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Come See Me Speaking At BritMums Live Today!

By On June 21, 2013 · 4 Comments

Today, I’m on the panel at BritMums Live for the session called ‘Putting Your Best Foot Forward’. This is a discussion on how to present your blog to brands and it takes place from 5:00 – 5:45pm in Room 3, just by the registration area.

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How To Self Publish: My 1st Google Hangout!

By On May 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment

I joined the BritMums hosted Google Hangout on self publishing – how to do it and tips for aspiring writers.

You can see the video here!

On the Hangout, I refer to my books. The first book is called ‘‘ which was originally self published [...]

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My BritMums Guest Post

By On May 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Did you see my recent guest post for the BritMums blog?

I titled it ‘Helping Bloggers Keep Their Balls in the Air!’ I thought that was a suitable heading for a Juggle Mum!

In the post I talk about my latest book, ‘I Don’t Have Time To Write’.

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A Book For The Future

By On March 4, 2013 · 2 Comments

If we only had a crystal ball in life, things would be so much easier wouldn’t they?!

Given all the belt tightening that families have had over the past few years and likely the next few years to come, it can be tough to know what to do to prepare [...]

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Meeting Horrid Henry… Or Not

By On February 20, 2013 · 3 Comments

We went to the National Media Museum in Bradford today after being invited by the PR team to check out their February Half Term activities, which centre around the children’s book character, Horrid Henry.

My children were looking forward to the day, not least because my 10 year [...]

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It’s Never Too Late to Write Your Best-Seller

By On February 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment

“If you can dream it, you can do it”

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing”

Both are quotes from Walt Disney.

I think they illustrate perfectly what needs to happen to get things done – action.

After I wrote my first book which became [...]

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The Beautiful English Language

By On January 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment

One of my favourite books growing up was the Oxford English Dictionary.  Yes, seriously!

One year for my birthday I asked my mother for a dictionary and thesaurus and I kept them on my desk, often reading through them to discover new words, learn what words meant and look for [...]

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A New Shelf Widget Thingy

By On August 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I have just learned about a new Amazon site called ‘Shelfari’ where you can create an online bookshelf to share books you are reading or want to read. My publisher told me about it so I went there to add my own books, to give them greater online visibility and [...]

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