Category: Blogging
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I’ve been blogging for a while. Over eleven years on this blog for starters, although I did notionally exist before I started writing here, and…
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Mini Proclaims’ singing might be better described as ‘enthusiastic’ rather than tuneful, but one can surely not fault her effort. Indeed, so compelling is her…
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Oh, here he comes, the ‘podcaster’. Too high and mighty for the blogging community now, is he? You’d be forgiven for making that assumption. I…
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I’ve not been here for a while. I haven’t forgotten my little blog, although I have been inconsistent at updating it for a few years…
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It’s been a while since last I posted anything on this blog, and mindful of that fact, I shall begin this post with an acknowledgement…
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When you are a blogger That is plagued by writer’s block And you’re trying to post daily And you’re up against the clock It’s better…
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This time last year I got my first ever annual blog report from WordPress. I didn’t ask for it but they sent it anyway. And…
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I wasn’t going to post anything today. I haven’t really got anything to write about. I’m still very much in the weird world of Twixmas,…
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It’s one of those conundrums that I think many of us bloggers go through. I’ve been through it before in previous incarnations of my online…
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Last week I decided to peer review my tagline. It was quite an exciting day in blogging terms. I created a poll and invited the…
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Hello dear readers! There has been talk of late about the tagline of this blog. Most of this talk has come from me. It’s of…
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In a controversial move, I’ve decided to redo Blogging 101 – the online blogging course run by WordPress. If you’re a longstanding reader (if you…
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I nearly made it a whole seven days without blogging about blogging, but yesterday I cracked and wrote a tongue-in-cheek post that was very much…
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Today is looking dangerously like the first day in a while when I won’t update this blog. I’ve been blogging consistently for days on end…
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Well it’s day 15 of blogging 101 and we’ve made it. Just one more task to complete and I can become an officially licensed blogger.…
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It’s been a refreshing two days of not gently mocking the rudimentary online learning programme that is ‘Blogging 101’, yet my last two posts were,…
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It’s the final week of ‘Blogging 101’. Five more days of following an entirely optional course about blogging and being unnecessarily sarcastic about the whole…
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I’ve just had an afternoon nap. It was quite pleasant. It’s possibly the icing on the cake of what has, thus far, been an eminently…
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According to my wife, my posts are becoming a bit niche… It’s true that ten days of blogging about blogging can take its toll. I…
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I didn’t think this through at all. I genuinely signed up for ‘Blogging 101’ to make this a better blog, but then I got all…
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Day eight of blogging 101 and given my unhealthy need to write about each of the tasks rather than just getting on with them quietly…
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Welcome back to James Proclaims for another enthralling report about the travails of a novice blogger, who is trying to achieve blogging enlightenment through a series…
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It’s week two of Blogging 101 and I have that ‘Monday Morning’ feeling, which is ironic for three reasons. One is that I’m posting this on…
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Yesterday, after reading my post about who my ideal reader might be, my dearest wife looked at me with genuine sadness. “I don’t think I’m…
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Day four of Blogging 101 and having used up all my naughty school kid metaphors yesterday, I’m going to buck up my ideas, knuckle down…
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Day three of Blogging 101 and by now I’m the kid sitting at the back of the class, swinging on his chair and flicking bits…
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It is day two of my journey to blog perfection as I reinvent James Proclaims with the help of WordPress course Blogging 101. I’m now…
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After yesterday’s lack of endeavour, I had really made an effort with today’s post. I was going to publish it this morning, but when I…
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I’ve started numerous blogs over the years. They always start well. I usually post regular updates for a few days, sometimes even two or three…
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