Halil: Send me a few notes on your background: name, age, where you`re from, etc....

Carla: My name is Carla, I am 39, originally from Kansas City, Missouri.. I am an artist currently living in the East Village, New York..


Halil: When did you had the idea to start blogging ?

Carla: When I read a local newspaper article about blogging for bucks about a month ago.


Halil: Would you like to share with us the URL of your first post?

Carla: http://nopolicestate.blogspot.com


Halil: Where did you get your daily blog inspiration from?

Carla: from daily life, the world around me and current events.


Halil: Describe your blog in three sentences.

Carla: No Police State Girls blog is about everything No Police State and other random thoughts; peace, politics, music, art, fashion, lifestyles, the environment, saving the world and whatever else comes to mind.


Halil: Are there any topics you wouldn´t write about?

Carla: I would not write about offensive and violent topics.


Halil: What kind of people read your blog and who should read it?How are their reactions?

Carla: Mybloglog.com has a lot of great readers such as yourself who read my blog. I do not have many reader statistics but most reactions are positive.


Halil: What tools do you use for statistics? And how do they help you improve your blog?

Carla: Google´s adsense.com gives the number of daily page impressions. I am planning to insert a mybloglog recent visitors widget on my blog to help see who visits my page.


Halil: Which of your blog posts had the most reactions from your readers?

Carla: not many comments yet except that my blog has police advertisements running on it.


Halil: How many blogs do you have currently in your reader?

Carla: one


Halil: The top 3 blogs you read?

Carla: 1. http://blog.myspace.com/nopolicestategirl, 2.  http://mybloglog.com, 3.  http://blogaboutmoneyonline.blogspot.com


Do you use any widgets? which ones?

Carla: blogger.com widgets


Your URL: http://nopolicestate.blogspot.com