Melanie Nelson has a master’s degree in technical writing and has been working with online media since 1995. Her web site, BloggingBasics101.com, is a top resource for beginning and intermediate bloggers and is listed as one of the 100 Top Freelance Blogs.

She is a technology contributing editor at BlogHer and she has taught beginning blogging classes at conferences such as BlogHer, BlissDom, and I_Blog. Melanie is currently co-authoring TypePad For Dummies (Wiley Publishing) which is due in stores in early 2010.