Elephant in the Blog

You know when you have a dream that you’re in your home or your office or wherever, except it’s not your real home or office or wherever, but everyone in the dream including yourself is acting like it is because in your dream it is your home or office or wherever? By the way, everyone I know has had a dream like this, so if you haven’t, then seek therapy. I bring this up because I think that everyone here, readers and writers included, feel... Read More

Stay At Home Babe- Beginning Blogger, Things I Learned the Hard Way—Part 3

Please note: I wrote this post last night in response to recent happenings here. I was going to wait until Monday to post it, I can’t wait. Ella was so brave that she inspires that passion in everyone around her. This is my two cents… There’s going to come a time when I will run out of things I’ve learned the hard way while getting my blog up and running, but it’s not today. The laundry list of things that I’ve already learned through... Read More

This is me & my advice.

Yesterday, I received my first hater comment and it was very discouraging and hurtful. I almost threw in the towel and gave up writing all together. I know, I was a huge baby. You’d think I’d never taken an ounce of criticism before in my life which is completely not true. I grew up in theatre. Acting, Directing, Stage Managing, you name it I probably did it. I also grew up painting and writing. All of those things come with constant critique... Read More

Blogging – Finding Your Flavor

Well hello, Upstart Blogger! I want my first post to give you a little introduction into my crazy world, so I thought I would make a list of the things you should know about me. 1. I’m a list person – obviously. I use lists to organize all of the things in my life that I need to do. Not that I’m actually going to DO them, but I at least end up with a list (that has normally been rewritten two or three times in the neatest penmanship). 2. I... Read More

Stay at Home Babe: Beginning Blogger, Things I Learned the Hard Way–Part Two

As every good Momma should, I’ve decided to try and pass some tips on to you; things that I had to take the hard knocks to learn—in hopes that you, my Lovely Baby can learn from my mistakes and have an easier time of it. My own mother told me that as a teenager there would come a time when I found myself in a situation I hadn’t planned on. I would be in over my head and completely shitting myself and that was when I should pick up the phone... Read More

Here come the girls

Please give a big Upstart Blogger welcome to 3 new Upstart Bloggers who will be bringing their own distinctive brand of blogging to this blog. Stay At Home Babe, who you have already met yesterday, from stayathomebabe.com, Modern Super Momma from modernsupermomma.com and Stella Ella from pourintotheglass.blogspot.com Follow them all on Twitter @stayathomebabe, @modernsupermom and @stella_ella, and friend them on Facebook at Stay At Home Babe and Modern... Read More

Like a Virgin, Blogged for the Very First Time

I could hardly believe my good fortune when I was reviewed by Nathan in this make-me-blush-amazing piece on Upstart Blogger. I joked on my Facebook and Twitter that I could now retire and become a recluse because I was FAMOUS and I walked around all day with a post-orgasmic glow that was one cigarette short of dirty. Then… THEN… you can’t imagine how I almost moaned with pleasure when Upstart tweeted me the offer to guest blog here. I waved... Read More

What’s in the box?

When we moved into the blog that is, was, and always will be Upstart Blogger, we were sent a zip file labelled “the box”. The box appears to an accumulation of digital ephemara that previous Upstart Bloggers have collected and developed over time. Wordpress themes (finished and unfinished), screen grabs (mostly of Wordpress themes being tested), PHP scripts (which we simply don’t understand), and enough prewritten content to keep... Read More

Not Your Typical Mommy Blogger- A Stay At Home Babe

The Stay At Home Babe A not so recent development on the blogging front is the prolific presence of mommy bloggers. Some of them share to make money, others just need someone to talk to besides the kids. You’ve got moms blogging about breast-feeding, parenting tips, and sharing their trials and suffering as other stay-at-homes read and sigh and nod, “Uh, huh. Tell it, girl.” Myself, I’m somewhat of a stay-at-home dad, and... Read More

Simple Money from your Twitter Following

If you’ve been in social media for awhile, you probably by now have a pretty good sized following (If you don’t, that’s a topic for another post). One of the ways you can leverage that following is with Sponsored Tweets. It’s been mentioned on many credible news sites and let’s you maintain full control. You get to write the actual tweet yourself, or use a pre-cut sentence they give you. I’ve scheduled mine to... Read More