Category Archives: Writing and Blogging

A Beach Story, or a Parable about Being a Writer

Sarah White June 16, 2017 Writing and Blogging1 Comment

There’s this guy — a kid, I would call him; from eight stories up he looks like a teenager or early 20s — whose job it is to set out beach umbrellas and chairs for the condo building where we stayed on our vacation. People pay $30 a day for …

How to Meet Your Blogging Goals with Ebooks, Courses and Bundles

Sarah White April 3, 2017 Writing and Blogging0 Comments

Learn how books, courses and bundles can help you meet your blogging goals without driving you crazy. I always buy into blogging business courses and ebook bundles with a great deal of hope and enthusiasm, sure that this time I’m going to do the reading and the work and use …

A Cobbled-Together DIY Mount for “Overhead” Videos Using an iPhone

Sarah White February 15, 2017 Writing and Blogging0 Comments

Yesterday I really wanted to do a knitting video. To shoot knitting properly to be able to show how its done, you really need to shoot from behind or above, so you can see what the hands are doing in the same orientation you would see if you were knitting. …

Media Literacy 101: Reporting in the Age of Alternative Facts

Sarah White January 23, 2017 Writing and Blogging0 Comments

A lot happened in this first weekend of the new administration that might have people wondering about the state of press freedom, access and coverage coming out of Washington. Even before the inauguration the new administration was talking about changes to the way things are communicated to the press, with …

I Wasn’t Going to Write about Today

Sarah White January 20, 2017 Writing and Blogging1 Comment

The girl is quite literally an Obama baby. I had a doctor’s appointment — after which I’d given myself permission to start trying to get pregnant — the day before his first inauguration. We talked about that amazing concert on the Mall that had me in tears, so full of …

Media Literacy 101: Evaluating Sources for Bias

Sarah White December 20, 2016 Writing and Blogging0 Comments

There’s a lot that goes into evaluating sources for bias — both the source of a news story and the sources quoted or cited in that story — but I’m going to cover what I can here in this media literacy 101 overview. What is Bias? Bias means that the …