I’ve never been interested in minimalism. Couldn’t see the point. But I just spent over two hours deleting less than one-third of the emails that I don’t even want to read. That was preceded by quite a significant amount of time checking Facebook notifications from groups that, while I joined […]
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I know that so many beginning bloggers want the answer to this one. How short is too short? How long is too long? So I thought now was a good time to have a bit of a look at it for myself. According to Hook Agency, ‘[t]he best blog length […]
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As regular readers of my blog will know, I’m going through a bit of a reinvention phase when it comes to the non-fictional aspects of my writing. As part of that process, I decided that a new logo – or really, getting a logo, was required. As you will see […]
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We all know that basic rule of success: set realistic goals. When it comes to my blog, I have yet to set any goals, let alone realistic ones. Typical me really – I think I’m all planned, but really I have just blindly set off and don’t worry about where […]
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Time for the next exercise in my course. This time, I need to write my first blog – which is not possible of course. The alternative is to review your progress and think about your goals. What have I accomplished with the blog? Well, to be honest – it depends […]
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Okay – so I get you need to write what people will want to read. Fair enough. But I also believe that if your heart isn’t in it, it will be flat and boring and no one will want to read it anyway. As a writer, I would much rather […]
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If you write, you know exactly what I mean. You want to write, you sit down to write – then nothing. I’ve got several pieces I need, and want, to work on. A novel I’m revising A short story I’ve promised a friend Another short story I need to ensure […]
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Featured Image for the whole post by Werner Moser from Pixabay I bet I’m not the only one who decided on 31st December 2019 that they were going to make changes, improvements and commitments. As usual, one of mine was to improve my blog posting in both content and regularity. […]
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I can’t believe that I am writing a blog about writing a blog. I’m no expert, that’s for sure. Actually, I would go as far as to say that I am technically challenged (I’ve just contacted an author friend of mine to tell me what my Twitter, Instagram and Facebook […]
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