My New Writing Joy

I wrote an article for our local Marine Corps Family Newsletter about 2 months ago and it went over pretty well with the Command. Well since then I've been given my own column in the Newsletter...eeee

  Here is my latest Article to appear:

                                                                  Finding Outlets

                                                               Your own creativity

  I know being on Recruiting Duty with your spouse can leave you with lots of extra time on your hands. I’ve done the PTA thing and other local events. But in my spare time I found blogging to be a great outlet to meet other people, find my creativity, became a better photographer and cook. Through blogging I have met a lot of people who have been published in magazines or wrote there own cook books. I thought, I would include a small list of some great sites with lots of good tips, artist, mothers and photographers all staking a claim on the blogging world and finding an outlet of creativity.

  If you are interesting in starting your own blog, I've found that http://www.blogger.com to be the easiest site to run a blog on free of charge or http://www.typepad.com another great source but a little more complicated to use and it also has a small fee, but they help promote your blog which is wonderful if you are looking at getting more followers.

  If you are an artist and would love to make some extra cash for the holiday season selling just about any handmade item, I find Etsy to be a wonderful place to sell for a very small fee of only 20 cents per listing. I’ve been using Etsy for a few years now to sell handmade jewelry and really love the site.

http://www.etsy.com

   But if you just want to check out some blogs, finds some great recipes and see what it’s all about or get a look at what blogging is:

One of my Favorites is Tidymomof2 her blog has lots of wonderful tips on just about everything and great links to other sites. She’s a personal friend of mine.

http://www.tidymomof2.blogspot.com/

   If photography is your outlet The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummon is wonderful and just recently published a cookbook. Her photography tips are a must have.

http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/photography/

  If you have an eye for all things beautiful Heather Bullards blog will be an eye candy treat. Her eye for detail and decorating is breath taking.

http://heatherbullard.typepad.com/

 Saucy’s Blog out of Canada is a wonderful blog with lots of talent, movie reviews, cup cake recipes to droll over, and the coolest crafty ideas around.

http://www.saucysprinkles.com/

 All these women run beautiful blogs, on family, life and the love of blogging. Check them all out and see what it’s all about. Many of them have little give a ways and promotions. The blogging world is full of wonderful ideas and outlets. I’ve been blogging for a few years and just recently redid my whole blog and started over. I enjoy the outlet and getting to know other people all around the world.  Learning new things and meeting new people a wonderful outlet of stress relief and creativity.

                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Lisa Clear