College in a Suitcase

On this Thanksgiving day (and every day), I am thankful for a number of blessings that have been bestowed upon me.

I’m thankful for Nick, my fiancee.

I’m thankful for my mom, my dad, Andrew, my brother, and Elizabeth, my sister.

I’m thankful for the opportunity to get an education and the brains to be able to learn.

I’m thankful for Nick’s family – his mom, his dad, Meghan, and Annalies.

I’m thankful for food to eat, even when it isn’t always the greatest.

I’m thankful for being alive after rolling my car in October.

I’m thankful for my friends – too many here to list. All of them wonderful people.

I’m thankful to you for reading this blog.

What are you thankful for?

Miss Lissy

So – not only did I wake up knowing that one of my classes was cancelled, but then I checked educator on a whim and my really long big class was cancelled too! That means after I get done with class at 10:50 AM – I just have work and then I am done for the day. Whoot! Awesome and epic!

It will give me lots of time to do . . . dun dun dun dun! Homework.

I know, just what everyone wants to be doing on their Monday night. But it also means mini-date with Nick! Whoot! I hope he has time to watch The Big Bang Theory with me tonight.

But anyways, you are expecting your blog review.

Name of Blog: Writers on the Rise
Blog URL: http://writersontherise.wordpress.com/
About the Author: Christina Katz is an author who started this as a zine. She also teaches. That’s what I can tell you.
What I Think of This Blog: I think it’s okay. I think it’s a little heavy on advertising their classes which I can’t really afford right now.
Example of a Topic Covered: The Fiction Writing Workshop: Point of View A really good post on the different possible pov’s.
Relevance to College Students: If you are a writer and you like this format or want to publish your own zine, this could be helpful to you.
Does This Blog Make It To My Blogs to Read Bookmarks?: No – unfortunately, it’s just not what I’m looking for right now.

Enjoy your day!

Miss Lissy

Whoot! That’s a lovely acronym. I treated myself today. It was a long and overly stressful week. I’m not used to having friends like I have here. And it gets hard having my close friends be there. I hope that makes sense.

Anyways, it’s time for another blog review.

Name of Blog: The Muffin: Fresh News Daily
Blog URL: http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/blog.html
About the Author: There is a whole long list of contributors – you can check it out for yourself.
What I Think of This Blog: Not all of the posts I feel completely apply to me, but I love the variety and I love the focus and the audience. I myself am a woman. I also love the nice look of it – simple, but yet memorable.
Example of a Topic Covered: Searching the National Archives A great post on an undervalued research tool!
Relevance to College Students: If you are a female writer in college, this would be great for you.
Does This Blog Make It To My Blogs to Read Bookmarks?: Absolutely – I love that this niche really is me.

Miss Lissy

Post tomorrow. I’m exhausted. Having a rough time. Slept at most, 3 hours and forty minutes last night. I was right when I told Paul I didn’t think I could sleep.

Miss Lissy

I like it when people bring me toast.

Time for a blog review.

Name of Blog: The Renegade Writer Blog
Blog URL: http://therenegadewriter.com/
About the Author: The author is really the author of a book by the same name. That’s all I found out.
What I Think of This Blog: Meh – it’s okay. It doesn’t particularly hold my interest and the homepage only shows one main post at a time. It’s a blog based on the book.
Example of a Topic Covered: 6 Tips for Moving to the Next Level
Relevance to College Students: If you want to work in freelance or you’ve read this book – go for it.
Does This Blog Make It To My Blogs to Read Bookmarks?: Not really – it just doesn’t hold my interest.

Have a good day everyone!

Miss Lissy

I’m working. On a Friday night. Picked up a sub shift so that Zara could go Glo Bowling. It’s all cool. Had a long week, but a not a bad one. God is filling me with His peace and love like no others. Update: GAH! I am soooooo frustrated right now. But I’m not going to let it get me down. I documented it – it’s over.

But let’s get down to our blog reviewing goodness.

Name of Blog: Peggy Payne’s Boldness Blog
Blog URL: http://www.peggypayne.blogspot.com/
About the Author: She’s been published. I couldn’t find much more about her.
What I Think of This Blog: It’s okay. Personally, I like the idea. The way I see it executed is not something that I necessarily like. It’s just not bold enough for me and what I was looking for.
Example of a Topic Covered: “…To Take Control of Your Life” It’s a book review
Relevance to College Students: I think it could be.
Does This Blog Make It To My Blogs to Read Bookmarks?: No – it just isn’t exciting me.

Miss Lissy

I’m still in an excellent mood – despite a few blips here and there. You can tell because I left a message on Nick and Aaron’s answering machine that was just “Uh oh Spaghetti O’s. Bye.”

But I’m excited to get down to our series.

Name of Blog: Confident Writing
Blog URL: http://confidentwriting.com/blog/
About the Author: Her name is Joanna – but I couldn’t find very much else about her.
What I Think of This Blog: I love love love this blog! First of all I love her explanation of what confident writing means. I also love her voice and I think the topics she covers are very relevant to me. Plus it seems to be updated regularly.
Example of a Topic Covered: Anything’s Possible: Mission Impossible Group Writing Project The results of a very neat project – check it out.
Relevance to College Students: I think if you are a writer – at any age – this is relevant to you.
Does This Blog Make It To My Blogs to Read Bookmarks?: Yes! Even if it commits one of my blog pet peeves, the content is good enough to override that.

Have a good Thursday everyone.

Miss Lissy

So, we have a fashion show and I don’t know what to wear. This idea is definitely one of my co-RA’s idea and not so much mine. It’s not really my thing. Maybe I’ll see if I can just take pictures. That would be a much happier medium for me.

But we’re onto our next series post.

Name of Blog: Writing World
Blog URL: http://www.writingworld.org/
About the Author: Amber is (well her bio says she’s a freelance writer, but one of her recent posts says otherwise) a problogger. She’s also married.
What I Think of This Blog: I think it’s got a definite focus to it about writing on the more professional side. The posts are long enough though to need a click to read the rest (which you know I find annoying from previous reviews). She has a pretty distinct voice though. It also isn’t the most updated, with the most recent post being from July.
Example of a Topic Covered: How NOT to use blogs to market your product: the Microplane mistake This is really interesting if you are a company, not so much if you’re me.
Relevance to College Students: I think if you’re going to be into the professional writing scene, this is for you. Or it will at least give you some food for thought.
Does This Blog Make It To My Blogs to Read Bookmarks?: No. Given the fact that it hasn’t been updated in such a long time, that makes it feel like clutter in my bookmarks folder.

Miss Lissy

I’ll just kindly remove myself from the blog post today. I have no comments to make; I’m doing well. The Lord has blessed me truly. Now let’s get down to business.

Name of Blog: Writing Practice Prescription
Blog URL: http://ellentaliaferro.com/
About the Author: I don’t know how to say it other than she wrote it in her blog – at least for the first few sentences so I hope she doesn’t mind me copying and pasting. “Ellen H. Taliaferro, MD, FACEP serves as the Medical Director of the San Mateo Medical Center Keller Center for Family Violence Intervention in San Mateo, CA. She speaks and writes on the healthcare impact of violence and abuse.” She has also co-authored several books about abuse and written one herself about using writing to heal after such an act.
What I Think of This Blog: I think it’s definitely an interesting topic and not one that is widely covered. You don’t usually connect writing and medicine but there’s a lot of interesting things to be said about both.
Example of a Topic Covered: Recommended Book: Word Trippers by Barbara McNichol Check this post actually, because this sounds like a very helpful book.
Relevance to College Students: If you are studying to do anything with medicine and like to write (or blog) or if you want to know more about how writing and language are connected to our well-being, this is perfect for you.
Does This Blog Make It To My Blogs to Read Bookmarks?: No – it’s not my niche. Really interesting for an every once in a while read for me though.

Miss Lissy

People who harass me at work = not cool. Not gonna talk or think about it though, just gonna do my blog review from my series written by the lovely Kathryn.

Name of Blog: How to Start a Successful Freelance Writing Career -> Inkwell Editorial
Blog URL: http://inkwelleditorial.blogspot.com/ -> http://inkwelleditorial.com/
About the Author: Her name is Yuwanda Black and she is an author, web entrepreneur, and writer. There’s a ton more information about her on her website. The most interesting thing, I think, is that she’s completed one year towards an MA in Criminal Justice.
What I Think of This Blog: I think it’s really helpful, but I wish it showed more than one post on the home page.
Example of a Topic Covered: 3 Ways to Drive Visitors to Your Blog & Increase Blog Traffic I think this is really helpful information for any blogger.
Relevance to College Students: If you are looking to build your blog, market yourself, or go into freelance writing – it will be very helpful.
Does This Blog Make It To My Blogs to Read Bookmarks?: It’s not quite what I’m looking for at this stage in my life. Sorry.

Miss Lissy