Real Words

Some of my posts were found around the web this week at various blog carnivals. Here’s a summary of that:

ON WRITING:

• My set of tips for Writing Timely Blog Posts was included at the How to Write Successfully blog carnival. Other good posts there were on blog commenting, internet book marketing, writer’s block, first books and writing down your ideas.
• My opinion on A Writer’s Weekends was included in the Just Write blog carnival. Other good ones here were on status writing, fantasy writing, bad writing, sentence construction, finding a voice, and selling self-published books.
• My 20 Great Things About Dating a Writer was part of a blog carnival about health, fitness and dating along with loads of other posts on those topics.
• My ideas of Things to Write on Valentine’s Day was part of the Make it from Scratch blog carnival. Another good one here was on making scented paper.
• My memories of Writing to Pen Pals were included at Blogger’s Best. Other notable posts here were on multi-tasking, life’s valuable moments and coming out of the broom closet.
• My Hundreds of Resources for Writers was part of the ThatsBlog carnival along with posts on making money blogging, choosing a domain name and using Twitter.
• My 25 Ways to Get Links to your Blog was part of the “bring more traffic to your blog” carnival. Other good posts here were on things like driving traffic, internet marketing, forum marketing and micro blogging.

ON MONEY:

• My article on 15 Good Things to Come out of the Bad Economy was included in the Personal Finance News blog carnival and the Rich Life blog carnival.
• My article on Things you Can Re-Sell was part of a great Festival of Frugality blog carnival.
• My personal budget tips were included as part of the Solid Planning Tips carnival. Another good one here was on starting a scrapbooking business. This same post was at the Carnival of Bankruptcy and Debt Management.

ON OTHER STUFF:

• My article on Dog Aggression was included in the Puppy in Training blog carnival along with lots of other great posts about dogs. I also had a post on Top Ten Dog Breeds that was part of the Carnival of Family Life where there are tons of great family posts.
• My suggestions for Irish Drinks for Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day was part of the Weekend Eats carnival.
• My article on EcoCities was part of the All Things Eco blog carnival. Other good green posts here were on laptops, community building and exercise.
• My design article on Choosing a Kitchen Island was part of the Home Improvement Carnival.
• My travel article on Metro Manila, Philippines was part of the Carnival of Cities. There’s another great post there on NOLA book stores.
• My health information on menstrual spotting was included at Advice for Women from Women along with posts on families, fitness, finances and spirituality.
• My tips for getting a picky toddler to eat were over at Good Parenting.
• My guide to safely losing weight with diet pills was part of the Weight Master carnival.

Regular readers should note that this will be the last week that a full list of my blog carnival activity will be posted on Real Words. In the future, I’m planning to stick to only listing the activity of my articles on writing here. Other blog carnival activity will be posted on my newest blog, Diary of a Smart Chick. More news about that blog to follow soon.