I feel very strongly that you should write your own history. Get help if you need it. But try it out on your own first.
Timelines as Sequences of Time and Thought
All in all, I cannot imagine doing personal history research without using timelines.
Blog as Memoir
Yes. I say, “If it talks from your perspective, about you, then it is memoir.” Memoir snobs, and in this current decade memoir is big, so authoritative opinions about what is, and is not memoir are everywhere. I suggest ignoring them. Unless you think that your life is best-seller material, I say, “Don’t worry about […]
Delivering Legacy
Delivery Prompts Can you bring forth legacy? Can you deliver a lively legacy? Of course you can. You simply begin. One way to start is to use prompts to start regular writing as a legacy diary or blog. Any prompt will do. Well almost any. You can turn almost any thought or word toward […]
Security Recommendations for Blogging
Here a Hack, There a Hack, Everywhere a Hack, Hack (Updated 2015 version) In this world where hacking seems to be de rigueur, it is becoming more and more difficult and important to have a secure blog. The attacks that began a couple years ago on WordPress sites left an especially sinister taste in my mouth. […]
Quintessential Self-Publishing With WordPress
WordPress Background I was in Phoenix this past weekend for a beta version of a WordPress conference for bloggers called Press Publish. This is major news. At least 1 in 5 websites in the world, and it is approaching 1 in 4, run on WordPress. Wordpress has had gatherings called WordCamps beginning in 2006. I did […]