Blogging and Writing Archives - White Sky Project https://www.whiteskyproject.com/category/blogging-and-writing/ Of books, writing, and life in general Mon, 02 Sep 2024 14:14:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.whiteskyproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/WSP-new100.png Blogging and Writing Archives - White Sky Project https://www.whiteskyproject.com/category/blogging-and-writing/ 32 32 57703221 My favorite mostly-free stock photography sources https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2018/04/my-favorite-free-stock-photography-sources/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2018/04/my-favorite-free-stock-photography-sources/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2018 23:40:01 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=17388 (Updated January 24, 2023) I always try to use my own photos on my blog, but I’m not great at taking awesome pictures, so sometimes I refer to my favorite sources of stock photography when I need a gorgeous image for a blog post. I’m pretty happy about these sites so I wanted to share ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2018/04/my-favorite-free-stock-photography-sources/feed/ 2 17388 My favorite free WordPress themes https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2018/01/my-favorite-free-wordpress-themes/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2018/01/my-favorite-free-wordpress-themes/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2018 02:00:54 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=19635 I am obsessed with my blog. And by that I mean I’m obsessed with its design and layout and I change and tweak my themes all the time. Even when I was still blogging on Blogger, I loved to tweak my blog template. So much that I started a blog about modifying Blogger templates. I ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2018/01/my-favorite-free-wordpress-themes/feed/ 3 19635 My latest minimalist design blog crushes https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/09/minimalist-design-blog-crushes/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/09/minimalist-design-blog-crushes/#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2017 03:30:44 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=17346 I love blogs and websites that have clean and simple themes. LOVE them and I often visit some of my favorites not just to check out their latest posts but also admire their pretty pretty blogs. I also try to emulate them by playing around with my blog design hundreds of times a month. Seriously, ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/09/minimalist-design-blog-crushes/feed/ 3 17346 15 Days of Writing True https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/05/15-days-of-writing-true/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/05/15-days-of-writing-true/#respond Sat, 06 May 2017 08:00:17 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=15885 This month I’m in a writing workshop called 15 Days of Writing True, created by one of my favorite writers and surfer girl crushes, Camille Pilar, and the amazing Sofia Cope, who I only discovered because of this workshop. If you’ve heard of Camille and Sofia, then you’ll know how utterly breathtaking their individual works are and you’ll understand ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/05/15-days-of-writing-true/feed/ 0 15885 Rapid Fire Book Tag! https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/04/rapid-fire-book-tag-post/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/04/rapid-fire-book-tag-post/#respond Sat, 29 Apr 2017 07:59:59 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=15797 I don’t really know what to do with this blog at the moment, so I thought I’d just take a page from LizofWords and do this Rapid Fire Book Tag thing for today. Yay! It’s basically just a bunch of bookish questions that I’m supposed to answer rapidly (explain explain). LOL. Okay, blog post filler, ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2017/04/rapid-fire-book-tag-post/feed/ 0 15797 Hello, November! (plus my favorite writers’ resources) https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2016/11/nanowrimo-2016/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2016/11/nanowrimo-2016/#respond Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:00:15 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=13828 Aaaand just like that it’s November. And we know what that means – it’s NaNoWriMo once again. Yep. NaNoWrimo or National Novel Writing Month is when people attempt to write and finish a novel for the entire month of November. Well, the goal is to write a novel of at least 50,000 words. Some folks say it’s ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2016/11/nanowrimo-2016/feed/ 0 13828 The productivity apps I use right now https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2016/09/top-productivity-apps/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2016/09/top-productivity-apps/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2016 03:08:00 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=13190 Some of you may know that I don’t have a regular job and freelance some of the time. It’s not so bad but it can be a challenge to be productive. Thank the tech gods that there are cool productivity apps I can use to do my work. Today I’m listing them down just because. Hah. :) But first, ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2016/09/top-productivity-apps/feed/ 0 13190 I want a pretty planner for 2016 though I don’t really use one. https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2015/12/pretty-planner-for-2016/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2015/12/pretty-planner-for-2016/#respond Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:18:38 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=10441 Are you a planner type person? I really am not. I have had planners before and I always ended up not using them much or at all. I’ve realized before that it’s the organized and structured format that bothers me. Well, you know, each page or spread is for a specific week and there are spaces ... Read more

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]]> https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2015/12/pretty-planner-for-2016/feed/ 0 10441 5 Mistakes to Avoid in Your NaNoWriMo Novel [Infographic] https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2015/11/mistakes-to-avoid-in-your-nanowrimo-novel/ https://www.whiteskyproject.com/2015/11/mistakes-to-avoid-in-your-nanowrimo-novel/#respond Wed, 11 Nov 2015 02:52:15 +0000 http://www.whiteskyproject.com/?p=9988 Where my WriMos at? How are you doing with your projects? I hope you’re all doing okay. Moi, on the other hand – I’m kind of failing this challenge. Hah. Coming into November, I had a whole bunch of ideas I didn’t really know what to do with and I changed my initial story a couple of days ago ... Read more

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