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I plan to try making Pamela Salzman’s Oatmeal Souflee this weekend.
Want my challah recipe with very detailed instructions? Or maybe you’d like to see all of my Twitter tips neatly organized in once place? New email subscribers to my (very occasional) newsletter will get the links to those free downloads. Already a subscriber and don’t want to miss the free downloads? Don’t worry! I’ll send you the link. (If you’re a subscriber, you know how to reach me.) And I also have some freebies planned for current subscribers.
LISTEN
In the March 18th episode of “Call Your Girlfriend,” Ann interviews the fabulous Deb Perelman from Smitten Kitchen. It’s a really interesting behind the scenes look.
READ
“Why You Haven’t Written Your Book Yet” by Courtney Martin at On Being is so good with so many lines I wanted to quote here. It’s too many lines. Just read it. Brilliance. I’m guilty of so much of this. Though I can say I have written two books! (Though they were the wrong books, they have been stepping stones to other right things, even if not in book form.)
“How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization” is a VERY FUNNY piece by David Hopkins , who sets out to prove that Friends was the beginning of the end as far as respect for intellectual curiosity is concerned. It’s meant to be over the top and it is. But there are great points, too. Worth the read.
My Facebook page has lots of good articles and stories, etc, by other people. I’m extra careful about what I share there (and on Twitter too!) so if it’s there, it’s worth a read (in my opinion, obviously).
My updated book list has some reading suggestions and also some books that underwhelmed me, too.
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I cannot wait to check out the On Being piece and I always love your book recommendations. Thanks, Nina!
Ha! Love the “Friends” essay. I am guilty of being one of the audience members to turn on Ross, as much as I love David Schwimmer. Ross might have been as close to an intellectual as the group got, but he was just as dim when it came to social interactions and relationships! All that to say, I get the point the writer is making in the essay 🙂
I strongly dislike pop-ups. And I adore Courtney Martin at On Being – I hadn’t seen this yet, but am reading right now. So good. I’ve written two Stepping Stone books also! xoxo
Loved that article at On Being, thanks for sharing it. The Freewrite sounds amazing!
I hate pop-ups. I don’t have one. All I hear about is that they are good. And I’m all for reading the opinions for them! I just feel like they slow down my computer and my phone and I get so frustrated!
I reluctantly deal with popups, but if a blog’s content starts to not interest me and they have a popup, I’m much more likely to unsubscribe. I don’t really sign up for newsletters because I find that I don’t read them, or follow up with them. There is a new style of popup that is time released, and I think those can be the most effective. If your analytics say that people spend about 2 minutes on the site, I think it would make sense to say at 2.5 minutes a popup prompts something as its probably a more engaged user.
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Nina!! I absolutely LOVE that Friends article. It’s is brilliant and so true. I read nearly the entire thing out loud to my husband and now I am off to go read a book. Thanks for these!
The reason I’m not a fan of pop-ups because they pop-up so quickly. If I click on a site to read a blog post or article, the pop-up comes along within a few seconds. I haven’t even read the article yet. How do I know if I want to subscribe? Then if I do subscribe, I’m shuttled away from the article I wanted to read and the site doesn’t bring me back to the original page. Is there a way to have the pop-up appear later? I know that’s a very long answer to a short question. 🙂
Did you end up making the souffle? I saw it on your Pinterest and it looked amazing!
I tend to find pop ups more annoying on mobile devices than on my desktop/laptop.
That class looks interesting – one thing I intend to do with my new single free time is WRITE. Finally!
I’ve been having that same debate with myself regarding the pop-up box. I always found them annoying, but reading Susan’s post made a lot of sense. I did install SumoMe on my blog and business site. I haven’t received many sign-ups yet. But then again, my blogging hasn’t been that regular as of late either.
No pop ups for me – they drive me nuts! I read Susan’s article, but I’m not putting one on my site.
I rarely get new subscribers, but I don’t offer any freebies either. I may offer my Who I Am prompts as an ebook next year, after the series is over. Whether anyone cares to have them remains to be seen. Off to check out your new books!