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Tired of filling up your blog with boring posts? Take the next step and get inspired to create something unique. Author Margaret Mason shows you the way with this fun collection of inspirational ideas for your blog. Nobody Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog is a unique idea-book for bloggers seeking fun, creative inspiration. Margaret gives writers the prompts they need to describe, imagine, investigate and generate clever posts. Sample ideas include:
- Writing a serial novel
- Conducting unnecessary experiments
- Creating your autobiography
- Public eavesdropping
- And much, much more
About the Author
Margaret Mason has been a professional writer and editor for over a decade. Her shopping blog, Mighty Goods, was recently named number one shopping site by both Business Week and Forbes, and her personal website, Mighty Girl, draws thousands of readers each day. She is a contributing writer for The Morning News, a New York-based Web magazine, and The New York Times. Mason is also a sought-after expert on lifestyle issues. She has been interviewed by The New York Times, Crain's Business Daily, The San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco's KFOG radio.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great to have on hand when you have blogwriter's block,
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This review is from: No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog (Paperback)
I was given this book as a Christmas gift by my sister who is one of my regular blog readers. She knows that sometimes it can be hard to keep readers happy when the ideas aren't flowing as much as I'd like. Since receiving it in December, I've used it four times when I couldn't think of what to post. It has proven to be quite handy.
Other times, I've skimmed through each suggestion to get an idea of what other people blog about. I may not write a post on the topic recommended but it's neat to be exposed to the rest of the blogosphere. For almost every idea, Mason gives examples of how to implement the suggestion. I really like that because not only is it helpful but it reminds me of blog postings. It's nice to see a print-author writing in a style loved by blogwriters. It spoke to me more that way. I love the layout of this book. Each idea has its own page, making it easy to read through. Whatever font they chose is very easy on the eyes and the layout of each page makes for a pleasurable read. Lots of white space, spaces between paragraphs, and lines to outline separate areas on the page. An added bonus is the high quality cover that reminds me why sometimes I really love just to hold a book instead of reading something online; it's just so smooth to the touch that I can't wait to pick it up again. I can't wait until a second edition comes out!
2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting enough.,
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This review is from: No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog (Paperback)
I was about to start blogging and wanted to get lots of good ideas. This particular book has some good ideas, as well as some fairly silly ones. I think these ideas may apply to the late teens, early 20 crowd, as mine may find some of the suggestions boring. Yet, these same boring ideas may lead to your thinking of something more applicable. Probably, the thing that I noticed most was all the white space. Every 'idea' starts on a new page, fair enough, but some of the ideas are 8 sentences long, then the rest of the page is blank. This book would never qualify for an environmentally friendly award with amount of unused paper. If I had taken a look at this book in a store, I would not have bought it, as I may feel like I was paying for a half blank book.
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3.3 out of 5 stars (33 customer reviews) 47 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Even old dogs can learn some new tricks here...,
By Thomas Duff "Duffbert" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog (Paperback)
OK... I'm a sucker for an unusual title, and this one grabbed my attention right off... No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog by Margaret Mason. While it may not be a techie's idea of blog inspiration, it was a fun read that *did* spur some ideas for me...
Contents: Fifteen Minutes to Fame; Thirty Minutes Away from the TV; An Hour at the Screen; Take Your Time; Think Like a Writer; Index; About the Author Mason is thrilled at the opportunities that blogs have given the average person for self-expression, but laments that too many blogs are obsessive navel-gazing exercises that hold little to no interest over time. She wrote No One Cares as a way to help you come up with creative and new ideas for blog material that can lead to unusual material and interesting insights to the life and world of the writer. Each idea takes just a single page (a few "long" ones take two pages) and throws out a suggestion that you can use to spur the creative juices. For instance, if you kept a diary growing up, you might want to use some of those pages as a glimpse into your past. Your youthful angst *can* be laughed at now... Perhaps you have some "inside knowledge" of the place/city you live... Share it with your readers. Or one that I could take advice from... "Get Defensive". Take a stand on something you like that goes against conventional wisdom, and proudly show your colors. While not every idea will resonate with all bloggers, there should be something in here to push you in a direction you hadn't considered. For those who are blogging technical information with no personal color, bypass this book. You probably won't "get it". Better yet, try coming out of your shell and show your readers a bit of yourself. While some people can't do that for legal or professional reasons, it's far too often used as a dodge to avoid your readers. For those who *do* mix personal and technical life on their blog, this is a fun read that could help you connect (or re-connect) with your audience... And now if I do something totally new on my blog, you'll know where I stole the ideas from... :) 18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Blogging has arrived it seems,
By Roland Hesz - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog (Paperback)
Well, blogging has arrived. I mean really.
This book is a good example of that, one of those 101 and "in 24 hours" books. The subject is fun, the content is about 100 blog posts, the price for this is ridiculous. The author complains that people are writing about their lunch, but funny thing is that her 31st idea for blogging is - yes, you guessed, lunch. The book is basically about how to bare youself more to the public, how to put more of your private life on the net - hey, have you got an embarrassing memory that makes you cry and curl up? Post it! Have you got embarrassing photos? Post it! No one cares what you had for lunch, but hey, why don't you tell us what's in your purse? Blogging has arrived. And this book is one of those "lets make some money without any effort" books. But, if you don't mind the price - 20 USD? for this? -, you can have a good bedtime reading. And there are some good thoughts in this. Just not too many. 11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
What you had for lunch might be more interesting,
By Laura Hamilton - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog (Paperback)
These ideas are about as creative and original as writing about what you had for lunch.
The book is skinny, the writing ideas are brief, and the content of the ideas is really thin. I've seen more interesting writing prompts in grade school writing classes. Really wish I would have read all the reviews before buying this book. Using these ideas really won't make your blog one to read. |
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