Madness : The Whiteboard, Part Twelve

Madness : The Whiteboard, Part Twelve

Madness : The Whiteboard, Part Twelve

The Whiteboard part eleven can be found HERE Welcome friends and fans! I am about to dump part twelve down here, but first, I found several typos in part eleven. I fixed them (what I saw) and wondered why you guys didn’t blast me about them. Don’t ever fear telling me I made mistakes. I sometimes write this blog very early in the morning and yes, my brain is not awake yet. So, let me know when you find issues. Okay, so here ya go…and yes, there is an END to this — MADNESS! The Whiteboard, part 12 © by

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5 Ways to use Twitter effectively

5 Ways to use Twitter effectively

Twitter for you and me. Sounds like a song, right? Everyone knows what Twitter is, but most people, still are not using it. That is, people over the age of fifty. We know HOW, but we just don’t “GET” it.  What is the purpose of a format that only allows 140 characters? Why wouldn’t someone just use Facebook or another social media forum to say what they are thinking, what’s on their mind, what’s happening in their world? Well, they would. But we can also use Twitter and benefit. Here’s how: Five Ways to Use Twitter and Benefit From It

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Links for Kim Smith, author

Links for Kim Smith, author

I am going to get to the links in just a sec, but first… This is a reminder to all my writer friends who host their own domain and have an email account out there on that domain to be sure to go into your cpanel account and clean out your email box. Mine was overflowing. I know there is a way to NOT keep a copy of emails on that server, but I am too lazy to find it. So, if you are too, this is your reminder. Also, since I am in that sort of mindset, here is

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Do you like quick updates and fast reads?

Do you like quick updates and fast reads?

I keep hearing that quick, personal posts on writer’s blogs is all the rage…is that true? Do you want more of what I am doing, rather than what I know? I try to have a variety of things on the blog to keep you interested and coming back. I hope to provide you with some cool photos soon of the places that inspired the setting of South Lake Mississippi for the Shannon Wallace mysteries. I personally DO like photo posts. They are easy to scroll through, share, and read the tiny blips underneath. Heck, I don’t have any more time

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October Sunday Round up

October Sunday Round up

Welcome to October! I have put on the Halloween theme for this week…and it will change week to week through October because I am so undecided as to which one I like best. Just so you know, this is a fun time on the blog, and I am willing to let some of the features onboard go lacking for a month. So, if you don’t see widgets, and contact forms, sign up forms, etc. it’s all in the fun-ness of October. Now, on to the news. I have not been lounging around, you guys. I am currently busily assessing the

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