Before I do a big reveal post on how our brand new floorboards look, I can’t help but smile and marvel a little about the appropriate timing of today’s giveaway. Oneflare is celebrating the launch of their new (free) iPhone app and I’ve been having a play to see what it can do. First, it…
My home does not look like this. I don’t read blogs that feature houses looking like this, or read the magazines either. There are people who drop a casual eighty dollars on a cushion, but I’m not one of them. Now, I don’t have anything against the smooth and pretty and shiny either – I’m a…
Romance readers rejoice – from the 31st March to 5th April Bookworld will be having offering discounts on their romance titles. Deals an discounts will be on offer every day of that week, so don’t forget to check that out. To kick off proceedings, they have a special offer for Miscellaneous Mum readers: six…
I’ve been home for a little over twenty-four hours and I still feel like I’m on the ocean. Just sitting at the table, I experience a rolling sensation, almost a force, pushing me side to side. I haven’t eaten much, can’t stomach the thought. When my flight arrived into Melbourne, it was pouring rain. By…
In between other commitments, I’ve been working on a third book. (How I keep my head straight, I don’t know. Oh, hang on, it never was straight in the first place. That’s right). Anyway, it came together much quicker than I’d anticipated – funny how that happens when you sit down and focus on one…
This is a sequel of sorts to a post I did last year in which I outlined my 6 favourite blogging apps. There are many more than six, of course, and here are 5 more. Buffer Cost: Free Apple or Android Google Chrome Extension Buffer is revolutionising the way I’ve been approaching my social media…
My grandmother died from skin cancer. I was quite young, under ten, but that was plenty old enough for impressions and memories to gather for a lifetime: the blemishes on her face and arms, a Lazy Susan on her dining table with several of those ‘7 days to a week’ pill containers to divide medication….
I sat down recently and did some calculations to work out in what areas I made my money blogging last year, then to break that down statistically to get a ‘bigger picture’ perspective. It was a personal exercise, done out of curiosity more than any other reason, however once the numbers were in front of…
The season one program for 2014 at Writers Victoria has been released. You can see it here and here’s the course that I’ll be teaching: Blogging 1.0 – Getting Started Here’s the blurb: “Just started your blog or want to take it to the next level? This two-day course will show you how to get established, plan…
