Hi Ashley! I’m positive you’ve discussed this recently, but I can’t seem to find the post. So sorry! Basically, spam comments are slipping through the Akismet spam filter more and more lately. I had 11 that I had to delete recently, just from the last […]
Month: September 2014
How to Write Discussion Posts
Hi Ashley. I’m a huge fan-girl of your blog and find all your posts to be interesting. You have inspired me to start my own blog, but I can’t seem to find really good discussion posts. Everytime I have an idea and try to write […]
Restructuring Your Blog
I’ve been thinking a lot about Nose Graze and where it’s headed. I recently talked about why we should stop being obsessed with ‘features’ on our blogs, but that has also gotten me thinking about my category structure on Nose Graze. I have a lot […]
Twitter Spam… Or is it Marketing?
I kind of got into a mini argument with an author on Twitter and I’m curious to see how you guys feel about it. Some authors will tweet things like: Epic new fantasy novel out now! Only $0.99 on Amazon! [url] They’re talking about their […]
Web Developer Income Report (July & August 2014)
July and August were soooo slow for me. July had two major reasons for it’s slowness: My wedding in Florence! I got sick and was out of commission for like two weeks! Then in August I didn’t have any new client work scheduled, but instead […]
Food to Make Your Mouth Water (…and books!)
New Books I’m really excited for Breathe, Annie, Breathe because I sooo want to love running. I don’t hate it, but I don’t feel like I really love it. I’d love to love it though, you know? So I think Breathe, Annie, Breathe has a […]
Why I Don’t Accept Review Requests
I used to accept review requests on Nose Graze, but I actually closed down all requests only a few short months after creating my blog. I realized that I just couldn’t handle it. Here’s why: I’m just not interested I wasn’t interested in 99.9% of […]
Will eARCs be Swapped Out for “Advanced Samples”?
Every now and then I stumble across an eARC sample on NetGalley. I’ve never requested them because I’m not big on samples, but they’re still there. Then, on Friday, an unmarked sample of an eARC was added to Edelweiss. When I say “unmarked” I mean […]
Review: Get Even by Gretchen McNeil
Well that was disappointing. Get Even actually starts off with potential. Actually, it started off confusing with four different girls that I kept getting mixed up… but the potential did slowly weave itself in. But after about the halfway point, things went downhill. And by […]
The Pros and Cons of Private Domain Registration
Hi Ashley! So its that time of the year when I have to renew my domain, when I originally bought it I got a fantastic deal on both the domain and private registration by Proxy. Now however I have to pay both full price and […]