Having converted my old blog to a self hosted one, I've had the opportunity to play with a lot of tools that aren't available to the "dot COM" version of wordpress. Think of '.com' as a walled garden, protecting and corralling it's users into "approved only" stuff. I'll be honest, there are times I really…
I've been revamping my website lately and decided to see what all the fuss was about regarding page builders and some nifty plugins that are available. In the WordPress ocean, there are alternatives galore. Rather than make a hideous mistake, I grabbed one of the best utility plugins available, 'WP-staging', and let it build…
It has definitely been awhile since I updated the blog on the writing side of things. A few reasons. I really don’t like writing about writing. I also discovered that I’m not really a fan of reading about writers expounding on writing. Bores me to tears. When I took the plunge into actually publishing my work,…