#Blogmas2018 Ritu’s Blog Tips #3

03 Dec 2018 31 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: , , , , , , ,

Day 3 of blog tips for Blogmas!

My muse, my tea my workstation!

Make sure your Gravatar information is up to date.

Gravatar? What’s that?

It’s the information attached to the little photo icon that pops up next to any comments you make. If a reader hovers over it, they can find out your blog address, and if they click on it, there is a whole load of information that comes up, from your websites to profiles all over Social Media, so others can connect with you.

It’s important.

If someone fancies checking out your site, and the information is incomplete or incorrect, you could end up losing a prospective reader, or even follower… and you don’t want that! 

#Blogmas2018 Ritu’s Blog Tips #2

02 Dec 2018 48 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: , , , , , ,

Day 2 of Blogmas… what gem of advice will my advent calendar or tips reveal today?

My muse, my tea my workstation!

Make sure you have a fantastic About Me page.

Seriously, this is so important. Many bloggers will click onto your blog, and head there first, so they can get a feel of you as a blogger, or a person, or at least the reason why you are publishing blog posts.

And it’s not enough to just start with your About Me page, then leave it to do it’s own thing… no, you should revisit it, refre3sh it and update it. There may be news, or achievements you want to add to it. Possibly life developments that change the direction of your blog.

Keep it fresh. Keep it new. Keep it you! 

#Blogmas2018 Ritu’s Blog Tips #1

01 Dec 2018 51 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: , , , , ,

Well hello there! Can you believe it? December already! And I thought I would partcipate in Blogmas this yer, in my own way, with a set of blog tips. Consider my posts to be be a sort of advent calendar to open each day with a little nugget of advice, or tips to help you through your blogging journey!

My muse, my tea my workstation!

My first tip will be this:

Start your blog with an eye-catching name. 

Don’t sell out with one named [insert own name’s] Blog, or Poetry, or anything mundane like that. If you are blogging to a particular niche, then tailor it to that, if not, find something that will stick in people’s mind. It’s like choosing a title for a book, or a name for your child… The memorable names stick…

Rodeo #3: Travel with a Twist Winners « Carrot Ranch Literary Community

30 Nov 2018 12 Comments

by Ritu in #CarrotRanch, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: , , , , , ,

Check out the winners of Rodeo #3!

By Sherri Matthews Well, we asked for travel stories with a twist, and we got ‘em.  Thank you so much to all who entered, 29 in all. You’ve taken us around the world (twice), to Rome and through mo…

Source: Rodeo #3: Travel with a Twist Winners « Carrot Ranch Literary Community

In case you’re interested, my entry was this…

Always BE Prepared!

Travel light. That’s what mum always said.

Easy enough when you are off on holiday to a sun-soaked destination. What more do you need than a few swimsuits, some cheap sundresses, sunglasses and sun cream?

So, there I was, with my one bag, ready to be slung into the overhead locker.

And there was Jen.

With her huge suitcase.

“Jeez Jen! What’s in there? Your whole life?”

“Always be prepared,” she smirked.

***

The wind howled.

For the third day running the weathermen warned us to stay inside.

I sat, shivering.

Not Jen.

In her emergency thermals and gloves.

COLLEEN’S WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 112, “COLD & SAFE,” #SYNONYMSONLY

27 Nov 2018 26 Comments

by Ritu in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: , , , , , ,

It’s Tuesday, and that means Colleen’s Tanka Challenge! Of course, just providing a couple of words would be far too simple, so we have twowords, yes, but we can’t use them! Only synonyms allowed!

Cold & Safe

Winter, Fog, Dawn, Sunset, Nature
Pixabay Image
The chill of winter
Seeping right into my bones
Time to get cosy
I need to hibernate now
Protect myself from winter

Ritu 2018
JOIN US EVERY TUESDAY
https://colleenchesebro.com/2018/11/27/colleens-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-112-cold-safe-synonymsonly/

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