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Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #1311011

A terminal for all blogs coming in or going out. A view into my life.

Started July 1st 2019 for contests, etc. as other blogs are filling up and have other purposes.

Ferry boat between Solvorn and Ornes across the Lustrafjord i Sogn og Fjordane.



My new new new blog is
 
BOOK
ในสวนของเลียม Open in new Window. (13+)
In Liam's Garden, a personal journal
#2338942 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
.

I'm starting a new blog because
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L'aura del Campo Open in new Window. (13+)
Online journal capturing the moment and the memory of moments. A meadow meditation.
#982524 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
had over 1,200 entries and that was getting close to full. I don't want to trim it by deletion. I did that once, much to my dismay. Will be used more for poetry.

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Hoarfrosts from Hell Open in new Window. (GC)
Anything I'm not happy about or that I don't want in my main blog!
#997339 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
is still hidden from the public and will remain so. It's more personal and full of angst. Was used for 30DBC for May 2020 and now used for Blogville.

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Enga mellom fjella Open in new Window. (13+)
Enga mellom fjella: where from across the meadow, poems sing from mountains and molehills.
#1317094 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
was full... until the number of entries was increased. A mixed blog, mostly stories.

I'll be linking to
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On The Write Path Open in new Window. (13+)
ON THE WRITE PATH: travel journal for Around-the-World in 2015, 16, 18.
#2032403 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
as I need to post there about my travels.

 
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O Pinions! Open in new Window. (XGC)
May my opinions gather wind under their wings and fly, perchance to soar.
#1501776 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
is for my opinions. *Laugh*

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Nurture your Nature Open in new Window. (13+)
Look around. Let Nature nurture your Soul. I record images I sense and share them here.
#1439094 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
was set up for nature observations and musings.

 
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Watt's Gnus Open in new Window. (18+)
On topics and today's gnus. Definitely opinionated. Set to 18+ for a reason.
#1439092 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
come out of a need to share interesting stuff I come across. When I was young I did a small newsletter named as such. (or was it column in the newsletter? Been 30 years... I think.)

 
FOLDER
Flash Fiction Open in new Window. (GC)
Short 300 word, more or less, "stories" .
#2190336 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
is where I put my flash fictions. Maybe someday I'll figure it out and have enough good ones to publish. Ratings vary and some are hidden from view.

I've started an appendix (I no longer have one personally) to keep track of my Space Cadet journals for Space Blog. It's a work constantly under construction. Mind the mess.
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Space Cadet - the never ending journal Open in new Window. (18+)
Journeys of an Alien Space crew.
#2226611 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon


I needed to start a folder for contests as there are so many deadlines and details to remember.
 
FOLDER
Conquest ... to keep track of contests Open in new Window. (ASR)
A place to keep track of in progress works and up-coming deadlines as well as any awards.
#2233119 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
(also very messy!) *Shock2*

 
FORUM
Blogville  Open in new Window. (XGC)
Where bloggers meet and greet to read and share. No required prompt. Alias: blogville.
#2253938 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
is for posting personal blog entries in hope that folks will comment and post their blog entries there as well. I will be commenting on all blog entries posted. It's my effort to rebuild a blogging community.

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Bibimbap 비빔밥  Open in new Window. (13+)
Left-overs piled on hot rice and mixed.
#2296648 by Kåre เลียม Enga Author IconMail Icon
an E blog focusing on food and culture. Easily digestible for the Queasy and Questioning.

October 29, 2021 at 7:04pm
October 29, 2021 at 7:04pm
#1020394
Blogging seems to be the Ugly Step-Child around here.

It does not glitter. It rarely wows. There is no Newsfeed Official Newsletter.

I wish that there were. Wordsmitty ✍️ does what he can.

"Blogging Bliss Newsletter" Open in new Window.

SETTING UP A BLOG IS NO MORE DIFFICULT THAN SETTING UP AN ITEM!

This is what's listed re blog on the WDC Help page:

"Blog Tab" Open in new Window.

The first part is the most important; everything else is just commentary. Key points [edited].

If you have an Upgraded Membership or higher, you can create a Writing.Com Blog. A blog ... is an online diary or journal featured in your Writing.Com portfolio in your Blog tab.

... a Writing.Com Blog is designed for interacting with the audience of the Writing.Com community. Only members who are logged in can post comments to your Blog, Like entries or comments, or rate/review your Blog.

Set Up Your Blog Tab

The first step is to create a Book item with the sub-type Journal/Blog. This subtype allows the most entries in the Book and depends on your paid membership level ... Any Book item can be used as your Blog since the Blog tab overrides certain settings in the Book item. (For more information on creating a Book item, please see: "Create/Edit a Book" Open in new Window.).

The gist (very similar to setting up an item):

Add a cover.
Add a title.
Brief description.
Intro rating [E or non-E (anything "offensive") applies to (cover, title, brief description)].
Your writing goes here... [This part ... is intended to contain ... text similar to the back cover ... of a book].
Subtype.
Folder/Location.
Content rating ... of your entire Book item, E thru XGC [personal note, some members block anything over 13+ and will refuse to read your blog ... just so you know].
Make Public [or not].
Pick you Genres [or not].
Settings: use Full Listing - 1 Entry Per Page unless you want to fiddle with this.
Blog Commenting: Enabled, only available to items set as Journal/Blogs.

Copy the Book's item ID number and enter it into the text box on your Blog tab in your portfolio, and click Setup my Blog. Your Book item is now connected to your account features as your Blog, and is accessible through the Blog tab of your portfolio as well as through the regular portfolio listing.

There are more details if you want to get fancy but a basic blog allows you to interact with other bloggers. As you read and comment and look how others have set theirs up you'll get ideas.

IT'S NOT COMPLICATED. It really isn't harder that setting up an item.

Then join the blogging community at
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30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS Open in new Window. (13+)
WDC's Longest Running Blog Competition - Hiatus
#1786069 by Fivesixer Author IconMail Icon
by November 1st or go hunting for blogs on your own. Enjoy feasting and interacting.


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