Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v Wade. Now, let’s be clear. At my age, I’m never going to be pregnant again, or ever seek an abortion. But I find this decision infuriating on a whole lot of levels. …

I'm a writer, and I wear headphones. At home. A lot. For all the reasons programmers wear them. Sometimes I'm listening to music.

If you’re a professional creative, here’s a planning and productivity tool designed with you in mind. Milanote bills itself as “the tool for organizing creative projects.” At its most basic, it’s a note-taking app, but where something like Evernote or OneNote is designed to be read, Milanote is designed to…

My sister’s two young grandchildren are staying with her, unexpectedly, for at least the next two weeks. Their mom is a hospital administrator, and their dad is a doctor, at two different hospitals. They’re both on call for the foreseeable future, and my sister will stay home from work herself…

You’ve written and published a book. Maybe more than one. You need an author website. As an author, part of your job is to attract an audience of rabid fans. These are people who will buy what you’ve written and what you’ll write in the future. …

It’s time to revitalize your website! This is the time of year when we re-evaluate what we’ve been doing, figure out how well it’s been working, and make changes. It’s the time to develop new habits. You should do that with your WordPress site, too. Why Have a Website Anyway? Your reason for having a…

It’s the season for “ghoulies and ghosties, and long-legged beasties,” but that doesn’t mean you need to be scared of the new WordPress block editor! To eliminate the scary overwhelm, take a few minutes to get acquainted with the Common Gutenberg Blocks before you start using the block editor. (And…

WordPress Tutorial #14, Updated for the Gutenberg WordPress Editor I’ve got good news and better news. Pasting content to your WordPress site is easier and smoother than ever with the Gutenberg editor.

What do you do when your delightful location-independent arrangements are interrupted by illness or a travel injury? I found out the hard way on my recent Panama trip. In early February, I spent a delightful week traveling around Chiriqui Province in Panama with Jackie Lange and her Panama Relocation Tours…