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Maggie’s Advice for Beginning Bloggers (Guest Post)

Sus Schmitt

Bloggers have been meeting every month at Lake Hart this year for tips, networking, and encouragement. After our last get-together, Maggie Bruehl wrote me an eMail that I thought I’d share…

I think you have several different audiences in the room:

  • beginners who can easily be overwhelmed – they want to write but don’t know where to start! Technology seems overwhelming.
  • “seasoned” bloggers who have done it for years with differing formats and large readership. Technology is exciting to them.

There didn’t seem to be much in between. I was trying to think of what would help the most. I really appreciated what you did with me several years ago, just asking me basic questions like: Continue reading “Maggie’s Advice for Beginning Bloggers (Guest Post)”

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“She Who Refreshes Others Will Herself Be Refreshed” (Guest Post)

Sus Schmitt

Afternoon Tea Party by Mary Cassatt from the Saint Louis Art Museum

As a people person and a busy mom, I often feel fragmented when different segments of life seem stitched together by various interactions with family and friends, whether in person or through technology.  Tweets, play dates, coffee dates, Facebook chats, blog posts, after-school programs, or church activities are all good things, but no matter how completely connected I am, part of me misses out on being mentored.  After all, I’m just now hitting my stride as a woman, and realize I could benefit tremendously by learning from someone who knows womanhood well.

Because I believe it’s better to give than to receive and I wasn’t being mentored in any of the many areas of my life, I thought, why not mentor in a particular area in the life of another? Continue reading ““She Who Refreshes Others Will Herself Be Refreshed” (Guest Post)”