{"id":3009,"date":"2012-04-14T15:54:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T04:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2012-04-14T15:54:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T04:54:30","slug":"its-all-about-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/14\/its-all-about-bloggers\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s all about bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I\u2019ve got together a few bloggers to answer a few questions about themselves &amp; their blogs<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; display: inline;\" src=\"http:\/\/tinagray.me\/images\/tg-150x150-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are you and where do you blog?<\/strong> Tina Gray, <a href=\"http:\/\/tinagray.me\">http:\/\/tinagray.me<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>And how long have you been blogging?<\/strong> about 6 years, but with this blog, 2 years.<br \/>\n<strong>Tell us a little about you, your blog &amp; your blogging journey.<\/strong> I&#8217;m a mum of 5 children and wife to 1 husband. My blog is my space to share what goes on in my head while trying to raise my family, trying to find my skinny self and sharing what I think about stuff.<br \/>\n<strong>What is the one thing you wish you had been told when you started blogging? and what one piece of advice would you give other bloggers?<\/strong> Make your blog your own. Find YOUR voice. Don&#8217;t worry about what everyone else is doing.<br \/>\nTina can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tinagraydotme\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/tinagray.me\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; display: inline;\" src=\"http:\/\/lizosaurus.com\/lizosaurus-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are you and where do you blog? <\/strong>Liz, <a href=\"\/blog\/www.lizosaurus.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.lizosaurus.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>And how long have you been blogging?<\/strong> 1 and a bit years at Lizosaurus, about 5 years all up.<br \/>\n<strong>Tell us a little about you, your blog &amp; your blogging journey.<\/strong> I&#8217;m Liz, I live in inner west Sydney with my husband Jarod and my cat Train. Blogging is just a creative outlet for me &#8211; somewhere to put my thoughts and chat with likeminded others. My blog has also offered some amazing opportunities &#8211; from free passes to the Easter show to a flight to Malaysia for an awards ceremony!<br \/>\n<strong>What is the one thing you wish you had been told when you started blogging? and what one piece of advice would you give other bloggers?<\/strong> Blogging is not the be all and end all. There is still a life outside of the internet!<br \/>\n<strong>Anything else?<\/strong> Also &#8211; make sure you&#8217;re enjoying it. If you&#8217;re not it&#8217;ll come through in your writing.<br \/>\nLiz can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/lizosaurus\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/moi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"moi\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/moi_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"moi\" width=\"109\" height=\"227\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are you and where do you blog?<\/strong> Tork, <a href=\"http:\/\/torkona.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/torkona.blogspot.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>And how long have you been blogging?<\/strong> 1 year, 4 months<br \/>\n<strong>Tell us a little about you, your blog &amp; your blogging journey.<\/strong> I just turned thirty. I&#8217;m a Pisces. I enjoy crisps and long walks on the beach.<br \/>\nBut seriously, I am a dad blogger. Why? Because I love being a dad. I love talking about being a father. Not only that, but I am hilarious and I love making people laugh. Hehehe.<br \/>\nI also love to inspire, with a splash of music here and there and the odd hand &#8220;written&#8221; poetry. Wussy stuff, but I enjoy it, so I make it up talking about stuff dad&#8217;s might like as well as the odd gaming info. Overall, I blog about my boy and for my boy. It&#8217;s all about keeping memories for the future when I have trouble remembering stuff!<br \/>\n<strong>What is the one thing you wish you had been told when you started blogging? and what one piece of advice would you give other bloggers?<\/strong> I wish I was told.. don&#8217;t worry about it. Just have fun.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t worry about traffic. Don&#8217;t worry about how to blog. Simply keep your blog place neat and just write epic as you can whilst enjoying what you do.<br \/>\n<strong>Anything else?<\/strong> Once I had this dream where I was a transforming plant that could transform into anything. There was a mob chasing after me for hours in this dream and I couldn&#8217;t get away from them, no matter what I did. I would turn down strange corners, run super fast, chuck rocks at this mob, nothing would work. Then I realised I was a transforming plant, so I turned into an old granny and grandpa and simply walked past them, whinging something about &#8216;kids these days&#8217; as the granny whilst as the grandpa I was stroking a cat.<br \/>\nJust thought I&#8217;d share that.<br \/>\nTork can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Torkona3\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/torksblog\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; display: inline;\" src=\"http:\/\/i928.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad123\/possumames\/Image1.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are you and where do you blog?<\/strong> Ames, <a href=\"http:\/\/tutuames.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tutuames.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>And how long have you been blogging?<\/strong> In total since Oct 2009, on this blog since March 2011<br \/>\n<strong>Tell us a little about you, your blog &amp; your blogging journey. <\/strong>I&#8217;m a SAHM to two little ones, a toddler boy, lufflump and a newborn girl, sesame, and not married to but in love with the mister. I&#8217;m just getting into fitness and joining Roller Derby so will be also blogging that journey.<br \/>\nI began blogging in 2009. Only the mister knew I blogged. I stopped because I lost my blog mojo and I hated my blog, it still makes me cringe. I didn&#8217;t blog again for almost six months. I kept reading my favourite blogs but didn&#8217;t write anything.<br \/>\nI started my new blog, Tutu Ames now Accidental Wonderland, as I felt my blog mojo come back mostly thanks to Twitter. I&#8217;d spent the six months learning about writing posts, design and topics. I expanded my knowledge, not through e-classes but through blogs I admired.<br \/>\nMy current blog is my third baby. She&#8217;s gone through many changes but I feel like she&#8217;s finding her happy place. The problem is that happy place keeps changing! It&#8217;s my place to vent and connect with a wonderful community.<br \/>\n<strong>What is the one thing you wish you had been told when you started blogging? and what one piece of advice would you give other bloggers?<\/strong> Take snippets of your favourite blogs but don&#8217;t copy, individuality is the key! Also please turn word verification off it makes commenting suck.<br \/>\n<strong>Anything else?<\/strong>\u00a0 Happy blogiversary!!<br \/>\nAmes can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/TutuAmes\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tutuamesblog\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all who took part in my little bloggy interview. Pop over to their blogs &amp; leave them some love \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s giveaway is an Urban Lily Life Book Journal (I\u2019m not sure if you can buy these anymore but last check RRP was about $30). <em>Colour may vary from that shown below<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ULP375.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px;\" title=\"ULP375\" src=\"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ULP375_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ULP375\" width=\"188\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> The Urban Lily Life Book Journal is a refillable 6 ring binder journal with a soft PVC cover with chrome metal closure.<br \/>\nEach Journal Includes<br \/>\n&#8211; 50 printed journaling pages<br \/>\n&#8211; 25 ruled pages<br \/>\n&#8211; 10 blank pages<br \/>\n&#8211; 5 polka dot page dividers<br \/>\nJournal Size &#8211; 18cm x 23.5cm<\/p>\n<p>Enter using the Rafflecopter below. 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Tina Gray, http:\/\/tinagray.me And how long have you been blogging? about 6 years, but with this blog, 2 years. 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