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| Oops, I needed to have packed more trail mix and the glamping equipment!
A few elephants to carry it all would have been fun, too. Well, dangit, I meant to spend the month of January writing about Texas. (Photo: Engraving by G.H. Cushman of a painting by G.P.A Healy, Library of Congress, in the public domain.) |
Finally, after more than a decade, I took my own advice to get this blog off the free Google blogger platform and onto self-hosted WordPress at www.madam-mayo.com. It was one part 2019 new year’s resolution and another part yikes-my-book-Meteor-is-about-to-come-out-and-I-should-have-already-taken-care-of-this. For the past few weeks I’ve been huffing and puffing up a steeper learning curve, and one with quite a few more scenic (and not-so-scenic) detours, than I had anticipated.
[>>CONTINUE READING THIS BLOG AT WWW.MADAM-MAYO.COM.]
I do not aim, by the way, to import the entire
archive of Madam Mayo blog posts going back to 2006. Archaeologists of
Ur-litblogdom are hereby invited to dig around in the archives right where they always were and shall remain for as long as Googledom, for whatever reasons known only to itself, deems apt. What I am importing to www.madam-mayo.com, with selected links
updated, are those posts that I believe best hold up over time: some
transcripts of my talks, and other items related to my books (including the one in-progress) and
podcasts; book reviews and the richer notes on recommended reading; articles for my writing workshop; and
the now substantial collection of Q & As with other writers.
If you’re new to this blog, a few of last year’s posts that I would consider representative of what you can expect here going into 2019 include:
If you’re new to this blog, a few of last year’s posts that I would consider representative of what you can expect here going into 2019 include:
Working with a Working Library: Kuddelmuddel
September 24, 2018
Diction Drops and Spikes
(Workshop Post)
August 13, 2018
(In 2019 workshop posts are on the second Monday of the month)
Top 10+ Books Read 2018
December 17, 2018
Q & A: Leslie Pietrzyk on Writers Groups,
the Siren Song of the Online World, and on Writing Silver Girl
February 26, 2018
(In 2019 look for Q & A’s on the fourth Monday of the month)
September 24, 2018
Diction Drops and Spikes
(Workshop Post)
August 13, 2018
(In 2019 workshop posts are on the second Monday of the month)
Top 10+ Books Read 2018
December 17, 2018
Q & A: Leslie Pietrzyk on Writers Groups,
the Siren Song of the Online World, and on Writing Silver Girl
February 26, 2018
(In 2019 look for Q & A’s on the fourth Monday of the month)
I also need to figure out the email sign-up thing…
In case you are also thinking of migrating a blog to WordPress, or starting a new blog on WordPress, herewith a few resources that I have found especially helpful:
“Building an Author Website on WordPress: How to Start Smart”
by Jane Friedman
Five WordPress Themes for Professional Authors
(a guestblog post by Nate Hoffelder for Jane Friedman’s blog)
WP Beginner
by Jane Friedman
Five WordPress Themes for Professional Authors
(a guestblog post by Nate Hoffelder for Jane Friedman’s blog)
WP Beginner
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