Comments on: How a Theme Can Help Revive Your Blog

By: Jen M.

Wed, 30 May 2012 20:10:30 +0000

(I save all of my favorite newsletters and blogs to read “later.” That’s why I’m late in replying.)
This is a great idea, and I may implement it for my business blog (the one I’ve linked via my name.) I’ve had a tough time in the last couple of years coming up with topics that were not just “studio updates and “look what I’m doing.” I’m trying to come up with a format that I’ll stick with. It would INCLUDE updates, but it wouldn’t be ALL updates. This post gives me some great food for thought!
_Bird by Bird_ is on my “to read’ list, and so is _Writing Down the Bones_. I’ve also read Julia Cameron’s _The Artist’s Way_, but I have not “worked it.” I’m planning to go back through the book, chapter by chapter, and do some of the exercises. I’m at a place in my life where I’m feeling very stuck, and I think some of those exercises will prove very helpful. Perhaps I’ll share that journey, too!
LOVE this blog! Thanks for the think-juice! 😉

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:55:28 +0000

In reply to Lindsey Harnish.

Lindsey: You obviously have a talent that you should be using to help share your art.

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By: Lindsey Harnish

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:35:09 +0000

Thanks for sharing your idea! I considered myself a writer and was very passionate about it for most of my life–but when I started cultivating my artwork again, writing has become very difficult and daunting. This idea seems approachable to me as a writer and also a pleasant and inviting interaction with readers. Safer than the gnashing of teeth angsty blogs I write and save eternally, never to be read.

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By: Ashley Lucas

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:12:27 +0000

In reply to Alyson Stanfield.

Thanks Alyson… I was kind of thinking the same thing. Perhaps over the next few weeks I will not repost to FB as an experiment 😉

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:58:29 +0000

In reply to Ashley Lucas.

Ashley: I kinda stopped posting my blog posts to Facebook. It’s a test, but with the new FB algorithms, I lost a bunch of interaction. I have decided to post original content there.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:53:49 +0000

In reply to Wendy Edsall-Kerwin.

Nice! Did you have assigned topics, Wendy?

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By: Ashley Lucas

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:40:07 +0000

The theme of my blog is rather general. It is a family friendly blog catering to the NYC metro area and I try to write posts that are like little gems information for parents, kids and artists. So far it has gone over well reposting to Facebook, but getting readers to directly to Blogger has been a challenge. I will try to narrow my theme a bit to entice more readers and comments! Thanks for this helpful article!!

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By: Carrie Cahill Mulligan

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:47:19 +0000

Found this review of “Bird by Bird” in case anyone is still on the fence about reading it: http://www.booksidoneread.com/2008/03/bird-by-bird-anne-lamott.html

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By: Wendy Edsall-Kerwin

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:55:00 +0000

I did a version of this last year when I participated in Tara Gentile’s 52 weeks of blogging. Every week I knew what one of my three posts was going to be. Now, I didn’t always do them in order, but it really did help to get it done. Plus there was a forum going at the time that held me accountable.

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By: ALEXANDRA

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:21:28 +0000

I’ve got a year long theme going titled TURNING 40 where I’ve been interviewing my dearest, closest lady friends as each of their 40th birthdays approach…it’s been so much fun and took us on a self-analytical journey that otherwise wouldn’t have happened…oh, and it has been well received by my blogs readers!!

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