Latest Blog Posts for Word Grrls

• The Danger of Trigger Warnings
  on May 17, 2016 in Communications communication editing fear legal silence
  I think of trigger warnings as the peanut allergy campaign. Out of all the allergies people have (I’m allergic to animal hair for instance) why was the peanut allergy given such high priority? How did one allergy cause so much change in how fo...
• Reverse Guest Blogging
  on May 16, 2016 in Web Publlishing blogging contributed content Freelance information web publishing write
  Have you tried asking people to write for your site, as contributors (free/ contributed writers)? It’s complicated. We don’t feel good about asking for free content. But, there are good reasons to write for another site, even if you aren&...
• Start a Personal Book Buying Ban
  on May 10, 2016 in Reading book books forgotten non-fiction
  I have more books than I can read. I may have more books than I can read in my lifetime. I’ve done the math: amount of pages I can read in a day divided by the approximate amount of pages I have on my bookshelves. At the time I assumed 100 page...
• 12th May – Keep a One Day Diary for Mass Observation
  on May 9, 2016 in Writing diary future Journal write
  May 12th 2016 is likely to be quite an ordinary day, but for those researching, the ‘ordinary’ can often provide extraordinary results.  The diaries will be held and used alongside the 1937 documents. We would be very grateful if you could docum...
• Time to End Picture Book Blogging?
  on May 9, 2016 in Blogging blogging book image SEO
  I think its time to stop posting images with every post for the sake of having an image with every post. Unless your site is showcasing your art, illustrations and photography, most of the images posted are just decoration. How many stock images do y...
• Cats Only Meow at Humans?
  on Feb 19, 2016 in Writing Exercises fear writing prompts
  No wonder some people have a fear or suspicion of cats. Doesn’t this just make you want to ask cats what they really are up to? What does meow really mean…? Cats only meow at humans. While they do make noises and use body language to othe...
• Are you Still Writing Letters?
  on Feb 17, 2016 in Letter Writing letters mail write writing
  I’d still be writing regular letters to penpals, Grandparents and/ or my niece but there is a problem with people not writing back. No letter writer is an island. Plus, there are the perks of shopping for stationery. (Not to be confused with st...
• Industrial Urban Noise to Write By
  on Feb 16, 2016 in Writing music sound urban
  Some people like playlists as audio background while they write. I haven’t found that suits me. The music I like changes my mood, distracts me and I just don’t want to work that way. I could look for white noise, like the TV once the stat...
• How Does that Make you Feel?
  on Feb 14, 2016 in Writing Exercises Inspiration Twitter writing
  Just added this to my writing links. How can you not be inspired with romance, drama and things old, mysterious and secretive? Source: Writing Inspiration (@Writingcatalyst) | Twitter...
• Quotes from a Widow’s Blog
  on Feb 11, 2016 in Quotes Blogger dark heart Inspiration living quotes
  I found these today while checking links for dmoz. The Anne Lamott quote is the most emotional for me. These were collected by a young woman, recently widowed at the time. But the site hasn’t been updated since 2012. One of the great things abo...

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