I'm feeling a little introspective today because I just realized that it's been ten years since I set a New Year's resolution to start a blog. At that point I had been working in publishing as a writer and editor for a very long time and ... Keep Reading
Blog Talk
Your Favorite Posts of the Year Versus Mine
Happy New Year, Friends! This week I've been spending a lot of time reflecting over the past 12 months, reviewing what worked and what didn't. I checked my stats and this is what I learned: Hooked on Houses got nearly 15 million page ... Keep Reading
Welcome to the “New & Improved” Hooked on Houses!
When I wrote my first blog post on WordPress back in January of 2008, the default post title they gave me to use was "Hello, World!" After rebuilding my site from the ground up and launching the new design this week, it feels like time to ... Keep Reading
The New Year’s Resolution That Changed My Life
Let's take a little trip in the "Way Back Machine" to January 2008, when I was working as a writer for a textbook publishing company... I was writing everything from quizzes to case studies for marketing and business textbooks. It was ... Keep Reading
Notice Anything Different Around Here?
Hooray! My new blog design finally went live this morning. For the last few weeks you may have seen things moving around as my tech genius Zalary helped me reorganize, remove the clutter, change the header, switch sidebars around, and get ... Keep Reading