Blogging begins as expression but quickly becomes structure—voice shaped by consistency, audience, and intent. These posts explore the mechanics and mindset behind maintaining a blog: writing discipline, content strategy, and the evolving balance between saying something meaningful and being heard.
AI hashtag generators can scan an image and produce suggestions in seconds, but speed does not guarantee relevance. For authors and book bloggers, the trick is letting artificial intelligence identify possibilities without surrendering judgement. The machine may recognise the photograph, but only the writer understands the story hiding beneath it.
Save Writing Hashtags. Let An AI App Take Care Of That For You. Read More »
Finding clear information on improving a website’s search performance is much harder than it should be. The search begins as research and quickly feels like walking into a marketplace disguised as a library. After enough searching, the information starts to feel dirty—polluted by people who benefit from convincing website owners that something is broken but […]
Do Google Search Console Reporting Gaps Reveal Its Indexing Speed? An Author’s SEO Diary Read More »
An overnight road trip takes Margo and me to New Norcia, Australia’s only monastic town, where history, creaking accommodation and old-world architecture share the landscape. From the monastery’s complicated past to the strange limestone figures of the Pinnacles, this short escape delivers character, reflection and plenty of open-road adventure.
Road Trip: Overnight Stay in Monastery Read More »
On 9 February 2024, I began writing a post every day. Nine hundred and nineteen writing days later, the habit has reshaped my author site. New articles joined carefully refreshed older work, while irrelevant pieces disappeared. This is what daily blogging taught me about discipline, editing, purpose and connected writing.
Writing a Blog Post a Day: What 919 Consecutive Days of Blogging Taught Me Read More »
Should independent authors load the car with books and sell them face to face, or build an audience online? Drawing on two very different author events, my own publishing choices, and years of digital promotion, I examine the costs, rewards, missed sales and long-term reach of both marketing paths today.
Should Authors Sell Books in Person or Market Them Online? Read More »
Visit Michael Forman’s Latest page for writing news, book updates, podcast notes, travel stories and the occasional distraction from Mandurah. It is the informal corner of the website, where works in progress, refreshed posts, personal observations and minor disasters appear before the darkness returns in his fiction and novels again.
Michael Forman’s Latest Author Updates and Dark Writing News Read More »
Our DIY bathroom renovation moves from concrete and framing to plumbing, windows and interior work. While the new space slowly takes shape, we keep an ageing shower alive, test the bath’s extra-wide sill with a wine glass, and discover that home improvements rarely follow the neat sequence shown online.
Bathroom Progress: DIY Plumbing, Concreting and Building Renovation Read More »
We travelled through South Australia’s outback to see Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre holding water. Closed tracks changed the journey from bus to light aircraft, revealing floodwater, pelican colonies, donger accommodation, Coober Pedy’s underground rooms, and the strange beauty of a desert briefly transformed by Queensland rain.
Chasing Water Into the Desert: Our South Australian Outback Tour to Lake Eyre Read More »
The author expresses disappointment with SoundCloud’s podcasting capabilities, feeling the platform lacks understanding of speech-focused audio. After initial enthusiasm, they found minimal audience engagement while achieving better results on other platforms like Spotify and Apple. The author’s experience underscores SoundCloud’s shortcomings for podcasters despite its commendable features for musicians.
Stop Hounding Me Soundcloud! I Was Only Looking! Read More »
The LGBTQIA+ acronym keeps growing, shrinking and reshaping itself in the name of inclusion. This satirical piece considers what happens when language becomes too crowded to remain useful—and why the humble plus sign may be doing more work than every letter placed before it.
LGBTQIA+ Humour: Acronym Grows, Gets a Chop, And Then a Wildcard To Save Time. Read More »