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Sara Atwood

Sara Atwood loves a good story. She’s been writing them for and about DreamHost customers since 2017, along with insider tips for the care and keeping of great websites.

Articles By Sara Atwood

To Guadalajara Web Developer and WordPress Fan, the Simple Life is Everything thumbnail

To Guadalajara Web Developer and WordPress Fan, the Simple Life is Everything

by Sara Atwood

For Jos Velasco, computers have always been magic. “We didn’t have a computer at home, but every time I had the opportunity to use ...

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Bestselling Independent Fantasy Author Helps Aspiring Writers Find A Voice

by Sara Atwood

Years before becoming a bestselling fantasy author, Nat Russo figured that the ability to write was “some mystical gift from the unive ...

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Bogotá Marketer Inspires Local Entrepreneurs with Focus on Brand and Sustainability thumbnail

Bogotá Marketer Inspires Local Entrepreneurs with Focus on Brand and Sustainability

by Sara Atwood

Inspiration is Susan Rodriguez’s favorite word. Inspiration is also what struck her while working for a big-name branding agency in ...

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From Blog to Biz: Quilty Love Crafts Bright, Modern Quilt Designs thumbnail

From Blog to Biz: Quilty Love Crafts Bright, Modern Quilt Designs

by Sara Atwood

Emily Dennis was in denial about her plans to launch a business. Even when Dennis started a blog and Instagram to share the modern quilt ...

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This Colombian Clothing Brand Is Tackling Fast Fashion’s Environmental Problem thumbnail

This Colombian Clothing Brand Is Tackling Fast Fashion’s Environmental Problem

by Sara Atwood

The so-called fast-fashion industry — which brings runway fashions to discount stores — means more trendy clothes are produced fa ...

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“Power Outage” Brings Tabletop RPGs to Young Players (And Their Grown-Ups) thumbnail

“Power Outage” Brings Tabletop RPGs to Young Players (And Their Grown-Ups)

by Sara Atwood

Bebarce El-Tayib didn’t learn that Dungeons & Dragons or other tabletop RPGs (role-playing games) existed until he was well into adul ...

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Herald and Sons Publishing: The Ultimate Father-Son DIY Project thumbnail

Herald and Sons Publishing: The Ultimate Father-Son DIY Project

by Sara Atwood

Ethan Herald is a natural storyteller. Almost as soon as he started talking, he made up fully-fleshed characters and told his parents all ...

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Line and Grid: Building Brands and Breaking Boundaries

by Sara Atwood

The solid, intersecting lines of a grid are foundational tools of graphic design. Designers use grids as a guide to create visual flow an ...

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RocketSTEM Ignites a Love of Space and Science in the Next Generation of Explorers thumbnail

RocketSTEM Ignites a Love of Space and Science in the Next Generation of Explorers

by Sara Atwood

During the 2009 recession — “I guess we can call that the small recession now,” Chase Clark quips — Clark decided he was ready for a new ...

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RetroSupply Co. Creates Vintage Tools for Modern Designers thumbnail

RetroSupply Co. Creates Vintage Tools for Modern Designers

by Sara Atwood

In the days of sleek digital design, there’s nothing quite like the look of art inked fresh onto paper. Dustin Lee has always thought so, ...

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Honoring Japanese Tea with the Urasenke Tankokai L.A. Association

by Sara Atwood

Los Angeles native Mark Umbriaco is always looking to experience a new piece of his city’s patchwork of culture. So when he and a friend ...

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We Like L.A.: Your Guide on What to Do, Eat, and See in Los Angeles thumbnail

We Like L.A.: Your Guide on What to Do, Eat, and See in Los Angeles

by Sara Atwood

OK, so the traffic is bad, the rent is too high, and the smog rolls in thick. But still, there’s a lot to like about Los Angeles. It i ...

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2 Dads With Baggage: Adventures in Family Travel with a Gay Twist thumbnail

2 Dads With Baggage: Adventures in Family Travel with a Gay Twist

by Sara Atwood

It was 2 a.m. in Paris, and 7-year-old Ava Bailey-Klugh was wide awake. Jet lag is hard, especially when you’re too young to understand w ...

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Meet The British History Podcast: “History, the Way It’s Meant to Be Heard” thumbnail

Meet The British History Podcast: “History, the Way It’s Meant to Be Heard”

by Sara Atwood

Think you hate history? You’re probably wrong, says Jamie Jeffers, founder of The British History Podcast. The problem, he says ...

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How Conservation Blueprint is Saving the World, One Wildflower Seed at a Time thumbnail

How Conservation Blueprint is Saving the World, One Wildflower Seed at a Time

by Sara Atwood

What do solar panels and honey bees have in common? At first glance, not much — though both are great for the environment. But Peter Ber ...

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