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Where Do All Those Comments Come From? Slice of Life #sol19 28/31

A few days ago, Judy K wrote an open letter to the Slicing community asking what she was doing wrong in her writing: for eight days straight, she hadn’t received a single comment on her slices! Since her letter went Slice-version-of-viral, she’s received many comments, on that post and others. She even wrote a grateful…

March 28, 2019 in blogging, slice of life.

11 Things about Me as a Blogger: Slice of Life #sol19 1/31

One. I started blogging in November 2012, not coincidentally when I was at my first NCTE conference.  My very first post was called Writing Advice from John Green’s Dad and my mom left my only comment. “11 Things About Me as a Blogger” will be my 1,066th blog post. Two. The title of my blog…

March 1, 2019 in blogging, slice of life, top ten lists, writing.
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