Working on The Site
I am working on the site so things will look a little strange for a hot minute while I tweak the new template. pic is what the 2009 site looked like. Just so you know. ^_^
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Supple Mama Flickr Group
I started a group on flickr for Supplemama.com!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/supplemama/
Join and I’ll post your pic(s) to the site. So far I’m the only member so if you have an interest in fitness and/or weight loss please join 
See more progress on: set up flickr groups for my websites
Developing Blog Publishing Schedules
This is something I need to get cracking on, because time is passing and I’m still pissing away at this blog thing. I planned to be in a very different spot by now with this at the beginning of the year, I can’t believe it’s August and I’m still not making a dime with my blogs. Well I am making some dimes, but nothing substantial. This could be a lucrative stream of income for me, and that starts with publishing interesting, compelling stuff that people will want to read on a regular basis.
I recently added 2 new blogs, the Positive Emergence Zine Project:
http://pezine.com
and the Futuristic Motherhood Book Project:
http://futuristicmotherhood.com
As they are new I think I need to start posting to them daily. Other daily blogs are Supple Mama, which is easy to do because I post about my fitness and food and general outlook for the day:
http://supplemama.com
and Family Earthprint, this is my eco lifestyle blog! I have so many posts and ideas for this blog to take it the next level I have to start posting daily:
http://familyearthprint.com
Dread Mama is my most popular blog, it’s about dreadlocks, I’ll start posting to it daily also:
http://dreadmama.net
Seed & Flame is my blog about living a creative life, I post about projects I’m working on:
http://trula.org
Texture Bookstore is my blog about my bookstore, even if I don’t have news/updates about the store, I need to start posting daily about books: http://texturebookstore.com
Ok now the blogs I will post to just 3X a week are:
Mercury Lynch was a domain I had just pointed to my Seed & Flame blog, but I really want to develop it back into a site purely about science fiction (mercury lynch is the pen name I use for my sci-fi writing): http://mercurylynch.com
Earthy Style is about my teeny fashion house, basically stuff I make and sell using recycled/upcycled items. Bags mostly, a few skirts, things of that sort:
http://earthystyle.com
Trula Kids is my mommy blog and the one I started out blogging with many moons ago. My kids are now 20, 14, 11. I still have lots of mothering stuff to write about though:
http://trulakids.com
Brian and Trula is my marriage blog and was/is mostly about our upcoming marriage renewal vows and general marriage stuff:
http://brianandtrula.com
and finally my blog for MSPmedia.net, basically I just post about the various projects happening, indie production, and things like that: http://mspmedia.net
So that puts me at 7 blogs to post to daily. I’ve already set up topics several months in advance, and I’m a fast writer, but that still forces me to commit to an hour of blog writing daily, and 1-2 hours on days I have to post to all of them. That’s going to cut into my writing time on my book projects. It will be worth it though when this pays off.
See more progress on: Maintain an active blog publishing schedule
Dread Mama Flickr Group
I started a group on flickr for Dreadmama.net!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dreadmama/
Join and I’ll post your pic(s) to the site. So far I’m the only member so if you have an interest in dreadlocks please join
See more progress on: set up flickr groups for my websites
Positive Emergence Zine Back to Quarterly
Positive Emergence Magazine is back to a quarterly publication starting June 2009. So there will be 2 more issues this year! I’m excited about the change because though published less often each issue will be bigger and more informative. The change also allows me to include more writers. Check back for more info soon!
Updated Calendar
I updated the MSpmedia publishing and production calendar for the rest of this year, it also include some upcoming events I am doing.
How to Help MSPmedia
You love MSPmedia, I know you do! Here are some ways you can help me:
Post Comments
Your comments on my posts are invaluable feedback. Comments let me know what people think and feel about what I write. I also get an idea of what people want featured on this site. This helps me to make this site the interactive resource I want it be. If you have a blog, commenting here will help you as well because you will get traffic coming to your blog from your link. As long as you don’t post anything hateful or just a spam comment, I will approve your comments and leave them up.
Link to it
Link me! Mention it on your blogs, blog comments, on mailing lists, talk about it with your friends, on wikis and social media sites like Digg, etc. Please don’t spam my blog – link to it where appropriate. If you linked to this site, feel free to email me about it with a link to a place where it was linked to.
Advertise on This Blog
You can advertise through Google here. You can also advertise directly through me by purchasing ad space here. It does cost more to advertise directly but you get a static placement which guarantees more views. Questions on advertising email me: trula at MSPmedia dot net or get started now by buying ad space.
Tell Me What Needs to be Fixed
Send me an email or comment on the blog if you detect any problems such as:
Spelling errors (I’m using American English spelling on this site.)
Grammatical errors
Busted links
Bad Code (HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.)
Let me know either by commenting or emailing me: trula at MSPmedia dot net
Due to my ethnic background, some of my content may contain African American slang or syntax. Do not contact me about these. I do not view them as being problematic. They are culturally-specific features which add texture to my speech.
Suggest new content
Let me know what you would like to see here regarding the topics of writing, publishing, producing,independent media, etc. While I am by no stretch of the imagination an expert on any of these topics, I am delighted to share my experiences with you. I have a lot of knowledge and experience on these topics and have been successful (well, I guess that would depend on how you define success ha ha) with them in my life. Let me know what I can write that may help you or others.
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Donate
Why should you donate? This blog has posts about writing, publishing, producing,living a creative life, etc, all provided free for your use. If you like my blog and visit it often donate to help keep it running. Best of all, you will be a part of keeping indie publishing alive! All my work part of my indie publishing & production biz MSPmedia, you can donate via paypal here:
LEVEL A donation receives:
10 phone publishing/producing consultations with Trula 30 minutes each
5 free signed books of mine of your choosing
Permanent link on MSPmedia site
LEVEL B donation receives:
4 phone consultations with Trula 30 minutes each
2 free signed books of mine of your choosing
Permanent link on MSPmedia site
LEVEL C donation receives:
1 phone consultation with Trula 30 minutes each
1 free signed book of mine of your choosing
Permanent link on MSPmedia site
You may also donate a different amount of your choosing:
Your amount donation under $100 receives:
Permanent link on MSPmedia site
Your amount donation over $500 receives:
Twice Level A amount
Or send a donation check or money order here (please do not send cash through the postal mail)
Trula Breckenridge
MSPmedia
P.O Box 218
Elyria, Ohio
44036-0218
Volunteer
Well what if you’re thinking: Trula, are you kidding me? I’m broke as hell. Hey I understand! But you still want to help, coolness. Then check out how to join my Street Team and help me take my biz to the next level! Street Team info coming soon, watch for it!
However you help me, I love you for your support and thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your kindness is much appreciated!
Trula
Updating the Site
