Hopeful Spirit describes how she lost her blogging mojo, but found it again, part through "Re-energize Your Blogging Spirit," an article by Susan Suarez. She critiques Suarez's recipe and offers her own techniques for getting re-energized and in

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How is your blogging experience? Does it feel like the cafeteria back in high school where the "cool" kids monopolized certain areas and the other kids were excluded? Or is the blogosphere an open, welcoming place? One blogger suggested the former, causing JHSEsq to ponder the question and share her own conclusions. Join the discussion!

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As I found out earlier today, some observations should not be made public, much less spoken out loud.

Let me help you avoid one of the massive mistakes a man can make when married.

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JHSEsq asks readers whether they moderate comments on their site and, if so, their rationale. Is moderating comments simply good blogging practice or can it amount to censorship? If moderation is not employed, how do bloggers avoid spam, stalkers, and other problems? Join in the discussion! This article was inspired by JHSEsq's own experi

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Do you reach the top? No. Are you wondering why? You bring nothing new to the table. The best stories bring something new! I hope I don’t teach you anything special.
So the big question is: How do you get to the top? That’s your goal
Of course the

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How many of us are bothered with all the trouble generated by reaching Digg's front page? Servers crash, angry hosting companies, offended readers, nasty comments... all these pains can be avoided if you make sure to Digg-proof your blog. It is not so difficult, all you need to do is follow this nine steps guide, and you'll never experience

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A lot of people hate him and a lot of people love him. But Vic will now be speaking a little mind on Blendworx once a week. There will be commentary by me as well and I invite you all to paticipate.

I don't care whether you like him or not, but you are free to express yourself as well. So stay tuned and join the feed if you like. This wil

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I was at the doctor yesterday and I found out some pretty disturbing news from the nurse.  From what she told me, doctors have a real problem getting men to come in for their annual physicals.  Because of this, I've written a post on why men should go into get their annual physical.  So all of you men here at Bl

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Most of the blogger like the idea of monetize their blog. They join many programs from the most popular to the smallest one. After few months, they find out that their blog doesn’t generate no money or few pennies a day.
Do you ask this simple que

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Sometimes, we try to be more than we really are. This post talks about being yourself. Just yourself.
I think there is a lot to be said with being honest and up front with readers to your blog and I agree with the author of this post. I have read many posts that basically promote the fake it till you make it idea. The idea tha

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How sure are you that your online activities will not jeopardize your current life circumstances, including your employment, or your future prospectives for success? In this series of articles, prudent online practices are discussed. This is the second in a series of articles. In this installment: Tips to avoid email blunders

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Get it all off your chest. Right here... anonymously. Give us your secret confessions.
"The good news is you didn't have sex with them. No, you shouldn't have kissed those guys. But telling your fiance now will only piss him off and make him distrust you. If this is the only problem you have with your fiance right now, co

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JHSEsq's first reaction was, “Are you kidding me?” Fifty thousand words? In only 30 days? JHSEsq pondered whether to join NaNoWriMo. Are you participating? Why or why not? What is the most difficult aspect of completing 50,000 words in thirty days? The easiest? Share your thoughts, triumphs, frustrations and . . . does anyone else thin

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Do you hate all of the marketing that you get both over the phone and in the mail? I know I do. I have a couple of great ways to slow down and even stop some of it and regain some of your sanity back. The tips are simple and easy to do and really do work. What do you have to lose besides a few minutes of your time and less junk mail and t

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Women fish for compliments. It's what we do. But sometimes we're a bit too blunt in our attempt to extract a compliment from our special other. In fact, we're blunt to the point of being completely obvious, which kind of kills the point of the entire exercise. Here are some things we say that aren't really fishing...

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This article describes several reasons for better writing as bloggers and gives practical ways to improve our writing. This flexible approach focuses on readability and marketability rather than specific content.

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How sure are you that your online activities will not jeopardize your current life circumstances, including your employment, or your future prospectives for success? In this series of articles, prudent online practices are discussed. Third topic: Writing online about your professional life -- your job, the organization that emp

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