Comments on: Thriller Thursday “Emergency” Post. https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785 Twisted Minds and Dark Places Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Stacy Green https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785#comment-3980 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:48:38 +0000 https://stacygreenauthor.com/?p=1785#comment-3980 In reply to Julie Glover.

Thanks, Julie. I’ll probably have to do that, because I do want to make them available. I think the stories have a bigger impact when you can actually look at those involved.

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By: Stacy Green https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785#comment-3979 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:47:50 +0000 https://stacygreenauthor.com/?p=1785#comment-3979 In reply to Karen Rought.

Thanks Karen. It’s a hard decision to make, because something needs to break up the text. Good luck on your end.

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By: Julie Glover https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785#comment-3978 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:45:20 +0000 https://stacygreenauthor.com/?p=1785#comment-3978 I appreciate the pictures when they are linked to the story. For instance, if a post is about a specific murder, I like seeing a pic of the victim or the accused; maybe because it humanizes the story. It’s not really about breaking the text up for me, but rather providing additional information through visuals. That said, I think it’s also just fine to provide links to such pictures, so that if readers want to see, they can click over to another site to view photos related to the story. That’s my two cents.

And I’ll be frantically combing through my site next week in light of Roni’s post as well. Here’s hoping I don’t have to do too much changing.

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By: Karen Rought https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785#comment-3977 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:19:05 +0000 https://stacygreenauthor.com/?p=1785#comment-3977 I’ll absolutely still read read your posts – pictures or no pictures! I like it when they’re longer too, as it gives me a better sense of what actually happened. I’m upset about this too, and I’m not really looking forward to going through previous blog posts and changing pics. 🙁

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By: Stacy Green https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785#comment-3976 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:32:31 +0000 https://stacygreenauthor.com/?p=1785#comment-3976 In reply to August McLaughlin.

Why can’t you Pin photos you’ve purchased from stock photos like iStockphotos? That’s what I used for my new header. Thanks for the tip on Creative Commons. The thing with Thriller Thursday is that the blog post already takes a lot of time, so I’m not sure if I want to be making texts photos. But I could have a few to use…
Thanks!

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By: August McLaughlin https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785#comment-3975 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:29:36 +0000 https://stacygreenauthor.com/?p=1785#comment-3975 I’ll still read them, Stacy. I’d also suggest looking for photos upheld by Creative Commons copyright—you can Google for those, taking your own photos or making graphics. You can make a text graphic pretty easily that features the title or topic of your post. This also makes your post Pinterest-friendly or purchase dark/creepy stock photos. (I seldom use stock because I want my posts to be pinnable. But if you don’t mind that bit, you can purchase photos for as little as 50 cents. Try DepositPhotos.com.) Good luck!

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By: Stacy Green https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785#comment-3974 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:17:51 +0000 https://stacygreenauthor.com/?p=1785#comment-3974 In reply to Roni Loren.

I had to approve it. And please don’t apologize – your sharing saved the rest of us. I really thought that things posted on online news sites were public domain. Live and learn, and I certainly didn’t mean to steal from any one. Of course, you didn’t either, and I’m so sorry you’ve had to go through this.

Your idea with links is a good one, and I do plan on continuing Thriller Thursdays. Thanks for stopping by:)

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By: Roni Loren https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785#comment-3973 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:13:49 +0000 https://stacygreenauthor.com/?p=1785#comment-3973 Hmm, looks like my comment disappeared. If this is a double post, I apologize:

Hi Stacy, I hate that everyone is having to shift everything around because of what happened, but we’re all learning our way through what’s okay. And obviously, I’m erring on the absolute caution side now. I know what I’m doing for my “man candy” features is to post links. The pics open up in their own window and are on someone else’s site, but it’s easy for a reader to click it they want to see. That could work for your posts maybe.

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By: Roni Loren https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785#comment-3972 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:12:49 +0000 https://stacygreenauthor.com/?p=1785#comment-3972 Hi Stacy, I hate that everyone is having to shift everything around because of what happened, but we’re all learning our way through what’s okay. And obviously, I’m erring on the absolute caution side now. I know what I’m doing for my “man candy” features is to post links. The pics open up in their own window and are on someone else’s site, but it’s easy for a reader to click it they want to see. That could work for your posts maybe.

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By: 4amWriter https://stacygreenauthor.com/archives/1785#comment-3971 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:58:31 +0000 https://stacygreenauthor.com/?p=1785#comment-3971 I’m a fairly new follower, Stacy but the reason I followed in the first place was content–not pics. Of course the pictures help illustrate your material, but I would still read your posts even without the pictures. 🙂

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