Edmonton Senior/Calgary Senior newspapers are featuring my blog, "The Potter's Hand" on their website.

If I get a following and enough comments, it's possible the blog will morph into a paid column in time.

The blog is about mental illness in all its aspects, and its impact on family, friends, the world, and the individual.

John Nash died this week. 

I've come out of the shadows.

Please visit "The Potter's Hand" and comment.

Thank you.

Brought to you by SpaceHive, Kenna's debut novel originally published by a traditional small press in 2012 and republished by Authors for a Cause in March 2015. A rollicking adventure of friendly alien bees and the vicious wasp General Vard, a 12-year-old boy and his Muslim buddy who must alone save the world, and the formidable SpaceHive...on which Jason is abducted by the alien attackers and taken to India where the final Battle takes place.


Also by The Insanity Machine, our adventure and journey with paranoid schizophrenia, including the latest research available at the time of writing.

Three Successful Bloggers I Follow

I joined Triberr and am very happy with the couple of members so far who've answered me. It looks great. I found this blog on one of the tribes and took the liberty of sharing it with my readers.

Detroit and Education, can they be saved? You'll recall Detroit declared bankruptcy recently, and education in North America is certainly subject to budget cuts across the board, here in Alberta being no exception.

I also pinned another blog from Cabin Goddess to Pinterest.

I'm going to be posting some infographics soon.

Maybe shake it up and twist it up, eh? Would my readers like that?

What would you like to see? What topics can I glean for you from this rich harvest I've found?

I've researched 7 blogs you may find helpful or interesting:

1. Brent Riggs' "Linky Blog" Brent wrote an EPIC eBook which is more than 400 pages long and is packed with advice about blogging, photography, and all sorts of wisdom he has accumulated in 15 years of social media experience. You can sign up for his newsletter and get the eBook for $9.99. His newsletter arrives in my mailbox regularly and is a fountain of helpful information for growing my blog. I recommend the "Linky Blog."
2. Mail Chimp - sign up free.  They'll help you set up newsletters and campaigns, have oodles of cool templates for your newsletters, will set up a button on your blog for new subscribers and much more. Also many apps for mobile phones.
3. Absolute Write Water Cooler  This is a site which has an international forum, a place for promotion and ideas for book promotion, many great forums, events, announcements, and free to sign up. You can research a site from here and get the group's opinion. I don't use it as often as I should.
4. Inspired Gift Giving (IGG) with Marty Herald. Great resources to live life the best you can and be the very best you can be. I also subscribe to Marty's newsletter, which is chockful of helpful resources and suggestions.
5. Live Write Thrive by C.S. Lakin, Author. A truly excellent newsletter and blog full of great ideas for writers and authors. I read Ms. Lakin's newsletter regularly and never fail to come away with great insights about writing. I don't know how she does it, but she is definitely brilliant at her craft of writing.
6. Meredith Bell's uplifting eZine "Golden Eggs" with inspirational articles much like Chicken Soup for the Soul haha, get it here
7. Shari Schindel's Notes from the Couch is amazing good news and support for those suffering from chronic illness. Check it out, this woman is a clinical psychologist who dispenses her unique brand of cheery support and advice on Twitter, Facebook, and her blog. Follow her and tell her Kenna sent you!

There you have it, peeps, my 7 favorite blogs. I have others, but will leave them for another time.



Please let me know how you like these resources and whether you've clicked on any of the links.

What would you like to see in future?

Have fun, peeps.

I confess I've had a problem lately keeping up with posting my blog daily. 

• I don't know what appeals because I haven't been getting a lot of comments.

• I'm thinking about what to write for my newsletters but not a lot of my readers have signed up for the newsletter.

• Russia has dropped off in my readership but still remains second only to the US for readership.

• India is more interested but not to the extent I had hoped.

• I'm often searching in the dark for topics for my blog posts. 

Now I'm searching for topics for the newsletter. 

• I've put together a FREE PDF for all those who sign up but I'm waiting for permission from an author I've quoted before sending it. I want to send it with my first newsletter.

• The content should be relevant and interesting to my readers, but I haven't gotten any comments about what my readers would like to see.

I'm reposting the finale from my post of yesterday. What do you think?

• Enjoy the summer, readers, and don't forget to sign up for my newsletter. 

• A little SURPRISE gift for those who sign up will be forthcoming in the next few days, featuring the latest news on Sasquatch with a link to the latest scientific research, and a sneak preview of my new young adult novel.

• Watch for my newsletter in your mailbox. 

• Please add the email to your address book so it's not marked as SPAM. We wouldn't want that, would we? NO!!! 

Learn about writing, about authors and conferences, about the latest scientific developments in the world of space science, paranormal activities, and lots more. 

• Remember Doomsday? Lots of 2012 movies. That's history now, like the Millennium. What exciting future do we have now that Earth has (once again) survived?

 SPACESHIP LAUNCH

Home Movies?

• Do any of you have a home movie to share of something exciting and magical? Would you like to share it here? I love new content from new and exciting young minds.

Comments

• Comments, please? All will be answered and I'll link to your blog if you include the link.