Why Is Blogging No Fun Anymore?
A return to blog posts written in a snatched hour or two, the excitement of sharing, and the triumph of curiosity over fear - that's the idea anyway...
Why This Writer Needs Other Writers
Here I am, back in the blogging chair. My plan to nix other writing commitments (no frivolous blog posts or freebie feature articles – I iz a serious writer now) and pour all my creativity into ‘The Book’ didn’t pan out as I imagined...
Don’t Let Self-Doubt Sabotage Success
A thought struck me as I waved K off to work one morning - looking all hotshot and capable in his well-cut suit - and I resolved to talk to him about it when he returned...
Beginning the Book
The idea of my writing a book has been floating around our house for a while now, slowly shedding it's aura of incredibility. That quip I made about my life reading like an Amazon bestseller took root and, with a Pinocchio-esque insistence, demands to become a real book...
Mummy bloggers – the retail industry’s secret weapon?
They’re just like you and me aren’t they? Down-to-earth, honest-to-goodness parents giving us the inside scoop on child rearing. But access to family email inboxes nationwide makes the mummy blogger a marketing man’s dream. What if some of them embrace the Dark Side?
Online Abuse: Think you’re safe on a professional network?
if you experience online abuse, you rely on the tools in place to flag and report it. But what happens if they're ineffective?
I write because…
I write because it costs nothing. Ikea give you free pencils and there’s always something around to scribble on – a napkin, a receipt, a wall, a limb.
Is language in danger?
Language is a living, evolving entity, but doesn’t it need nurturing and protection like any other living thing? We seek to preserve species, geographical sites and places of historical interest – what about the tools with which we convey our deepest instincts, fears and truths – the essence of what it is to be human?
Do you live to write or write to live?
Whatever made me think I’d be immune? I’d read the blog posts about pressure sapping creativity and the danger of writing for your audience instead of yourself and shrugged it off with nonchalant naivety - that didn't sound like me at all...
Five Books to Boost your Writing
Sometimes, when the very act of writing has become painful drudgery and you think "I can't be any good - surely it's not meant to be like this...", all you need to get going again is a little inspiration and a reminder of why you love doing what you do...
