When I first started a blog in 2009 and social media was relatively new, Facebook and Twitter (and other smaller social media) were considered to be outposts from your main blog/website. These social networks were ways to get traffic back to your blog posts. Most of the engagement came in blog comments not in social…
The Learning Log
The Word Count of Children’s Books
While there are no hard and fast rules about word count for children’s books or any genre, it is helpful to know what is generally expected. I have found the website DOGObooks to be the most useful place to check the word count of popular books for kids. The word count range for each age…
You can be funny and faithful.
Chris Pratt’s speech at the MTV Movie & TV Awards has been watched and shared millions of times in less than a week. Most of the speech is exactly what you would expect from Pratt. He’s a funny celebrity. Ironically, if he was serious, he might not be taken so seriously. Yet, by being authentically…
Which is correct: Okay, OK, or O.K.?
I did some research on the proper use of the word “OK” because I always doubt whether I am writing it the correct way. Is “okay” acceptable? Does “OK” need periods (as in, O.K.)? I found two helpful articles on the subject: OK vs. Okay (Grammarly) OK vs. okay (Grammarist) It turns out that all…
37
Today is my 37th birthday. I thought about writing a post with 37 life lessons for this Daily Learning Log, but instead I’ll just share one. The lesson is: Keep going. Whatever it is, just keep going. Don’t stop at just one try or a few attempts. Try and try again. Ignore the outcome. Keep…
