blogging – Page 28 – Linda Nelson

I started a new blog site with the use of my website. I had the old blog site since 2008, and it was time to move on. Now I feel like I’m back to square one, learning how to manipulate the site to my liking. I’ve only spent the last two days working on it. I have just a few more tweaks to go before it is as good as it will get for now.

What better way to begin my new blog endeavor than by telling you about my search for plugins for WordPress. That was the most time-consuming process I’ve been through yet. It ranks up there with finding the best book cover designs. Speaking of which, you may have noticed the new cover designs I picked up for my Contemporary Series. I’m still searching for two new covers for my fantasy series.

I tried this plugin and that plugin. No matter what I did, I couldn’t duplicate the widgets I had on my old site. Or, at least until, I came across Jetpack for Word. I wish I had given that one a try right off the bat. It would have saved a lot of time and headache. That’s the plugin that regular word seems to use.

I’m sure I will be working on the site for the coming week.

Did you venture away from the free WordPress site? How did you fair? Did you pay someone to set your site up for you or, did you set it up yourself? How long did it take?

It’s been a while since I last checked in. I’ve been on the mend. An up and coming, now past, hysterectomy took me away from the keyboard for a few weeks. Between fretting about the up and coming surgery and dealing with being uncomfortable after having the old-fashioned surgery, I’m back.



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Slowly, I’m increasing my sitting time at the keyboard. In the middle of the afternoon, I still have the urge to nap. I know I have every reason to give in to this urge, and I do. It’s all part of my healing process.
I think I may have lost five pounds or more with this surgery. I had an awful case of fibroids. The doc who did the operation was so excited by her findings. I guess I had enough lumps to put me in the non-cancerous category. Supposedly the more lumps your uterus has, the less chance for cancer to be found. Now, that’s a real good thing to hear from your doc.
Today I opened up two different files. One was for a secret story I’m working on for another pen name. The other file was for a story I started about three years ago. That story has been at the 17k mark for years. Maybe it is the time I finished it.
I’m looking at another 5 to 7 weeks out of work because of the surgery. I can only hope to make some serious progress on some works sitting in my slush pile. All they need is a bit of brainstorming and some TLC. Hopefully, I can turn out more than one story this year.
I did 333 words on one work in progress and then another 400 words on the other one. I have about 5 works in progress sitting in that sludge pile. It would be nice if I could finish all of them, just for giggles.