The week in review

We have been working diligently to clean out our old house in hopes of selling it in the near future. It is a decision that that we postponed until we were certain the full-time RV lifestyle would work for us. To that end, we are continuing to live in the motor home during the project. This will be interesting with our daughter arriving home from college on Saturday. She has spent up to three weeks in the RV with us over her winter break, but this will be a more intense adjustment for her.

I will be writing more about our first year as full-timers soon. In the meantime, I've been busy writing a guest post for my friend Lorraine Reguly. Please stop over to her blog to take a peek at it:

 Using Social Media to Preserve the English Language

Loraine has recently started a blog dedicated to her poetry, which she has also written about in her upcoming book (soon to be published). I'm sure she would love to have new visitors. I think you will be pleased!

Poetry Perfected

~ Aleshia

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— Aleshia Clarke (@aleshiaclarke) April 26, 2013

When I write a blog page, I learn how to be a writer

Photo Source: Aleshia Clarke

I thought I knew how to be a writer; the writer writes, right? I enjoy reading a blog page for useful information, and I often use social networks. I just never realized their importance to the writer.

What is a social network?

Think of a social network as a spider’s web, and the writer as the spider. I build my web while I write about topics that interest me. I share my work by posting on my friends’ social networks. They share my work with their friends. I write while they promote my writing business and find potential buyers for me.

How does a blog page helps build social networks?

A blog page is similar to a computer hard drive. It stores data files for the writer. All of my neatly organized work is in one place. My blog has apps for other social networks embedded in it, so I can quickly share blog posts to those social networks with a few simple clicks. I also build a professional reputation by drawing people to my blog page.

How does a blog page teach me how to be a writer?

I write about a variety of topics to improve my craft. Some of my blog posts are short anecdotes, while others are full-page articles. I encourage visitors to reply to blog page posts. The conversation gives valuable feedback on my writing skills. A word of advice: keep it fun and interesting; it should be a pleasurable experience for the writer as well as the audience.

Why use writing prompts as topics?

The writer uses a short sentence or a picture as a writing prompt warm-up exercise. My posts stay fresh when I occasionally use a writing prompt as a topic. Pictures are also great conversation starters for the reader. I like to post pictures from my other social networks. This helps my colleagues and I develop our blog page and our social networks.

Photo Source: Aleshia Clarke

Setting up a blog page does take time initially, but the long-term benefits are worth the effort. It provides a nice little workplace for the writer and a welcoming office for potential buyers.