Blog vs. Website: What’s the Difference?

Person holds their hands over a desk with laptop, smartphone, and open journal on it, as if explaining something.

When I spoke at the Rochester Writers Spring Conference, one of the questions asked in multiple conference sessions (including mine) was:

What’s the difference between a blog and a website?

My reply was, that’s a good question. Continue reading Blog vs. Website: What’s the Difference?

Why That Tweet Isn’t Displaying in Your Blog Post and What You Can Do About It

Tweet of the week displays tweet URL instead of actual tweet

I noticed the problem when one of my posts wasn’t displaying the tweet I embedded in the post.

Instead, the post was showing the tweet URL.

Hmmm, I wondered.

What happened? Did I add an extra character to the URL? Continue reading Why That Tweet Isn’t Displaying in Your Blog Post and What You Can Do About It

Letters of Peace: One Handwritten Letter at a Time

woman reading a handwritten letter

On my flight to Philadelphia for the 2016 WordCamp US conference, I put away my smartphone and laptop, pulled out the airline monthly magazine from the pouch on the seatback, and settled in to read.

Within the first few pages of the magazine, I found a full-page reproduction of a handwritten letter that quickly catapulted me back to my teen years.

Continue reading Letters of Peace: One Handwritten Letter at a Time