Has your writing ever been stolen?

I just found one of my blog posts on a site that pretends to be a news site. They had a link back to the original, but it's still theft because they used the whole post, word for word, and without...

Indoor winter garden

I'm going to experiment with growing salad vegetable indoors this winter. I live in an apartment and I really miss being able to get out and garden, and I'm tired of house plants. I have plenty of...

Will there ever be a perfect browser?

I use two browsers, Omnieweb and Firefox (for the Mac) because neither one completely fills my needs. My idea of the perfect browser is one that works on every site, and has modules you can add and...

Today.com is not paying new bloggers

Today.com has changed how it pays people, and new bloggers will not be paid for their posts during their first month. Blogs are reviewed every thirty days, and if you have posted regularly and your...

Too many blogs?

I have blogs on wordpress.com, Blogspot, Squarespace, and Live Journal, and I just started one on Vox. I've been on Vox before and it has its good points and its bad points. I enjoy blogging, but...

I'm tired of reporting abuse. Does it really change anything?

When I'm on any site I take the rules seriously, mostly because I've seen what can happen when too many people break the rules. It can eventually destroy a site. So I've reported a lot of abuse since...

NaNoWriMo '08 is just a few weeks away

This will be my third year of trying to get a 50,000 word novel written in one month. For the first time, I have a good plot and feel that I have a real chance to make it through. Are there any other...

What the heck is __Long Term__?

Lately I've been seeing articles and blog posts __Long Term__ popping up in sentences. At first I thought maybe it's the latest substitute for "naughty" words, but the articles aren't the kind that...

I have questions about Cha Cha

Can anybody give me straight answers from actual experience? I went to the site and read all the information, but there's still a lot I need to know. How fast do you have to type? Is there a set...

Do you read self-help books? Do they really help?

Why do you read self-help books instead of trying to work things out for yourself? I used to read them, but they never really fit my problems, and the solutions sometimes seemed too simple...