Attending Blogcademy NYC

Last September 27-28, I attended the Blogcademy, a two day blogging workshop that gives you all the blogging basics and more.   I decided to attend because I’m a longtime reader of Gala Darling, who was one of the facilitators,  and have always wanted to write more consistently.  I’ve never attended anything like it before, so it was the perfect time to try something new.

Makeshift Society Brooklyn photo by Cheyenne Mojica

The Blogcademy was held at the coworking space Makeshift Society in Williamsburg, and was a great location for a weekend workshop.  It was bright, sunny and had high ceilings.  My favorite detail was that the bathrooms were painted in chalkboard paint so you could write messages on the walls.

blackboard bathroom walls
blackboard bathroom walls

 

With Gala, Shauna, and Kat

Gala, Shauna and Kat took turns discussing all about blogging, from formatting, marketing, advertising…

With Stephanie of www.onthegroundhistory.com

I met Stephanie, who blogs about historical places in New York.  Her blog is so informative and interesting!

Blogcademy still life
How great still life photos are taken- Photo by Cheyenne Mojica

We did a series of exercises- one of them being a quick still life photo session.  Standing on top of tall stools makes it possible to capture great still life photos.

Blogcademy Still Life Photo

I made chocolate banana bread to snack on during the workshop, so that had to be in the photo, along with my camera, notebook, workbook, business card, lipstick and sunglasses.

Class Photo
Class Photo by Cheyenne Mojica 

Overall, I really enjoyed spending my weekend learning and getting inspired by other bloggers.  I still have get consistent with writing, which starts with getting over the fear of being vulnerable and just writing.  All great things take time, trial and error and the more I delay writing, the slower I get to achieve my goal of 50 posts in 2015.  I need to get into the habit of writing, so hopefully after this one, the rest will follow.

Thanks to www.cheyennemojica.com for the gorgeous photos from the workshop!