Category Archives: Blogging

Engineered happiness?

I knew they were up to something… all those missing notifications and strange occurrences were nothing to do with Halloween at all. They were happily engineering … an update. So the new, all singing, all dancing WordPress editor has now … Continue reading

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Writer’s Quote Wednesday and #BeWOW

I’m cheating for Colleen’s Writer’s Quote Wednesday and Ronovan’s #BeWOW posts this week.. it seems the right thing to do. My son has just started blogging… finally… and ended his ‘About’ page with the perfect quote from Christopher Reeve. If … Continue reading

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The blogger in question

There is a new blogger in town. So far, only his ‘About’ page is up, but that, I think, will be the start of something special. He has a story to tell and a journey to share. The blogger in … Continue reading

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It’s gone quiet again…

According to the number of notifications not currently stuffing my inbox to the brim as I would usually expect, I have to assume that either a) everyone has emigrated off-planet in case the calculations about the asteroid are wrong, b) … Continue reading

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Gems in the garret…

You know you have a problem when you desperately run hot water in the bathroom to try and bring back the notes you scribbled in the steam on the mirror… there was, after all, nothing else handy. And you were … Continue reading

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A writerly weekend…

I was late setting off for the north on Friday, so there was no time to stop and enjoy the autumnal colour that now blankets the land like some medieval tapestry, all ochres, rust and gold. By the time I … Continue reading

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Bloggers Interview

Thank you to Holly at Heartafire, who tagged me in the Bloggers Interview. How did you get into blogging? Curiosity. I’d come across a few blogs, but had no idea where to begin, or even if I wanted to. It … Continue reading

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Catching up

I’m still catching up after the few days away, so I thought I would cover a few blog-related things in one go…and share a few blogs you might like to visit… First up, Judy from Edwina’s Episodes included me in … Continue reading

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Away with the fairies…

…or, as we will be up on Rombald’s Moor, it is more likely to be boggarts and giants… This weekend sees companions of the Silent Eye gather at Ilkley for the Harvest of Being weekend. I will be away for … Continue reading

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Is blogging worth it? 10 reasons why…

‘Build an author platform’, we are told. As an author platform, is a blog economically viable? If everyone put a penny in a virtual pot, one for each article they had read in August on Daily Echo, and if I … Continue reading

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