Stylish with Substance

Most of the middle and lower classes are going through tough financial times. I'm no different, and my blogging is especially no different.

What's worse is I've been as depressed as any unumployed person who feels no purpose. I've even been a bit worse than "woe is me" (Woe am I* ), practically wanting to sing out, "Nobody likes me (my blog), I (my blog) should go eat worms". Yes, just like a depressive tween. And I know I'm occasionally bumming my loved ones out. (Sorry, I hope you're reading!)

Thing is I'm no businesswoman. I have many talents, but CEO-ing is far from one of them.

Since I've been fashion blogging, I've disliked the domains I was using. Since I moved nearly the whole enchilada to pursedlips.net I've had the feeling that the assumption this was still a bag blog (and it does make sense, I know) was killing me/us.

We're broke, like I said. It can't get any worse (well, much worse, but I can be negative lately), so it can't hurt to try a revamp to refocus on what I've always been good at here, or mostly back at Kiss Me Stace. Writing about style "but" from my brain. (Sure, when that site started, it was fluff, but I didn't say the beginnign was good, anyway.) One part of the problem has been a definite lack of feeling focused on this site, partially due to an unfocused site name, even though I also wanted room to breathe and grow/change.

I have a solution. And so what if it sets the hits back? The cash is set back anyway, and hopefully a focused first impression will actually help retain real readers - which is what I want much more than hit numbers.

New domain: www. stylish with substance .com - is coming.

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The technical details here on OnSugar blogging is kind of tough-fangled for me. So you might be reading this while things are not working properly or before the change has really begun. But it's coming.

And come back. Or stay. And come back again. I'm going to try to make this easy on readers.

And then I'm done with changes, but not with blogging. I think I'll be much happier typing away now. Phew!

I do feel good about this, and here are some reasons:

• The content has always matched this name. And my resessionista-ism of late has really put me into more of a substance (of many kinds) over quantity-of-clothes position, anyway.

• Plus, the use of the word "style" in the writing world is well-known to me. The punnage is not lost on me, it makes me giddy! I am quite stylish, or, grammatical. ;-)

• Besides, this is a name I can really take home to my (future) mother (in law). I know she'll like this better than purses. OK somewhat better. Those ladies are always tough to please.
• *Updated* It can make readers happy, too.

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*Links to Amazon associate link of the Grammar book, Woe Is I. [Clearly I believe the title is erroneous])

Mainstream fashion journalists have held beef against the blogosphere for some time now. What I didn't know is that I may have predicted this in 2006.

I just found an old article (written in December of 2005 actually, but published January 1st, 2006) with this quote, "... the lines of fashion could be blurred as such that the next issue could be a fight between different sides of fashion and its media".

The article, titled "Fashion is the New Pink", explored how far fashion had come by the mid of the last decade.

"Editors on Bloggers" April, 2010

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I don't know how proud I should feel about my little bit of foresight. Heck, I don't even remember quite what I had in mind at the time of writing this article. However it does make me smile, and that counts for something.

What counts even more, I think, is that this piece was basically a big warning of the then-impending major recession we're still fighting in the new decade. As I signed off, "overdoing it is the new black", I summed up American's erroneous ways.

Bonus: the entry quotes and links to a lot of blogging friends. Overall, it may be a fun read as either new to you or forgotten ... I hope a gem.