I am not dead; I have been AWOL, sorta. While I haven’t made any new posts to the site, I have been working under the hood. Spring cleaning around your home is essential, but I learned blog spring cleaning is equally important. So what have I been doing? Blog Spring Cleaning! I got rid of …

Blog design and Website design is something I have an easy time doing for other people; but when I do it for myself, I am never happy with anything I do. I owe the inspiration for Dusky Illusion’s new look to Fran at Free Borboleta. I found her blog while searching for optimal Pinterest pin …

Website Optimization to me has been a struggle since I switched from the traditional website to WordPress. I have been striving so hard for perfection, and get almost there, but end up ripping my hair out and doing more harm than good to my site. I notice that with each theme update, I have new …

Niche Or Not I have spent years trying to “niche” myself here on Dusky Illusions…. I was actually worried about it. I have a blog for gaming and RPGs, I have a blog for the various grids… but this one, my main blog was my concern.  I have read many great posts saying you must …