Stuff, Stuff, and More Stuff
First Stuff to take care of: I was tagged by Kim for this great meme that she came up with for blogging tips! I always love reading new blogging tips because I’m always looking for new ways to improve my blog. I don’t know that I have a whole lot to add and I don’t know that what I do add hasn’t already been added, but here’s my advice:
- Add an interesting header to your blog that says something about you. My header is by one of my favorite artists, Dave McKean, and I think that it fits the theme of fantasy that my blog tries to aim itself towards…though it sometimes falls short. But whatever you choose, choose something that defines your blog!
- Personally I love seeing widgets on peoples blogs…things like “what I’m reading now” and the little librarything catalog widget that stupid WordPress won’t let me install!!! It just adds character to the blog and lets your readers know a little bit more about yourself.
- Finally (and I think most importantly) be yourself! Ok…that sounds really corny, but seriously, I love getting to know a person through their writing and what they share on their blog. This certainly doesn’t mean revealing the details of your life for all the world to see, but let some of your personality shine through in your writing. I don’t think this will be much of “advice” to anyone since everyone does this so well already!
Not very enlightening, huh? Oh well…this is what I like most in a blog though! Feel free to do your own post and add it to her Mr. Linky…if you do you could win an Amazon gift certificate!
So I made a trip to Borders today and two of the books that were on the mega list that I wrote yesterday didn’t stay on there very long :p I had a 40% off coupon so I pumped weights for a little while and then hefted up Orson Scott Cards new ginormous tome, Keeper of Dreams. It’s a beauty! So I think I’ll start reading Maps in a Mirror soon so that I don’t have 2 huge tomes of short stories by him sitting on my TBR shelf. I also picked up Susan Pfeffer’s The Dead and the Gone!!! It’s out already! And it’s not supposed to be until June. So if you’ve been waiting patiently like me, you may not have to…go check! I think I’ll start that one tonight.
I also woke up this morning mysteriously singing “Bigmouth Strikes Again” by the Smiths and have therefore been craving The Smiths all day…this happens to me sometimes and it just won’t stop until I can replace my own singing with the original. Unfortunately all of my MP3s went bye-bye with my broken computer and I seem to have lost all of my Smiths and Morrissey CDs, so while at Borders I also bought a new Smiths CD and have been enjoying that this afternoon. I’ll never stop loving them…You can’t be in a bad mood when you listen to them!
It’s time to join another challenge too :/ It’s all Becky’s fault…that’s the theme of challenges this year: “It’s all Becky’s fault”. This time she came up with the “It’s The End of the World Challenge” which is to read 3 books that deal with the end of the world, the apocalypse, post-apocalypse, etc. between May and September 15th 2008. I’m all in…I love this genre of books. Here’s my 3:
1. The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
2. The Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card
3. The Stand by Stephen King
Finally, I’ve also been tagged again by Nymeth for the 6 things about you meme which CJ tagged me for awhile ago…so I better get on that! I’ll do it soon ladies, I promise! And I haven’t forgotten about the 5 causes you care about meme that you tagged me for Eva! Oh, and Nymeth, you’ll be glad to know that Middlesex arrived for me from Bookmooch today! That’s one of your favorites, isn’t it?
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