Fun fact: book blogging is a lot of life-draining work (but thankfully, not of the literal Dementor’s Kiss variety). You need to grow your blog, design your graphics, post pictures on bookstagram, retweet the latest news on book twitter, upload videos on booktube, and write reviews on Goodreads. Not to mention somehow finding the time to read all those latest releases crowding up your shelves. I’m working up a sweat just thinking about it. 💦
There aren’t a thousand million trillion hours in a day, so how can you up your book blogging game without also losing your mind? That’s the question I struggled to answer for the first year of my bumpy blogging experience. I kept thinking to myself (to quote the wise and very mature Olaf): “This will all make sense when I am older.”
But unlike Olaf, you don’t actually have to wait until you’re older! You can learn NOW the things that have taken me over a year and a half to understand! How, you might ask? Well, I’ll tell you.
Introducing The Blogiful Blog Design Week 2.0
Tune into Novels & Waffles for Blogiful 2.0, a five-day-long blogging event that I’m co-hosting with the lovely Tracy from Truffle’s Literary Wonders. The Blogiful Event (and yes, that’s just the words “blog” and “beautiful” mashed together) aims to help book bloggers like yourself make sense of the tangled mess that is blog design. It will be overflowing with tips, tricks, walkthroughs, tutorials, and even a free giveaway! From January 27th to January 31st, Tracy and I be sharing all our deepest, darkest, most helpful insider secrets on topics such as color palettes, animated blog headers, SEO, and so much more!
Between the two of us, we’ve got quite the arsenal of design knowledge and branding know-how. But we don’t want to selfishly hoard it like grumpy old dragons (we aren’t Smaug, you know). Instead, we want to arm you to the teeth with all that info so you too can battle your time-draining demons. You’ve already got enough problems (remember that exhaustive list from the beginning of this post?). Don’t let designing and branding your book blog be one of them! Check back next week for Blogiful 2.0!
Want Early Access?
*In my best infomercial voice* But wait, there’s more!
Do you want early access to some exclusive Blogiful content TODAY, a full two weeks before the event begins? (Of course you do – nobody likes to wait, after all.) Then sign up below to have the Waffle Truck instantly deliver all the free downloadable worksheets, checklists, and planners that’ll become available during the Blogiful 2.0 Event straight to your inbox.
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Okay, so you’re not interested in early access. What now? Obviously, you’re going to sit around idly, twiddle your thumbs, and count down the seconds until this waffley awesome event starts… haha, not! But if you do have a moment of your precious time to spare, then please feel free to check out all the posts from the 2019 Blogiful event right here. Some of the topics I cover include: rebranding, fonts, blog names, and even a special in-depth tutorial on how I make my own graphics.
Are you excited for the Blogiful 2.0? I know I am!
What are some topics you hope will be covered?
What parts of blog design and branding do you find most difficult?
Ahh… I’m so excited that both of you are doing this events again!! Thank you so much, I can’t wait to see all the posts!! I loved them last year and they were so helpful!!
And yes Olaf is such a mood!! 😂
Again I can’t wait for all the posts!! <3
Thanks so much, Sophie! 💛 I hope that you’ll find this year’s event as helpful as the last!!
I can’t wait!
Thank you so much 💛
I already know that this event is gonna be amazing—I’m so excited!!! 🥰🥰
AHHHHH THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!! 💛 I hope I can live up to your exceptions!
ahh I’m so excited you’re doing this again! I learned so much last time :)
I am so so SO glad to hear that you found the last event to be so helpful! 💛
AHH this is so exciting! I can’t wait!! Thank you so much for hosting this event! <3
No, thank YOU for being awesome and for all your support! Hopefully it’ll live up to your expectations 💛
Wow, that’s amazing that you’re doing this! :D Looking forward to it!!
Thank you so much 💛 That means a LOT to me!
Ahhh, I CANNOT wait for this!! I binge-read all the 2019 Blogiful events a few months ago and am now really excited for the ones this year…thank you so much for hosting this 💕 Also, hello! I’ve been a silent follower of your gorgeous blog for a while, but wanted to finally say hello today 😃
– Ash | ashronnel.blogspot.com
Hello, Ash! 💛 Thanks so much for your kind words and for following my little space of the interwebs :) It means so much to me! I’m really happy to hear that you found all the 2019 posts to be helpful, and I hope that this year will prove to be equally informative! Thanks again 💛
I’m so excited to see what topics you’ll cover this time ! Looking forward to reading your posts !!
THANK YOUUUUUU 💛
I am so excited that you’re doing this again!!! I learned so much from the last Blogiful design event and they were all so helpful! Thank you so much for doing this again, because right now I am so much like Olaf.
Honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever stop being Olaf haha. But thank you so much for your kind words and support! I’m happy to hear that the last event was so helpful to you 💛 I hope that this year will be just as helpful!! Thanks again!💛
I’m so excited to see you doing this event again!! I am very excited and am looking forward to reading the posts!!! Cannot wait. :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH 💛It really means so much to me!
I’m so glad, you deserve it!!
Ohmygosh I’M SO EXCITED TO LEARN THINGS
I’M EXCITED TO (hopefully) TEACH THINGS! 💛💛
Oh, this will be exciting! I loved last year’s event, and I really admire what you’ve done with your blog. 💛 Can’t wait for it all to start!
Thank you so much, Meaghan! That means a lot to me! I’m so happy to hear that the last event was so helpful to you 💛 ALSO, I LOVE your blog’s new name and design 💛
I! AM! SO! DAMN! EXCITED! yay! I can’t wait for this wonderful event to come back and to learn and feel inspired a whole lot again, I can’t waaaaaait! :)
OH MARIEEEEEE! Thank you so much! I hope that I’m able to share some helpful hints and tips with you all :)
Oh my goooodnessss!! This is the perfect news to come back to blogging to! Your last Blogiful was AMAZING! I feel like I might be using too many exclamation marks, but I don’t think I can properly convey how excited I am otherwise 😁
So excited for this!!
This is amazing and I can’t wait to read ALL THE POSTS.
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