May’s Blog On was my second ever blogging conference, and I approached it much differently to my first one. Although I enjoyed my first Blog On, I have to say this time around I enjoyed it much more. I don’t know if it was because I did things differently, or if it’s because I wasn’t … [Read more…]
Last year, I took part in #NaNoWriMo and myself and some of the members of my writer’s group, The Writer’s Den, talked about the challenge a lot in the group. We all agreed that having each other’s support and encouragement throughout the month really kept us on track to hit our goals. One of the … [Read more…]
I was asked this by a new author who had approached a blogger and asked her to review her book. The blogger had quoted her a price, and being a new author, she wasn’t sure whether this was standard practice or not. The truth is, as an author and blogger of three years, I couldn’t … [Read more…]
On Friday, I shared my 2018 Goals Update and I thought today I would share my goals for 2019. Does anyone else find that making their goals public is a big motivator in actually getting them done? I always find that once I’ve said something out loud to someone (or wrote it in a public … [Read more…]
Last year, I set myself ten goals to achieve over the course of the year. Overall, I’m happy with the way the year turned out and I feel like I did pretty well with my goals, although I didn’t achieve all of them. Below is the list of goals I set myself and … [Read more…]
I hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas and have started the New Year with a bang. It’s been great to have some time off from the blog, but I’m really happy to be back too. Of course as a blogger you never really have time off do you? But still, it was nice to … [Read more…]
Want to really nail your goal setting this year and make sure 2019 is the year where you absolutely smash it? Join me for the three day FREE Looking Back and Looking Forward Challenge where you will assess this last year, and then plan out realistic, measurable writing goals and track exactly when and how … [Read more…]
I’ve been doing a bit of reflecting over the last few weeks with regards to this blog and there are going to be some big changes next year. I’m really excited about the changes, but I’m not going to announce them just yet as they’re still in the planning stages and everything could change again … [Read more…]
Welcome to November’s Blogger’s Would You Rather. Join in the fun and share your answers in the comments Question One Would you rather? A) Have loads of broken links to fix Or B) Have to fix image alignment in all your posts Question Two Would you rather? A) Free stock images for … [Read more…]
I love Halloween and horror, and of course I love a good writing prompt. So I thought I would share a story starter prompt with a Halloween feel today. Of course you don’t have to write horror – you can write whatever feels right to you. The Prompt Four people sit together having dinner. One … [Read more…]