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July 31, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Writing has always been my way of making meaning out of experience. There are many advantages to the practice. It …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media, Memoir
| Tags: blogging, creative practice, day jobs, family, homemaking, memoir, moving, self-care, writing
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January 17, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Reading and writing are the only spiritual disciplines I maintain with any consistency. I suppose that for some this is …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media, Essays, Commentary, Reflection
| Tags: blog themes, blogging, contentment, creative process, spiritual practice, writing
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May 11, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
“Why did I write it down? In order to remember, of course, but exactly what was it I wanted to …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media
| Tags: core values, creative practice, family, homemaking, mindfulness, writing
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April 26, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
When I write something good and powerful and true that touches people, and they tell me so, it is a …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media, Memoir
| Tags: Alzheimers, awards, blog traffic, blogging, family, freshly pressed, writing
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March 23, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
This is my final post in what has become a series on how bloggers use hashtag days on Twitter. The …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media
| Tags: #hashtags, 2015 hashtag survey, blogging, communities of practice, Dunbar's Number, social media, Twitter, writing
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March 9, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Blogging is a tough business. Sometimes you’re the one with the loaded gun. Sometimes you’re the one who digs. This …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media
| Tags: #ArchiveDay, #hashtags, #MondayBlogs, #SundayBlogShare, #wwwblogs, blogging, creative practice, Twitter, writing
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February 23, 2015 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
My most popular post in 2014 was on using Twitter hashtags to drive blog traffic. If you are reading this …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media, List Posts
| Tags: #1000Speak, #ArchiveDay, #MondayBlogs, #SundayBlogShare, #wwwblogs, blogging, creative practice, social media, Twitter, writing
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December 21, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
In the divorce, my husband got the crèche. It made sense. He was the Christian – a clergyman, which is …
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Category: Memoir
| Tags: Christmas, Cloquet Forestry Center, crèche, divorce, family life, Holy Family, imagination, John Daido Loori, marriage, Mary, ornaments, Patricia Weaver Francisco, permission, religion, souvenirs, Split Rock Arts Program, stealing, writing, Zen
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October 6, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
After my post “Blogligations,” in which I expressed discomfort with blog awards, I scoured the internet for blog award policies, …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media, List Posts
| Tags: award free blog, award policy, awards, blogging, blogligations, chain letters, recognition, social media, writing
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September 29, 2014 by Paula Reed Nancarrow
Twitter is a great place to find other writers. It can be a good place to find readers, too. And …
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Category: Blogging and Social Media
| Tags: audience development, Bacon Number, blogging, communities of practice, Dunbar's Number, reciprocity, relationships, small world theory, social media, social network theory, writing
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