Author: dverastiqui
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How to quickly delete all those extra image sizes in wp-content
So, you know how you can’t settle on a permanent location for your blog? You keep creating separate domains or putting it under different folders, but you’re never happy with it long-term. And every time you move, you’re left with the uploads directory full of files and all of their auto-generated sizes. You don’t really…
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The Minimum Jetpack Plan Needed to be Included in WordPress Reader
If you don’t know, Jetpack is a plugin that adds a bunch of extra features to your WordPress blog. Those features used to be contained in a single subscription, but now they’re available a la carte. With the goal of saving some money in mind, I started to wonder, What’s the minimum Jetpack plan required…
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How to Customize the Typology Theme’s Single Post Display For Fun and Profit
I try new themes every month, maybe even let them run for a week or two, but I’m always switching back to Typology. The theme focuses on your text and puts graphics and photos and complex designs in the background. If you want your words front and center, this is the theme for you. That…
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Breaking Down The Raven
One of the best things about Stephen King’s On Writing is the way he breaks down scenes and tells you how they were constructed. Being told not to use adverbs is great and all, but really getting into the mind of a good writer and seeing the process behind the art can be an invaluable…
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Recommended Reading: The Introduction to Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer
The introduction to Tropic of Cancer was written by Karl Shapiro, an American poet who died in 2000. At first, I misread and thought the Intro was written by Anais Nin, which is the only reason I read it in the first place. I’d read her work, so I was curious to hear what she thought…
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You and I, Arjuna, have lived many lives.
There is so much to learn from this book beyond what writing is about. So much of my personal style is derived from Grimwood’s that I often read this book, or just chapters, before I start writing something new, or when I’m stuck. If I can’t start a chapter, I’ll load up my Kindle and…