On YouTube, you can find everything from How to write fiction, to Horror Animated Stories. Seems there are a more ways to tell your story than just putting words on paper.
There are lots of places to you can submit a Flash Fiction and Short Story Podcast. If you’re ready, check out the following websites.
But, trust me it’s something you really want to avoid.
A broken link in a blog looks bad.
I’ve had several and they were of my own making. Sigh…
How did I make them?
By deciding to “Spring clean” my blog. Yep, you heard right. I was looking at my media library.
And I thought (thinking was my first mistake) that I should delete a few of the older pictures. Why not? They were old.
Guess what happened? This! No picture.
But thanks to my wonderful readers I was alerted to the broken links. Without y’all I would never have realized the error of my ways.
So what to do? What to do?
I had to go back through all of my posts and put in new images.
Why did I do this in the first place?
I was concerned about running out of space. But there is a better way than mutilating my blog. And before resorting to the self-hosting leap. There is a way to decrease the impact images have on a blog.
Resize.
First, let me apologize for the lack of audio in my video. I blew out my speaker plug. But I do hope you can still follow.
To resize your pictures, just go to the media library and change their size. I change mine to 300 on one side and let the other side default.
Once an image is in your post, you can still drag and make it larger or smaller for better visuals.
Also, videos posted via YouTube do not eat up your web space.
Seems I’ve got a ways to go before I need worry, WordPress has designated me 13GB. Will take me awhile to use that up. Thank God!
Have you inadvertently deleted an image and ended up with a dead link?
Were you aware of memory storage limits on WordPress?
Have you checked your media library limit?
Do you think it’s a good idea to size your images?
Unfortunately, I don’t think I explained the reasons or process very well. So I’ll give it another go.
First, to avoid more confusion, I’ll refer to Facebook as “Facebook Account” and not page.
Why? Because it’s not really a page. Facebook Home/Newsfeedis the main page. But I’m going to talk a lot about pages and want to show you the difference.
I’ve had two Facebook Accounts forever. Like many of you, I’ve had a personalFacebook account for family and friends plus a professionalFacebook account for my writing interests.
But more and more, I’m asked which account people should “like.” Many of my friends and family want to keep up with my process as a writer in addition to my personal exploits. (Love that word, exploits.)
Okay, back to why I’m deleting my personal Facebook account.
Time is the number one reason.
My time as well as the readers.
Clarity
Some people find it confusing that I have two Facebook Accounts.
Why keep my Professional Facebook Account?
I have pages on this account and don’t want to duplicate them on the one I use for personal.
More control.
I can post in one place.
If I want, I can add all types of pages.
Author page
Want to profile one of your characters? Make a character page.
Website page
Pages are different from your Newsfeed or Home page. Why would you want a page added? Lots of reasons.
To showcase your books.
To reference your website.
A bio page.
Personal page for family.
Bottom line, one Facebook account can cover all of my needs. Plus I won’t have to keep up with where and what I posted last.
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