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Whilst writing yesterday’s post Note 255 – Writing commitments as a busy parent, I googled write-life balance to see if anyone had written about how to balance writing and life and The Writing/Life Balance by Jamie Raintree was the only article that I could see that title in. I am so glad I read it and it’s given me … Continue reading
An amazing post called The Dos and Don’ts for Busy Parents Who Blog appeared in my inbox this morning, and the timing couldn’t have been better as it not only captured exactly how I was feeling yesterday, but sums up how other parents feel when trying to multi-task with writing and other chores. It’s written by … Continue reading
Just before I trotted off to the library this lunchtime, I casually mentioned to a friend (and fellow writer) that I didn’t have a clue what the subject of my blog was going to be today. We started talking about how many days were left on my writing challenge and what I was going to do … Continue reading
When a work colleague asked me if I had blogged about the difference between third person closed and third person unlimited (omniscient), I wasn’t really sure what he was talking about. My first reaction was to look up the word omniscient itself which I now know means “all knowing”. This inspired me to write Note 251 The prefix omni and related words a couple of days … Continue reading
According to Oxford Dictionaries.com, prefixes and suffixes are not words in their own right but a group of letters added to the beginning and end of other words to form new ones. Prefixes such as omni- and un- can be placed at the beginning of bus and cover to make omnibus and uncover, whereas suffixes such as -able and -ise can be placed at the end … Continue reading
I came across the word omniscient today which is not a word I’ve seen before, but once I started my research I realised that there are many words that begin with omni. So, I’ll begin with that definition. Omni- (the combining form of the Latin word omnis) means ‘all’ or ‘every’ according to Wikipedia and is used to form compound words such … Continue reading
Although I have the material to put into an ebook, I’ve never actually looked into how I would create one. There are so many people out there selling ebooks via their websites, or offering them as free downloads in exchange for subscribing. There is also a lot of information online on how easy it is to create an ebook – … Continue reading
As a project manager by day and a writer by night, I spend a lot of time on the computer (mixture of desktop and laptop sessions) which results in head and neck aches. What I’ve noticed over the Christmas period is that these symptoms seem to have gone away, which is interesting to me as I have … Continue reading
When I used the phrase beck and call in Have you Asked for Time to Yourself? (one of my other blogs), I made a mental note that I was going to define it at some point, and find out a little bit more about its origin. According to usingenglish.com, a person who is at your beck and call is “someone who does everything for … Continue reading
Does your blog or site make someone’s life better? This morning when I was thinking about what my website gives others, I opened an email from Sonia Simone, co-founder of Copyblogger.com about the source of authority*. What I found interesting as I read on, was their explanation that “authority is about more than attention … it’s about a … Continue reading
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