Now you want your blog to be self-hosted, it is critical to know what it takes to have one. What it takes You need a domain name and a hosting solution. Why? Free hosting mostly is on a sub-domain e.g myblog.wordpress.com With self-hosting, you maintain your own domain as well as content. This means you […]
View Post bandwith, cloud computing, cloud hosting, code, cpanel, encryption, virtual private hosting, web hostingKenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu and the Creative Economy Working Group (CEWG) have sued the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) and its CEO Ezekiel Mutua on their decision to ban the film Rafiki. KFCB had in April 2018 banned the film in Kenya apparently on the grounds that the film’s producer had declined to remove what the […]
View PostGrammar is not as easy as you might think. In a world where our English is affected by our use of mother tongue, you shouldn’t beat yourself up because your English is not good. That is why there are many resources available to help make things a bit easier. When you are self-editing, sometimes grammatical […]
View Post adverb, auxilliary verbs, mother tongue, nouns, Pronouns, self-editing, verbsWhen a writer sits to pen a story, they just don’t write something bland. Instead, they come up with ways to entice and excite the reader to read their stories. They use literary devices. These are narrative techniques that add excitement to the story. They are what encourages the reader to continue gnawing at the […]
View Post cliffhanger, colloqualism, euphemism, flashback, hyperbole, imagery, irony, juxtaposition, literary devices, metaphor, multi-perspectivity, narrative techniques, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, poetic justice, satire, style of writing, symbolism, voice of the writerYou rarely get it right the first time. If you find someone who can, let me know. I’d like to have a few words with them. Bloggers read their works up to five times to get it right, sometimes even more. For those who write books, they have their publishing house editors to help them […]
View Post blogging tips, Editing, Editing Techniques, grammatical errors, myth of the siren, spelling mistakesThe aim of content creation is to bring your thoughts to reality. That piece of art, that photograph that has captured the moment perfectly or that story that you hope one day to turn into a book. We all want to earn from it. What all content creators want to see is the fruits of their […]
View Post content creation, copyright infringement in Kenya, Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO), Kenya Copyright Laws, Section 3 of the Copyright Act Cap 130 of the Kenya Copyright LawsHey, am just checking in. Have you had time to go through what we talked about? How many times have you sent such an email with the hopes that someone on the other side would reply, but they never do? Nothing makes professionals roll their eyes like a ‘just checking in email’, especially one that […]
View Post contact, email marketing, email responses, emailing, inbox, Marketers, NetworkingA sure you have come across the term evergreen during one of your geography classes. Evergreen trees usually are green throughout the year. When it comes to content, evergreen content is one that transcends the test of time. These types of content are usually relevant, no matter how much time has passed. They have no […]
View Post Authors' Authority, beginners, blogging, Evergreen Content, Social Media, StatisticsBy Radding Nyamwaya The wedding was short, beautiful and straight to the point. The bride and the groom had desired no audience at their nuptials. Just a priest, one relative each and a photographer, me. What more would you expect of a secret wedding held in the basement of a minefield? You’re interested in the […]
View Post characters, descriptive language, Editing, humor, hyperbole, Story telling, suspenseImage credit During your blogging journey, you have encountered people who hate on your work either because they don’t agree with your opinion or they just woke up one morning and decided to take out their anger on you because something is not going on well in their life. Some may just be genuinely correcting […]
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