We’ve all done it. We’ve all searched for something online and clicked the first thing to pop up only to find ourselves staring at ads, pop-ups, a non-working website, the completely wrong thing, or something that looks almost right but it isn’t. I have been right next to people who do an online search andContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: How to Identify Legitimate Sites”
Category Archives: Writing
Keys to Success: Use What You Have
Last year, I came across a small YouTube channel, The Productive Homemaker, and watched a video where the content creator explained how she had been monetized on YouTube. I appreciated one simple piece of advice she gave: Use what you have. Don’t rush out and buy a bunch of equipment at the beginning. Just useContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Use What You Have”
Keys to Success: Quality
When I started this blog, I used it as a place to vent about leaving the library world, looking for a new job, and the many frustrations of life at the time. The posts often felt more like a journal entry. After I began to narrow my niche, I realized that I wanted to addContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Quality”
Research Skills 101: Misinformation, Disinformation, and Why They Matter
There’s a lot going on in our country right now, and it has been that way for the last several years. I don’t know about you, but some mornings I wake up, turn on the news, and feel like I’ve suffered mental whiplash after only five minutes. This is one of the reasons I wantContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: Misinformation, Disinformation, and Why They Matter”
Keys to Success: Consistency
Of all the things that I have learned from other content creators, consistency is vital, and this is one of the major things I worked on in 2024. I developed a regular schedule for blog posts starting in July, and I added another blog post to it in October. Except during the Christmas holidays, IContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Consistency”
All Things Subject to Change 