A Patchwork Life

I’m doing NaBloPoMo this month, and so I’ve had to implement some different strategies to keep up the pace. First, like I blogged about before, I have had to rethink my standards and preferences for posting, which I think will give me some freedom and breathe some new inspiration into my blogging here also. This very entry is a “process-y” one I might not have written before!

Second, I am now maintaining a OneNote personal writing notebook, and one section of it is marked for blog post drafts. I have trouble posting to WordPress during the school day, but I do have time to quickly jot down thoughts between classes, which slowly but surely will percolate into posts.

Third, I’m trying to keep a backlog of stored drafts, so that if I don’t have a chance to write a fresh entry during the day– like this Saturday, when I’ll be camping out with the Brownies–I can publish a saved draft. I also enabled the post by email function WordPress offers, so that I’ll be able to post that way. I’m going to test that future soon to make sure I did it right.

Finally, I’m going to try the Press This bookmarklet WordPress also offers, so that I can manage quick photo or video posts from my browser. Again, this is a feature I’ll be trying for the first time, so don’t be surprised if you see some renegade test posts around here that don’t seem to be well-executed!