Comments on: An Editorial Calendar Will Keep You Sane

By: mod*mom

mod*mom — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:32:35 +0000

i just make it up as i go along

By: Traveler

Traveler — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:38:13 +0000

GREAT IDEA! I’m kind of new to this and am still using the shotgun approach but I’m hoping that soon I will level out and get a schedule in place. I plan on checking out the rest of your ideas but wanted to let you know that the calendar one is a great one.

By: Janice (5 Minutes for Mom)

Janice (5 Minutes for Mom) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:49:57 +0000

You have a got a great system going on! I need to get more organized – but I am by nature totally disorganized, so every part of me rebels against getting it together!

By: genny

genny — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:11:55 +0000

Found you through Rocks in My Dryer. Thanks for the great tips! I also do a lot of other writing and have half-started this process, but you have motivated me to take it to the next step and get more organized. Thank you!

By: Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates

Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:22:36 +0000

I now have 2 blogs and started doing this a little while back. Makes life much easier. I just use a notebook, but I think I would like a small planner instead. If I don’t feel like writing about what I scheduled, I change it.

Thanks for all of your great tips here!

(Um, you have no idea how many exclamation points I deleted while writing this comment.)

By: Jo-Lynne (Musings of a Housewife)

Jo-Lynne (Musings of a Housewife) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:52:55 +0000

I have recently started doing this. I am still very spontaneous in many of my posts, but I have to keep a calendar for reviews and giveaways and ads and when when the ads end. And also guest posts. And I also carry the notebook with me.

I’ve also started taking notes as I read books I’m going to review. Which probably sounds obvious, but I wasn’t doing that. It’s so much easier to write my reviews now.

Thanks for the informative post!

Excellent post!

By: Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba)

Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:00:50 +0000

This has been a REALLY good week for blogging tips. And this may be the best idea EVER! I have an editorial calendar, of sorts, in my brain. But it hadn’t occurred to write it down. That fact is odd, especially considering the fact that I practically live and die by an editorial calendar at work. (Sometimes I truly don’t see the forest for the trees.)

Rebecca

By: phyllis

phyllis — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:24:52 +0000

this is a great post – very helpful. i have 2 blogs, one of which i tend to neglect…and i’m considering adding one more (to ignore?) in a different niche. so this is helpful to figure out how i would actually make it all work….

By: Katrina (Callapidder Days)

Katrina (Callapidder Days) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:50:17 +0000

I have to agree with the others — this is a great, and very helpful, post. Thanks, Melanie.

By: Karen {simply a musing blog}

Karen {simply a musing blog} — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:57:51 +0000

Great suggestion, Melanie. I’ve finally started to make an attempt at some sort of schedule, but since I now have two blogs, (one is SORELY neglected), that might be just the trick I need to keep me on track!