Writing

What If I Told You…

April 23, 2013

Lately, my blog feels more like a confessional. And I’m not even Catholic. Sometimes, I feel like saying something or admitting something, even if less than admirable, helps absolve me of some of the guilt I may be feeling. Sometimes, though, I don’t feel guilty at all. Sometimes, I’m just letting pieces of the real [...]

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Created in My Own Image

April 7, 2013

Now I know why people loved Stream of Consciousness Sunday. I get so caught up in programs and sponsored posts and reviews and work that sometimes I want to just write. And sometimes, the words just don’t come. With Jana’s SOC Sunday, I get a quick prompt and 5 minutes to just type whatever comes out [...]

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My Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Memory

March 19, 2013

Even as a very young child, my mother always seemed to get us confused. Well, maybe not us but certainly our names. “Da… Ton… FADRA!!!” She’d go through abbreviated versions of all four of her children until she happened to land on the right one. We joked about it. We thought it was funny, and probably [...]

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: Helpless

March 10, 2013

I feel far away from writing sometimes. Like really writing. I have lots to write about. Cool trips, cool products. But when writing becomes too obligatory, it loses it sparkle and meaning. So I’ve been heading back to Jana’s Thinking Place to check on her Stream of Consciousness Sunday prompts. When I originally started the [...]

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Stream of Consciousness Sunday: What I don’t understand

March 3, 2013

All this week, I was thinking that it might be time for a 5 minute brain dump. And as you probably know, Sunday is the best time to do it. When I turned over the reins of Stream of Consciousness Sunday to Jana, I hoped to be able to still participate from time to time. [...]

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What I Do For A Living

February 4, 2013

I have a business card that I hand out that says: I have an email signature that says something similar: fadra nally | writer, blogger, marketer blog: all.things.fadra business: SocialDialect.com passion: Charitable Influence twitter: @allthingsfadra @socialdialect @CharInfluence And yet, it’s still difficult to define what I do for a living. I have a background in technology and marketing. In both of those [...]

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Blogmas 2012: The Best of the Rest

January 13, 2013

Sometimes it’s easy to categorize the good posts. These made me laugh, These made me cry. These made me wish I was a better writer. And then there’s the rest of the. Just as good as the other but posts that don’t neatly fit into one category. Some are crafty. Some are for foodies. Some [...]

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Blogmas 2012: It’s About the Writing

January 11, 2013

I went to a blogging conference last year that included a town hall meeting of sorts. It was a chance to talk about the state of the parenting blogosphere and the issues that were weighing on our minds. As the conversation went deeper and deeper into talk sof monetization and revenue streams, someone stood up [...]

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Blogmas 2012: Motherhood is a Strong Emotion

January 10, 2013

  Yesterday, I posted the funny. It’s easy to pick out the funny posts. But not every nomination comes neatly packaged into a category like humor. So I end up reading all of the posts and trying to find some common themes. Last year, I found a lot of funny, smart, touching posts. And it [...]

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Blogmas 2012: Laughter is the Best Medicine (now grab your spoon and take some)

January 8, 2013

Today, I’m continuing in the Blogmas spirit and finally starting with the first of four days of fan favorites. These are posts nominated by YOU and read and ranked (not really) by me. Why me? Because it’s my blog. As I read each post, I kind of group them into categories. Some are more difficult [...]

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