

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What Do You Tweet About?

I am a sucker for stats. I suppose it’s because I have so many websites. I won’t tell you how many; it would make both of us blush, and we don’t want that. For example I find it interesting that people have found NixyValentine.com by searching for the phrases “word meters”, “the artistic temperment”, and “where do ideas come from”. I find it interesting...

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Twitter: What Is It Good For?

Now, you might think this is going to be an article on how to promote yourself and your writing on Twitter, or even how to tweet without being a spam-whore. It would be, but about 28930284902 other bloggers have beat me to it. (That’s a rough estimate.) Yes, I sincerely hope that regardless of the fact that Twitter can bring lots of blog traffic and readers your way, you use it for the sheer joy of...

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The Fiction of Writer’s Block

Seriously.  Just don’t believe in writer’s block.  Like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.  (I do believe in the Tooth Fairy, but that’s a long story for another article.) Yesterday I didn’t blog because my blogging time disappeared into the world of Twitter via Tweetdeck.  Tweetdeck has an interesting feature where you can follow certain phrases, so that any time someone Tweets...