Jeremiah Tolbert

Writer | Photographer | Web Designer

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Why WordPress is the Perfect Platform For Author Sites

I get a lot of requests for help with WordPress lately (which I am happy to answer), and I’m mak­ing a good chunk of my money through my knowl­edge of the con­tent man­age­ment sys­tem. I thought today I’d give you some back­ground on why I’ve made WordPress my go-to plat­form when design­ing author websites.

Forcing Creativity

Some will tell you that it’s not pos­si­ble to force cre­ativ­ity, or that the results from “forc­ing” cre­ativ­ity are sub-par to the work that “just hap­pens.”  I’m here to argue the oppo­site. For some cre­ative folks, such as myself, sit­ting around wait­ing for inspi­ra­tion to strike, for the mood to be right, and for the […]

Crucial Freelancer Skill: Estimating Your Time

In my busi­ness as a web designer, the first thing a client often wants from me, after we dis­cuss their project,  is an esti­mate.  For me, this is purely a mat­ter of esti­mat­ing how much time a pro­posed project will take.  But that’s not as easy as it sounds. As I advance in skill, some […]

The Hidden Spring and the Abandoned Hog Farm

My step­fa­ther Mike dri­ves me out into the coun­try  to show off some dis­cov­er­ies he made while walk­ing through the woods look­ing for cast-off deer antlers.    He and an older man by the name of Chester often go look­ing for such things. We drive nearly up to the Missouri bor­der and park in an area […]