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The moderators and administrators at Aussie Bloggers were given a short story, and asked to fill in the blanks. The results have been combined into The Lazy Bloggers Blog Post Generator. And they’ve made it available for you to use too!

No longer do you have to worry about writer’s block and I’m sure you could get some really interesting stories for your blog. Why not try it out and share here or at Aussie Bloggers the fun that you’ve been having!

blogging, writing, writer’s block, ideas

Tags: About Blogging, Writing by Kathie Thomas
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My book “Worth More Than Rubies” is being launched at Amazon tomorrow. And I’m doing a special offer with giveaways for a 24 hour period only. Of course, the book will always be available, but if you want to experience the special offers, then it needs to be purchased during the time period listed below.The date is:

Special offer (24 hours only): From 12.01am 27th June 2008 AEST(10am 26th June - 9.59am 27th June US EDT)

See Amazon Campaign for advance details.

If you’d like to be reminded of the launch and the goodies that will be available please register below - you’ll get an email from me just prior to the launch.

Tags: Writing by Kathie Thomas
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I’ve been looking at what’s involved in creating a viral email. You know, those emails that get passed around because they are funny, have a point to make, or are a feel good email. I want to create the latter and recently discovered Window’s MovieMaker program. I converted a PowerPoint presentation to a movie clip, added royalty free music (the images are royalty free too) and then uploaded it to Youtube. In the space of a week it’s had over 200 hits and I’ve been looking at how to turn it into a viral email to pass on the message of how much mothers are worth to their families. This is about the Proverbs 31 Woman.

For all those mothers out there. Do you know your true worth to your family?

Please do pass it on!

Proverbs 31 Woman, Worth More Than Rubies, Work At Home Mum

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I use Google Alert to keep me alerted (pardon the pun) on topics of interest to me and often I see a blog post I want to go and comment on - and perhaps link back on one of my blogs. So I find it really frustrating when I can’t leave a comment on a blog because you have to sign up or register for whatever the system is that the blog is on. I usually go away again. Who wants to be forced to sign up to heaps of different services just to leave a blog comment?

Which made me wonder just how many bloggers actually lose out on comments and knowing about readers because they make it too difficult for others to comment? They might consider it’s a simple process but stop and think for a moment - how many blogging communities and platforms are out there? And if you have to stop and register (and sometimes wait for a password too) the moment of opportunity quickly fades and is replaced with one of annoyance and time wasted. This is often coupled with no contact information on these same blogs - I don’t know how much time I’ve wasted trying to work out how to contact owners of blogs too.

Make it easy on your readers and set your comment system so that anyone can comment. Simple process in most cases. You can set up moderation so you view all comments first and use a spam filter like Akismet or Captcha or something but don’t make it hard on your readers to leave comments - it could open up a whole new channel for discussion and further posts.

Some places that this occurs are: MySpace, AOL Blogs, Blogger, Wordpress

Tags: About Blogging, Writing by Kathie Thomas
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Yes, that is what is happening. If you own a blog at Blogger, you’ll see mention of one blog that has recently become a book.

I have also turned one of my blogs into a book. There was so much interest in my personal walk through the Proverbs 31 chapter and about the Proverbs 31 Woman that I launched a book late September called “Worth More Than Rubies: The Value of a Work at Home Mum“. Those who have read Proverbs 31 will know where the title has come from. The book would make a great Christmas present for any woman who has a desire to return home to work and be there for family - or perhaps she already is but feels very much on her own. “Worth More Than Rubies” is available in Australia online, and also in the US at lulu.com. You’ll also find it in Koorong Bookstores Australia wide and Dymocks in Melbourne. See my website linked above for full details.

Going back to the blogger book - just in case you don’t have an account at Blogger, here it is for you. There are some great tips below.

Sasha Cagen’s To-Do List blog (which you may recognize as a blog of note) has just been released as a book! Both blog and book are collections of, well, to-do lists, mailed or emailed in by people. Think PostSecret meets Getting Things Done.

Watch the trailer, read the blog, buy the book, and make sure that you have an awesome screen name.

— Pete

Tags: About Blogging, Writing by Kathie Thomas
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