This will be a more unusual ‘recommended resource’ today as it is inspired by a particular blog post read this morning. That said, singing the praises of the blog site called Interesting Literature has been long overdue. I’ve loved this blog for a long time. I read a lot of blogs and the majority I file… Read More Recommended Resource: Interesting Literature.com & how to write an essay
It’s the beginning of a new year and a lot of you will be making the same old ‘I must start doing some exercise‘ New Year resolutions. You know it’s important to get fit and stay healthy but you also know that by March you’ll have been to the gym once and never found the… Read More Recommended Resource: BodBot
Although I’m no longer a member of the FWD I would like to recommend to all freelancer writers who are new to the game to join (or at least sign up to the waiting list) to the excellent site run by Carol Tice and Linda Formichelli. Although aimed primarily at non-fiction writers producing articles for… Read More Review: Freelance Writers Den
I think Blurb does have its place but you need to be aware of the pitfalls before you go in. In April 2014 I set out to publish my first book – a collection of photographs with accompanying text as a kind of photo-memoirs of the 5 1/2 years I spent with my family… Read More Review: Blurb – the site for publishing photography books
As an ex-professional musician and music teacher, sounds are very important to me. I’ve written a review in the past about Ommwriter which I think is a wonderful writing tool thanks to both its simplicity and the range of ambient sounds it provides. You can just write with that program and do so chilling at the beach, working on… Read More How Music Affects Your Productivity – from Sparring Mind
My latest ‘in thing’ is Buffer. I love it. It’s not without faults – I’ll get to that in a minute – but it has been a godsend to me. Here’s why: I’m not a great fan of social media. I use Facebook and Twitter a lot and I do have Google+ and LinkedIn too… Read More Buffer – making social media easier
I’m guest posting at Expatsincebirth today on the joys of using VAK in the classroom! If you’re a teacher in the UK you almost certainly know VAK but if not then you might want to head over and have a look. It’s a model I’ve used not just to shape my classroom teaching over the last 16… Read More Guest Post at Expatsincebirth
I was honoured when Linda asked me to be one of her beta-readers for her latest Kindle book written to help writers considering giving up the day job and begin trying to earn a living from words. I was even more pleased to end up being one of the ‘rat-race escapees’ she quotes throughout the book. So you immediately have a… Read More Review: ‘Write Your Way Out of The Rat Race’ by Linda Formichelli
I’m not the biggest fan of Darnell Jackson, I’m sorry to say. I find his style a bit brash and I’m not fond of some of the ways he thinks about writing and marketing. Nevertheless, his blogs are worth glancing over and, from time to time, he comes up with something really rather useful. Like this… Read More Recommendation: How to Find Images for Your Blog posts post – Your Online Biz
I suspect it isn’t every writer’s cup of whiskey, but if – like me – you find yourself easily distracted…and struggling to get some decent writing done…then Ommwriter could be the answer. Having told you last time about my discovery of OneNote thanks to the girls at WITS, I have since discovered another helpful program courtesy… Read More Ommwriter – A must for the distracted writer
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