Everything is under construction
This website is under construction again. The redevelopment reflects my personal and professional growth as well as changes in web design trends.
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Where to go after Tumblr bans adult content
Tumblr will ban adult content on 17 December. The move is aimed at eradicating porn on the platform and comes a couple of weeks after Tumblr was removed from Apple’s iOS App Store after child pornography was discovered on the Verizon-owned microblogging website. It’s a change that may affect writers of erotica, fan-fiction writers and … Read more
Should you get a hosted or self-hosted website for your author platform?
You know what an author platform is and you’ve decided that you want one. Your next round of questions is about the logistics. Should I use WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, or something else? How much does it cost? How do I do it? Is it hard? Should I pay someone to do it for me? Â The … Read more
Welcome to my new blog
Hello, dear readers, and welcome to my new blog. If you came here redirected from my previous blogs Stumble Down Under or Magickly, you’ll find much of that content here and more is coming. If you’re joining me for the first time, welcome! You might be wondering what on earth I’m doing now. Let me … Read more
On blogging and LiveJournal’s new terms
I don’t remember when I started blogging. It was on AOL Journals so it was at least 2003, but I left before it closed in 2008. I don’t remember what I blogged about, probably nothing. Although there were some pioneers in the space, a blog in the late 1990s and early 2000s was, generally speaking, … Read more
Free images for social media and blogs
Where can I find free images for social media or for my blog? This is a question that comes up often in my social media and blogger circles. I end up posting a list of URLs that I copy and paste each time. So I thought I’d collect a few of my favourite resources here and … Read more
