The Happy Accident

And We’re Back!

December 4, 2011

Thanks to Tom and his crew at We Watch Your Website, I’m happy to say that The Happy Accident is once again clean, lean, mean, and, uh… well… uh… it’s got no malware or anything bad. I’m happy about that. I’m also happy how easy the process was in the end for me. In fact, [...]

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Pardon the Quiet and the Dust

November 29, 2011

I am still recovering from a malware-ish intrusion (that, by the way, wasn’t actually causing any harm, my expert friends tell me) here at the Happy Accident. Once again, I hope all is clear, but it might take a day or two for Google and anti-virus software to agree. (It also might not be clear, [...]

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Backup Your Blog, I Say Again. Backup!

November 16, 2011

One of the domains I host was hacked sometime over the past week or two. Today was a day of FTPing and password changing and editing config files and re-uploading them to clean up the mess. If that sounds like fun to you, I wish you’d been around here and done it instead of me! [...]

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Speaking in Spokane (and Beyond)

November 9, 2011

I’m going to be up in Spokane doing a full day Unleashing the Power of Social Media workshop on November 19th for the Eastern Washington/Northern Idaho chapter of the SCBWI. If you’re up in that neck of the woods, I do hope you’ll join me. I really love doing these full day workshops about social [...]

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Blog Tour Questions

November 2, 2011

I’m hosting a stop on a blog tour over at GottaBook today (where I have an all-in-rhyme interview with author Leslie Muir), and it’s started me thinking about tours and what authors, illustrators, and blog hosts get out of them… and even how we view tours. I’ve come up with a lot of questions to [...]

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Speeding Up the Learning Curve

October 28, 2011

Social media and the online world change rapidly. It seems like there are always new toys – err… networks, tools, apps, sites, etc. – to explore. It’d be great to try them all, but time is a huge factor for me, and I suspect for you, too. One thing that helps me manage my time [...]

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Own Your Name(s)

October 19, 2011

I know I’ve mentioned this before, but it bears repeating: owning your own name as a domain name is a good thing. Even if you aren’t ready to launch your website, it’s a good investment: buy your name (try Dreamhost or Network Solutions or any of the scads of legitimate online registrars). You can carry [...]

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Another Reason to Have a Platform: A Picture Book For Sale

October 3, 2011

Some of you may know the work of Marc Tyler Nobleman. He’s the author of more than 70 books, including the pictured Boys of Steel. He also has a fabulous blog, Noblemania, where he tells the stories behind the stories in his books. Now, there’s nothing unusual about a blogging author who is also on [...]

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Bank Time – Pay Yourself First

September 28, 2011

I do so love social media. I love the tools. I love the changes (the never ending changes!). And most of all, I love the connections it creates. It is so easy to get caught up in the ins and outs of how social media impacts our business and personal lives. One could get lost [...]

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