Tips & Tricks for Requesting Review Copies for International Bloggers

Time for more dubious blogging advice.  Elise @ The Bookish Actress recently did a wonderful post on requesting review copies which you have to check out! It's a really useful guide. But that post reminded me about a draft I had for months now - and it's about that same topic, except focused on international…

So You Want to Start a Bookstagram: Nailing Your Bookstagram Aesthetic

A handy guide if you’re looking to start a bookstagram account.  You might have seen my first post about Bookstagram and how to start at it. It's one of my favorite posts I've ever written and it's the single most popular post on this blog. It was published in February, and ever since, it's my…

Blogging Tips #8: How To Make Your Blog Pretty a.k.a. All About Blog Organization & Aesthetics

A feature in which I share my dubious blogging wisdom with you. Welcome back to the Blogging Tips feature! I have written numerous posts on blogging and have given my advice and shared what worked for me personally. It’s an introduction of sorts to blogging, and you can find all of it HERE. I have been…

Blogging Tips #7: How to Blog When You’re Not Reading

A feature in which I share my dubious blogging wisdom with you. Welcome back to the Blogging Tips feature! I have written numerous posts on blogging and have given my advice and shared what worked for me personally. It's an introduction of sorts to blogging, and you can find all of it HERE. A similar…

All You Need to Know to Start Using Edelweiss

Edelweiss is confusing. I remember when I first started blogging, I opened an Edelweiss account, and immediately stopped using it because I didn't know what the hell was going on there. But as time progressed, I realized that Edelweiss usually has more review copies I am interested in, so the only thing I could do…

So You Want to Start a Bookstagram: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started

A handy guide if you're looking to start a bookstagram account.  I don't know if you know this, but I love Bookstagram. I created my profile a little under a year ago, and it has been such a fun thing to do with my time. The community is wonderful, there's lots of really pretty pictures…

Interaction – The Dos and the Don’ts: Blogging Tips #6

A feature in which I share my dubious blogging wisdom with you. Welcome back to the Blogging Tips feature! In this edition, we'll talk about interaction online - comments, self-promotion and building your reader base! It can be difficult to navigate the world of blogging as a fresh new blogger, so we're gonna talk a…

Discussion: The Trouble With Reviewing Unfinished Books (And Some Tips)

Should you write a review if you DNFed a book?  I am back with another discussion, because I feel like it, and I loved discussing the previous topic with all of you. Anyways, this is sort of connected to reader fatigue and it's something I've been thinking about recently. And that is whether or not…

Blogging Burnout and How (Not) To Deal With it: Blogging Tips #5

A feature in which I share my dubious blogging wisdom with you. Lately, I've been struggling with putting out new content out there. I have a lot of life obligations right now. School is leaving me exhausted and in all of that madness, finding time to write blog posts has been difficult. Moreover, I am…

10 Things I’ve Learned in One Year of Blogging

On November 7th, my blog turned one. I honestly can't believe it's been a year. When I started this, I had no idea I would keep this up for so long (because I've previously tried and failed). But low and behold, here we are! A year later and I am still going strong. I have…

How To Do Features: Blogging Tips #4

A feature in which I share my dubious blogging wisdom with you. As some of you may know, I do a series of posts here on the blog called Blogging Tips, in which I share some tips I've learned on blogging. Today, we are getting a bit meta and we are doing a post on…

Time Management and My Blogging Process: Blogging Tips #3

A feature in which I share my dubious blogging wisdom with you. As you guys now, I've been doing a series of posts in which I share tips which helped me personally get this blog into full swing. You can check my previous two posts: one of which was about writing good reviews and the…