Bloggiesta Update #1

Time for an update! So below I have a list of my goals, a list of all the awesome mini-challenges that are positive to help out along the way and a list of what I’ve actually accomplished. Even though I only managed to scratch off a few things from my list, the sense of satisfaction that things are getting done is fabulous! Later on today I hope to get busy again and spend more time visiting other participants – seeing all the goals people had set themselves gave me so many more fantastic ideas and it was fun to discover all those new to me blogs!

My goals

• Get at least ten reviews written up to keep for the future. I’d like to always have a bank of posts available to withdraw from. 4/10
• Place my review books in order of publication date to make it easier for picking out what needs to be read, and when.
• Update my list of books reviewed on my blog.
• Update my challenge progress for this year. I’ve been terrible at keeping track of what books fit into what challenges.
• I already have templates for most posts but I need to clear out the old and unused ones from my blog publishing program.
• Also de-clutter, delete or finish up posts that are sitting in my drafts folder.
• Clean-up, re-organize my sidebar.  Fix dead links.
• I’ve been playing with some logos to use in my blog, header, other social sites. I’d like to either come to a decision or look into some of the artists I know and order something.
• Try to find a more recent picture of me that miraculously doesn’t have me wearing a hoodie, making faces, or looking like a punk.
• Update About Me and perhaps think up something in terms of review policy/guidelines. Any help or recommendations on policy would be so, so welcome!
• Google Reader. I cannot even put into words how much of a mess that damn thing is. I need badly to remove old subscriptions, read interesting posts I’ve starred and add blogs that I read but forgot to subscribe to.

Bloggiesta Mini-Challenges

• Rebecca at The Book Lady’s Blog - Getting out from underneath the feed reader.
• Beth from Beth Fish Reads - On lists and opinions.
• Jill at Fizzy Thoughts - Just when you thought the feed reader was halfway managed.
• Emily from Emily’s Reading Room - Are you talking about me?
• Deborah from Books, Movies, and Chinese Food - You have a blog?  So tell me about it.
• Lynn from Chronicle of an Infant Bibliophile - Get listed.
• Jen from Devourer of Books - Wow. I wrote that when?  Let’s update.
• Amy from My Friend Amy - I need a friend.
• Trish from Hey Lady! Watcha Readin’? - On favicons and gravatars.  Huh?
• Michelle from GalleySmith - Anchor text.  You mean there’s a way this *should* be done?
• Andrea from Book Blather - Authorities?  What authorities?
• Ruth from Bookish Ruth - You’re going to analyze what?

Time Spent & Goals Accomplished On Friday

2:00 – 4:00 (2hrs)	Startup post, update reviews lists, cleared out drafts, updated templates.
4:15 – 5:15 (1hr)	Visited and commented other bloggiesta participants. This will also help to complete a mini-challenge of Jill at Fizzy Thoughts - Just when you thought the feed reader was halfway managed.
6:00 – 7:00 (1hr)	Wrote 2 reviews for future use.
7:30 – 8:30 (1hr)	Drafted out 2 graphic novel posts for future use.
11:30 – 1:30 (2hrs)	Cleaned up, re-organized and added folders/tags to google reader. This worked to complete the mini-challenge of Rebecca at The Book Lady’s Blog - Getting out from underneath the feed reader.

Time Spent & Goals Accomplished on Saturday

	♦ ♦ ♦ coming soon ♦ ♦ ♦

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