Dr. Nicole Basaraba

Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities, TCD

People’s Choice Awards for blogs

I have hit a few milestones in blogging: my blog turned 1-year’s old in August this year, I’ve started to get more comments on my posts which is lots of fun and I’ve met lots of great people. And now I’ve hit another milestone: I’ve received the Liebster Blog Award. I have been participating in

Writer Lingo – a newbie’s dictionary

Welcome to Writers’ Uni-Verse-City (or WUVC for short because every university has an acronym), a place where writers/bloggers can meet to discuss the craft of writing in the Internet age. I  want to learn what it takes to make it in the world of writing and publishing and nowadays there is a wealth of information on the

Writers’ Platform-Building Campaign

Ok, so I’m sneaking in another post this week. I can’t believe I’ve posted Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and today! Whew lots of blogging. But there’s a reason. I have just signed up for the Writers’ Platform-building campaign. There’s quite a detailed description on Rach Writes blog about it. So I will brief you: basically its

How I use social media as a platform

Based on advice from Kristen Lamb’s book “We Are Not Alone” (WANA) and her blog posts I have decided to share how I’m using social media as an “author platform.” As I am yet to be what is considered an author, the social media platform is in the works, the prepatory phase for what I hope one day