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I'm Sister Diane and I have two grand passions: making crafts and making media. That's what I write about here, and sometimes, I get all thoughtful about internet culture and creative small businesses. Thanks for stopping by! Would you like some tea?
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Just a quick note here, y’all – we start up the new session of Craft Blog Tune-Up on Monday! Blogging is a deceptive sport. On the surface of things, it looks like dashing off posts and pictures would be easy – wait for the Inspiration Fairy to visit, and bang, you’re done. Actually, there’s a lot …
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I’m loving all the discussion coming out of yesterday’s post about Free and Sustainability. Please, keep it coming! If we all put our heads together, we can find so many solutions. In the meantime, I wanted to catch you up on some tutorials and things I have going on right now… First, you may have missed …
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Image by chasing chickens, via Flickr I hope you’re enjoying this quiet week, my friends – resting up from Christmas festivities and dreaming big dreams for the new year. That’s pretty much what I’m doing, along with healthy amounts of reading and crocheting. I had a full week of posts planned for this week, but have …
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I’ve got several things to share with you today. Bits and bobs, as they say… First, my November column is live on CRAFT today. It’s a downloadable PDF worksheet that’s designed to help you analyze 30 days of your blog posts. What kinds of content are you really putting out there? What are your readers …
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Thank you to everyone who voted in the online class giveaway last week. Craft Blog Tune-Up won by a wide margin, so that’s what I’ll offer as my last class this year. It starts up Monday, October 4th! Congratulations to Emermccormack, who won a free seat in this class by random drawing. So, if you’d …
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Hey, Gang – it turns out that I have an opening in my Fall schedule to teach one more online class this year. But I’m trying to decide which one makes the most sense. It’s looking like this class would run from late September to early October. Do you all have any input? We could …
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Welcome to Fall (more or less), everyone! I wanted you to know about my next online class, which is How to Host Your Own Blog. This class is great for you if: • You want to stop using free blogging services like Blogger, and have more overall control. (Don’t get me wrong – I think …
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Let’s start with the good news! The time is approaching for my new online class, Write, Publish, & Sell Your Crafty Ebook. We’re already amassing a super awesome group fo people for this one, and I hope you can join us! My goals for this class are: To help each student formulate an ebook plan that …
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My calendar says it’s now August, though my internal clock refuses to believe this. …But this does mean that I need to remind you – today is the last day to sign up for It’s Who You Know! That’s the online class I’m teaching with Tara tomorrow. Here’s what we’ll do for you: We’ll help you figure out …
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Image by Andy Woo, via Flickr Creative Commons Okay, I’m just going to come right out and say it: if there’s one phrase in the English language that makes me squirm, it’s “The Cool Kids.” I have a checkered history with those words. My career as a shy child, right up until college, was overshadowed by …
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