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Maybe it’s because of my education in culture studies and literature, or maybe I have always been this way – but for me, books are something special. They are to be craved, touched, enjoyed. They are crafted through a fascinating process of pure creation to the meticulous shaping of the perfect plot, down to the […]
A recent reading adventure got me thinking – being a book lover is quite similar to being a lover in general. The book that sparked this thought was The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton, a novel that had all the hype going for it. Behold, a budding love between a reader and a book. Phase one: […]
Many blogs post tutorials on how to blog. What most of these tutorials have in common is that there is an underlying thought of what a successful blog is. A successful blog in their eyes is a blog that reaches as many readers or followers. Other people measure their success in comments or ad revenue. […]
When you just start out with blogging, doing upkeep is simple. I notice this with my (relatively) new blog Irresponsible Cactus – it’s easy to just keep everything in the same kind of format. All posts match, the archives are nearly non-existent, and I only need to tweak a few details now and then to […]
What to do when every book you pick up isn’t working for you? Let me describe to you my current situation. I’m someone who is always in the middle of a few books – I usually have a long book on my night stand that I can easily put away after reading one chapter (right […]
Romance might be one of the most popular elements ever in fiction. It’s almost impossible to open a YA novel without there being a love interest, and in adult fiction romance in every flavour sells millions of books. I’m personally rather ambivalent towards romance in fiction – it can be good to have it in […]
Last week, I outlined the bare bones of how I manage my blog. A quick recap: first, I tried to find out what exactly I wanted to post (be it reviews, discussions, memes, or a mix thereof). Secondly, I tried to mold that image I had of what I wanted to post into a weekly […]
I’ve wanted to do a new post on how I manage my blog for a while, ever since I outlined my (then) new method in a two part post series called On Being More Organised in Blogging (part one and part two). And I realised it might actually help other people – because for the […]
Mawa from All Things Wordy nominated me for a Liebster Award (thanks so much!) and invited me to answer a few questions. What’s your favourite colour? PURPLE. I love this colour so much that it has become some kind of inside joke between my friends. I don’t do it on purpose, but when provided with […]
Don’t you just hate it when you’re trying to think of something to post, and there is just nothing popping into your head and you just really really want to post about something? In this post I will outline the five stages of the “I don’t know what to blog about today” phenomenon. Stage one: […]