Can you tell us a little about yourself and your blog?
All you need to know about me is that I’d
be perfectly happy if at the end of my life, my biography consists of this one
sentence: “Through her lens she cultivated memories”.
Beyond the Whiskers (my blog) has two
purposes:
1) To provide a medium that forces me to focus on what pictures I've taken and what lessons I've learned while taking those pictures.
2) To give my pictures a place to live where they can be shared with others (in hopes that someone will see what they like and want to be a part of the memories captured).
Are you a full time blogger? How did you get into blogging and why?
Nope.I try to post at least one “wordy” post on the weekend and one WW post
on Wednesdays. If I don’t have enough photos
or words to go with the photos, I end up just doing one WW post that week.
My sister over at A New Adventure http://www.anewadventureblog.com)
got me started. Before starting my blog
I had pictures spread across a website of my own and four different Shutterfly
share sites. It was all a bit clustered
and confusing. My sister is the one who
suggested I start a blog for the New Year…it seemed like a good idea at the
time, so I did. Once I started, the pictures
began to become organized by the linear nature of the posts.
If someone was interested in blogging, what would be a few things you would suggest?
Don’t be afraid to plan your posts a head
of time…especially if you know a vacation or busy time at work is coming up.
If you don’t have much to say…pictures are
your friends. Often a picture can
communication your message better than words alone could.
How do you build a community around a blog and social media?
This I’m still learning. Wordless Wednesdays (WW) and other linkys can
be a really fun way to interact with others and get more involved in the bloggy
community.
What are your three favorite blogs to read? What makes those blogs special?
1) A New Adventure: http://www.anewadventureblog.com. Since this is my sister’s blog…and my niece is often the feature…I am probably a bit biased on this one. That being said, I do enjoy reading her sharp wit and fun attitude about daily life.
2) Crinkle Photography: http://crinklephotography.blogspot.com. Reading this blog is like sitting on the porch with your best girlfriend, eating a pint of ice-cream, while gaining no calories. She has an amazing ability to capture even the simplest of items and make it look like a piece of art waiting to happen.
3) Deconstructing My Closet: http://www.deconstructingmycloset.com. Again, I’m going to have to claim to be a bit biased on this one, as it’s my hubby’s blog. I love this blog because of the crazy detail and research that goes into each post. It reads more like a magazine article than a blog post and I always walk away knowing a great deal more about the subject than I did going in.
Which one plugin would you suggest all bloggers to have?
I guess I’d have to suggest a Twitter
Plugin…although on Blogger I think it’s considered a gadget and on WordPress I
think it’s considered a widget. Feel
free to correct me if I’m wrong. ;)
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