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Note 366 – Happy 1st Blogiversary…Writing challenge complete!

Blogiversary cake that my girls and I made I’ve made it to 366 days!  Today is the final day of my Writing challenge and thanks to the leap year, I have an extra day to fill!  I’ve been planning my...

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My Writing Challenge – Full List of Posts

It’s been almost three weeks since the final post of My Writing Challenge.  I’ll be posting an email later in the week about what life’s been like without the daily blogging, but in the meantime I just...

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When I am not blogging, I am…

…sleeping, working, spending time with the family, relaxing, pottering about the house, exercising, reading, thinking, and the list goes on.  Since completing my 366 day writing challenge a few weeks...

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Balancing writing, housework and other activities

Making time to relax on a swing seat! (Also can you spot the shape of a dog in the picture?) Being a writer, I like to have the time to write.  Being a homeowner, I like to live in a tidy, clutter-free...

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The word cogitate

A woman thinking (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A couple of months ago I wrote a post on the word loquacious and said how much I liked the sound of the word.  A reader recently commented on that post (thank...

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Keeping up the Postings on Multiple Blogs

English: Blogs on JoopeA (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I used to post daily on this blog until my writing challenge ended on 30 April this year.  I then promised to post regularly but have only managed...

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Getting a manuscript professionally critiqued

Draft front cover of my book About a month ago I decided that although I was spending a lot of time editing and rewriting sections of my book Juggling Life, Kids and You, I wasn’t sure if I was making...

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Writing and editing now the inspiration is back…

I haven’t sat at the computer and just typed for quite a while.  I don’t know why this is, because I’ve had loads to write about as I’ve been studying many personal development books on the topics of...

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Professional critique results + action plan

Two months ago I received back the manuscript assessment from Daniel Goldsmith Associates, for my book Juggling Life, Kids and You.  If you remember from my post in early October, I was hoping that I...

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Small Writing Steps in Favourite Places

One of my favourite writing places I apologise for not blogging for a while as all my writing time is going into the rewrite of my book Juggling Life, Kids and You.  It’s going well though and I’m...

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Taking a fresh look at your writing routine

Take a seat… Sometimes it’s difficult to get your head around a new routine especially where your regular writing time slots have changed or disappeared completely; however, as with any change, it...

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Any tips on editing?

One of the challenges I am having with my non-fiction book Juggling Life, Kids & You is that I keep on editing it and editing it and editing it. Will I ever be able to stop? I open the file daily...

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Rewriting and adding content

Draft front cover of my book I’m shocked that I’ve not posted on this site for almost eleven months, but I’m now back!  My excuse is that I was working on my non-fiction book Juggling Life, Kids &...

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Inbox vs. in box

I’m just going through what I believe to be the final edit of my book Juggling Life, Kids & You and I’m stuck on the word inbox. I have 4 instances of ‘inbox’ and 20 of ‘in box’. Which is the...

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To do vs. to-do

To-do list example Is it to-do or to do? This is something I always have to look up when I’m typing or writing it, so I thought I’d add a reminder here in my blog. My tip is: If it’s used as an...

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Decluttering inspires me to write again

Inspiration from decluttering I used to use my train journey to write until I moved jobs 5 plus year ago I used to write in my journal at bedtime until I got too tired I used to write in moleskin...

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Decluttering Daily Leads To Writing Daily

On New Year’s Day 2020, I decided to start a challenge on my other blog to declutter or introduce a mini system around the house every day in order to reduce the amount of stuff and provide more clear...

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Is It So Wrong To Like Being At Home More?

Swing seat We are a family that naturally stay in anyway. We enjoy a combination of our own and each other’s company. And due to our busy jobs and school life, tend to enjoy being in the comfort of...

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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse… Has Just Arrived

This keeps popping up on Facebook as a really good book to… have in your life read from time to time share with friends and family. Miranda Hart also recommended it recently in one of her daily...

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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. A Thought Provoking Book by Charlie...

As this book suggests, it is for readers of all ages. I’m 51 and I thoroughly enjoyed it; however, it could easily be read to children. I’d absolutely be reading this to my girls at bedtime if they...

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