I'm still feeling a bit under the blogging weather (so to speak) due to the bad anniversary, but I didn't want to have a Monday without some kind of post, so I thought I would take care of some business.
First of all, the new blog design and title will be revealed on November 1st--as long as we can get the design done in time (we being me and the awesome Aitch. OK, it's really all her). I am going to participate, again, in NaBloPoMo this year, which means I shall be posting EVERY SINGLE DAY in November. Yup. Every day. Yikes.
So I know you are eager to know the new blog title, and if you can't wait until Thursday, well, go count the votes. Heh.
Secondly, you may have noticed the new fancy flash ads that have appeared over in the right hand column. These ads are from the BlogHer Ad Network, and dudes--these guys actually pay pretty well. So you can feel good about clicking on those ads. Really. Cause you will be putting food in Tori's mouth, or at least helping my pay for our health benefits (right now it looks like I'm on track to actually earn enough from them to at least pay for my health insurance each month, and that's a huge help). Special thanks to Amanda for pointing me in the BlogHer Ads direction--you rock, girlie! Also, if you see the link in that ad column to take the survey (it says, "If you love this blogger, take this survey!") please do! That way the ads are more likely to be about something you are interested in.
The last thing I want to discuss is a bit more complicated. I'm working with a great marketing guru who is helping me figure out how to get my name out there, both connected to this blog and to my professional writing. I really want to make this freelance writing thing pay off, and I can't just sit on my ass blogging and hope that fame and fortune (or even enough work to pay my bills) is somehow going to manage to find me. So I might post an occasional entry about how my professional writing career is going, and other exciting updates such as the fact that something I wrote for a client may end up in USA Today which would be totally AWESOME.
I'm also going to begin blogging on my professional site, which you may not find all that interesting but I'm going to beg you to check out now and again anyway. I'll probably update there once a week or so, just to keep the content fresh and to help increase my business.
When I was discussing all of this with my marketing dude, I had to remind him that while McDonald's (metaphor for me) may now sell salads (blogging about my business stuff), it's ain't gonna stop selling burgers (blogging about the stuff I usually blog about). So rest assured--while this may all sound like I'm selling out (and I am, a little bit--I know), my primary goal for this blog hasn't changed all that much. I just want to write better and more interesting stuff, and I also want to get paid enough to stay home with Tori while I do it.
So bear with me, will you?
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Since I'm going to be writing every day in November, now is the time to suggest topics! What would you like to see me write about? Come on, don't be shy! Spill it. If you want to be anonymous, just put a fake name and fake email address into the comments section (you don't need to post a URL) and tell me. If I'm really going to blog every day for thirty days, I'll need all the suggestions I can get! Thanks!
