The Social Porcupine

I've written several serials for my blog now, two fiction and many nonfiction. And I've finished them all ... something that has resulted in many of my friends asking me, "Please, share your secret!?" And because I don't want it to be a secret, I have decided to share. 1. Have an idea worth finishing First, know what you want to write. It's all good and fun to know that you want to write a serial, but make sure before you start writing that it's actually serial material. Inspired to write something, but been putting it off because it's just not quite good enough or appropriate for a traditional novel but you're in love with it anyway?  Ask yourself if your current reader base would like it ... don't write horror if your readers are a bunch of Christian 14-year olds. Try to make sure the content still fits your blog.  All of my serials were ideas I was passionate about.  The fiction ones,  The Lawrence Children  and  Susan...

First, I'm not going to divulge my plans for taking over the world through blogging. That's not the sort of strategy I'm referring to today.  I wanted to share my secrets on staying sane amidst a busy life, yet committing to a blogging schedule and how to actually meet that schedule so that none of your posts are ever late. Though taking over the world does sound more fun. When I first started blogging I didn't own a laptop. In fact I'd never used a computer of any sort. I used my cell phone. I was still new to the having-a-cell-phone-thing, being barely sixteen. To be honest I shouldn't have even started blogging. I didn't know what I was doing at all. But... when I first had my cell phone I was kinda crazy. I'd text all my friends these group messages with pictures or memes and my thoughts about those. Several times one of my friends suggested I start a blog. And... so I did. I started this blog. With a cell phone. I even wrote several ...

I was tagged by Snapper  for this lovely tag, shining forth with all the light the sun is capable of giving. Oh, and go read hers ... her answer for number five was really funny! 1. If I asked you whether this glass were half empty or half full, what would you say? First, I can't see this glass you are referring to... Second, it would really depend on my current mood. Third, normally when I want to drink water I want to drink more than a whole glass full. You know, I'm always striving to have a my cup overrunning ;) Psalm 23:5c  My cup overflows. So, maybe I'd say, "Bring me a full glass, or I'll pour that half glass down your back." Just being real, guys ;) 2. Cereal or Bagels? I could seriously get fat off bagels. And I don't need anything with them. No cream cheese, no butter. Just bagels and me, any flavor, all day long! #dreamlife 3. Take all your personality traits and flip them. What would you want to be when you g...

Sometimes I like to write stories with pictures. Once upon a time I actually wanted to be a children's book illustrator... I thought I loved drawing. But then I realized I was a better writer than artist. Plus I love writing more :D  Yet, at times... art is still quite fun ;D  This is my 200th post. I think that's kinda exciting ;D If you actually count the posts you will only find 199. This is because of my blog being redesigned ( one of my best friends is very techy! ). So that means I'm going through old posts and getting rid of pictures that I wasn't allowed to use ( I was ignorant with picture laws when I started blogging ) and adding tags. One post was all pictures that weren't mine, so I deleted that ;p 

I have a huge confession to make. I no longer use my cell phone to post .  You, see, I bought a laptop over a year ago... at first I still used my cell phone. But then I realized it was way easier to post using my laptop. I mean, come on, the pics load right away! And I don't have to do the link pictures through tinypic.com. And it's so much easier to format on a laptop. I don't lose my work as easily. I don't have to type in the code for italics or bold anymore (yes, I used to have to do that). I sometime still write my posts on my cell phone, then copy and paste it onto here. But all the technical work happens through my laptop. Such as the new and improved look. That would not have been possible with my cell phone - it just wasn't as techy, efficient, or fast.  I enjoyed being weird in the sense that I blogged differently.  But practical must override weird, right?  I do hope you all don't mind ;)  I'll leave y...

Wow! Thank you so much, each of you, for following, reading, and commenting!!!! My writing wouldn't be anything if it weren't for my readers. On top of that.... Everyone… have I actually written 100 posts!? How did I do that? How!!!! And most of them… Were they even worth writing? LOL It has been a really great time learning to blog... still learning :) I hope you all have enjoyed my posts. And today, for fun, I'd like you all to read over some of my old posts and tell me which one was your favorite! Which of my posts did you like best? Which one helped you, touched you, or made you laugh?  I so want to know!!! Have a great the rest of your week!!

Hey!  Life where I'm at is busy... but still trying to keep up with my promised post of the week. Amidst work, friends, and kittens, it's pretty tough though. Haha :D ;b Most pictures on my blog I take with my cell phone...except this one of course ;) A while back I did this terrible post  explaining how I blog. Yeah... I still blog with my cell phone, and after like 80+ posts... I hope they are finally getting better... I finally did get a laptop. But my phone has become the natural way to blog... so it's a little difficult transferring everything over. For example, right now I'm too lazy to turn on the laptop, so it's back to the cell phone ;) Of course, a picture of the kittens staying in my room ;) What all do I do and what has changed since the beginning? 1. Well, I got a new phone which has an awesome pink case. This phone allows me to upload pictures straight from it. On my last phone I had to use a place...

So, guess what everybody!!!!? I'm going to try and blog regularly....meaning every Wednesday you'll should see a post by me :D. Now isn't that exciting? Especially if the posts are any good ;b. Til next week!!!!

Just to let everyone know, I got the commenting fixed! Some how, with out realizing it, I disabled the comments a couple weeks ago, and just realized it last week. It took me forever to figure out how to turn them back on! So, any ways, feel free to comment again!!!!!!

So this is a "fashion" post. Enjoy! C lose up of denim. The embroidered flowers were part of the fabric. I top-stitched the seams (there are eight gores) and the hem with bright pink thread. Skirt: I made it - to order one like it, email me at keturahskorner(@) gmail(dot) com Pink button-up: thrift White tank: Wal-Mart Necklace: my dad found it in one of his salvage cars :b Sandals: Earth Spirit And since a friend and I just had trouble following blogs, I'll share how we finally managed to do it. :b When clicking on the "Join This Site" bar it told me that my request couldn't be fulfilled. I kept messing around with it. Finally I clicked on those squares that look like pages... there's an arrow pointing at them in my drawing, but the arrow doesn't really exist. Clicking on this will show you all the members of the blog. Up in the far right corner is a yellow-orange button that says something about following. Click on that. ...

Hi! First off I want to say thanks to Bethany from Clever Bunnies and MissMelodyMuffin from The Splendor Falls on Castle Walls for helping me with my blog and answering questions! Everthing is a lot smaller on a phone than a computer. Also they work a little differently... I think :] Pretty much everything went good, but I did have trouble finding the Join this Sight  gadget. For any of you others that do, this is how; go to your blog dashboard, click on Layout , then on on of the boxes that say Add a gadget . This will bring up a page of 20-30 different gadgets, but none of these are the right ones. Up in the upmost, far left corner are several options, and one is More Gadgets . After you click on this it will give you the option to choose any one of 300+ gadgets. Up top is a search box, though, so if you know what you want you don't have to scroll through them all. Search Members . Also I had trouble with the banner. I still don't know if I like it, but f...