The Life Uncommon is following my journey as an aspiring freelance writer/novelist who is trying to transition out of the corporate world into the world of the written word.
First couple things I noticed were your banner, adsense and sidebar. The banner image at the top, while very nice looking, may be a bit large. The adsense thing is hard to get right - most people have had luck placing it within there content i.e. after each post. Sidebar ends ends abruptly after scrolling down the page just a little.
After scrolling down a little it looks as if all of the good stuff you want in your sidebar has somehow moved to below your post.
I see you have a donate through paypal button, it might help if you use your own custom image. I have used a coffee cup(see sidebar). This helps users determine and amount and also makes some people realize that just a little can actually help. When readers see "buy me a coffee," they think I can afford that and it would be nice to help a little.
Your RSS/Email subscription area is way down at the bottom, you want this to be one of the first things people see.
You might want to give a description or short explanation at the top, this helps readers know what to expect at your blog.
Try showing fewer posts on the front page, if someone wants to read more they'll go look for it. If you have three or four posts on the front page then people can get a taste and then they will go look at your other stuff. Anything more than five posts and people feel overwhelmed and don't connect with anything.
Great blog, keep it up.
http://www.thelifeuncommon.net/blog/
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