Angela Booth's Writing Blog: WordPress User? Here's the 2015 Theme

Books: Write Fiction

Angela Booth: Short Fiction Secrets: How To Write And Sell Short Stories (Selling Writer Strategies Book 2)
Writing short stories is a fun and easy way to get started writing fiction — you can get paid to write, in your spare time. If you're new to writing fiction, you can learn the elements of writing fiction — short stories are much easier to control than longer fiction.
Angela Booth: Master Fiction Writing: Craft A Novel in 31 Days: Selling Writer Strategies 4
This program began as a 30-day challenge which I organized in 2010. Hundreds of writers joined the challenge; they wrote novels. You can write a novel in 31 days too.
Angela Booth: Step By Step To Fiction Which Sells: Plotting And Scene Magic
What if you could leave boring fiction forever behind you, so that the story in your head becomes the story on the page? You CAN, when you discover the magic of story, plotting, and scenes.

A new year means a new WordPress default theme for WordPress bloggers. Twenty Fifteen is waiting for you, in your dashboard.

Here’s what it looks like.

I’m a huge fan of the default WordPress themes. Over the decade or so that I’ve been a keen WordPress user, I’ve tried many, many commercial themes. Some were wonderful, others not so much. Hassles of various kinds (slow updates to the theme, updates which broke plugins) ensured that I went back to the default. I’m all about the content, not so much the prettiness or enhancements.

Twenty Fifteen looks amazing — it’s mobile-focused, and responsive — and I can’t wait to try it out. I’ll test it on one of my WordPress blogs, and if I like it, I’ll use it for the others.

The WordPress 4.1 update is waiting for you in your dashboard:

Version 4.1 of WordPress, named “Dinah” in honor of jazz singer Dinah Washington, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in WordPress 4.1 help you focus on your writing, and the new default theme lets you show it off in style.

Have you prepared your editorial calendar for 2015?

If you haven’t done so, install 4.1, and create your January calendar. Remember that you can create as many draft posts as you like. I always create drafts, right in the Editorial Calendar plugin. With your drafts prepared, and ready to go, you’re never left wondering about what you’ll blog about.

Happy 2015. :-)