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Sorry It’s Been a While… I’ve Been Decluttering for a Year

When I wrote the post Decluttering Daily Leads to Writing Daily on 14 January 2020, I didn’t know where it was going to lead. For anyone that isn’t following me on blog.sandramadeira.com, why not hop over and have a look at a selection of the 366 posts that show my daily decluttering and clearing progress … Continue reading

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 space. Yesterday whilst I was writing my thirteenth post, I thought about how happy I was … Continue reading

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 correct one? On turning to Google, I cannot find anyone that has written in box … Continue reading

Note 271 – Ten tips for preparing blogs and articles in advance

Even if you love writing, there may be days when you are feeling a bit under the weather and cannot face logging on to your computer.  When you find yourself feeling like this and you are up against a writing deadline, wouldn’t it be lovely if you had something prepared that you could just tidy up and … Continue reading

Note 102 – Do you need a comma before which?

This blog is about clauses that are introduced by the word which and the rules around commas when the clause follows a noun. As this can get a little confusing, first you need to decide if the clause that follows which is either “used to introduce crucial identifying pieces of information” or “used in clauses … Continue reading

Note 41 – ‘Re’ with or without a hyphen

For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4.  If you would prefer to dive straight into note 41, then please read on… Re or Re- There are some good rules for remembering whether or not to use a dash after ‘re’. 1. Using re with the dash … Continue reading

Note 39 – Biennial and Biannual

For the background to my writing challenge, please read my first blog by clicking the following link – http://wp.me/p1x6Ui-4. If you would prefer to dive straight into note 39, then please read on… The difference between Biennial and Biannual There is an important difference between biennial and biannual as follows: Biennial Biennial = something that … Continue reading

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