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…
The Late Romantic Take your lover out to dinner, my friend, ignore your back’s protestation at the meagre support strange chairs supply. Don’t squint at the fashionable chefs who fashion food into defiant shapes. Make peace that you never learned how to dance for the weddings over generations; how evenings are a dicey transition —…
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….
‘Voice.’ What is it? It’s a common question, one that’s asked a lot when it comes to blogging. With good reason too: one of the first indicators that a blogger is on the right path comes with their sensing, or they’ve been told, that their voice is developing, or even established. They’re making their individual…
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…
I can list several indictors as proof of this post’s importance: I’ve been drafting it in my head for days, and then in a Word document (as opposed to straight into the WordPress dashboard), which I’ve kept revisiting, sitting down and looking over these words. Towards the end of last year, and I’ve touched on…
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…
How are you all feeling today? Ruined and indelicate? Or chipper and full of joie de vivre? Tell me your resolutions for the year! Or is ‘resolutions’ a dirty, impractical, ill-fitting word? (Do you prefer ‘goals’?) Do you need a kick along? A cheer squad? Let me know – happy to do what I can! x…
I recently shot a video for IGA about Christmas decorating with the kids. If you’d like to look, it’s now available for view at the IGA website. It was lots of fun! I was also asked to contribute to the’Writers’ Other Jobs’ series over at The Writers Bloc, and I chose to write about…
