Black Lotus

A Three-part article series on Blog; Blogging and Bloggers  An Article on Articles  And other things...  Part 3. And Other Things…  the Little things . ( idiom )  The unimportant matters, the minor concerns. This term dates back to the ancient Romans, or perhaps even further. Writers have deemed little things either as too trivial to make a difference (Ovid: “Little things affect little minds,” repeated by Disraeli and Oliver Goldsmith, among others) or as being the building blocks of important matters (Browning: “We find great things are made of little things”).  Having dealt with the basics of the technicalities and the particularities, what else do we have left here? (In the context of blogging, successfully, I mean.) Well begun is not necessarily half done especially so when you’re not sure what the end goal is! Before we continue; I really do hope you’ve read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. If you’re still here, please have a blog as you continue r...

A Three-part Article on: Blog: Blogging and Bloggers  An Article on Articles  And other things...  Part 2. An Article on Articles  Article. ( noun )  a particular item or object.  a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.  What is an Article in the context of Blogging?  An Article is that part of a Blog which is meant to engage the readers and viewers. It is basically a post. Where a post is defined as;    Post. ( noun )  a piece of writing, image, or other items of content published online, typically on a blog or social media website or application.    Post. ( verb )  to display (a notice) in a public place.  Technically speaking an article is the written part of a post but it is used interchangeably with the term post, with one actually being considered as the part of another.  For your blog, an article could be the final stuff you post to your web page afte...