Author Archives: LaurieWhite

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Listen To Your Mother Show Series Kicks Off in Austin, NW Arkansas

What Founder and National Director Ann Imig calls a “new national Mother’s Day story-sharing movement” spoke its first 2012 words on Sunday. With a total of 10 shows this year involving more than 140 writers as directors, producers and cast members, Listen … Read More

Reading Your Work, Telling Your Story: BlogHer Voices of the Year Submissions Close April 30

Have you ever read your work in public? On June 13, 2008, I sent in a post from my blog to be considered for the first Community Keynote at the BlogHer ’08 conference in San Francisco. Although my fingers are … Read More

Jenny Lawson’s “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened” Released

Hold onto your metal chickens, Internet, for what promises to be the most memorable, and potentially most successful release of a book-by-a-blogger (yes, even that one) in the short, powerful history of our medium. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, the book-length … Read More

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Blissdom Community Leaders Provide Structure and Support

Blog conference veterans tend to know the drill: keynotes, panels, meetups, parties, collapse, repeat. This year’s Blissdom conference, held last weekend in Nashville, sought to personalize and amplify the attendee experience by adding Community Leaders to the mix. The nearly … Read More

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Blissdom in Photos

ShePosts was in Nashville this weekend for the Blissdom Conference, three days packed with work, friends, and fun one can only find when the good people of the blogosphere step out from behind their monitors and keyboards to connect in … Read More

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Interview With Schmutzie, Canadian Weblog Awards Founder

Elan Morgan, well known as Schmutzie on the Internet, began blogging in 2003. She lives in Saskatchewan, Canada, but her reach is truly global. A prolific writer and photographer, she explores poetry and mobile imaging at Schmoetry and Phoneography, and … Read More

WhyMommy LoveFest Rallies Bloggers for Susan Niebur

E-cards filled with messages of love and encouragement. Fingers and toenails painted purple. A Facebook page dedicated to sharing her impact on countless people both on and off-line. Dr. Susan Niebur, or @whymommy, as she is known in her extended … Read More

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Bielanko Family Fire Fundraiser Reaches $10k Goal In 12 Hours

After a fire nearly destroyed the Pennsylvania home of bloggers Monica and Serge Bielanko Wednesday, bloggers did what they often do: acted swiftly and dug into their wallets in support of a family who lost their home and most of … Read More