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I have recently learnt that StumbleUpon is a great tool for writers. Brian Halligan Darmesh Shah (authors of an audio book I am listening to called Inbound Marketing) describe StumbleUpon as a free social discovery site “helping you discover content that you might like”. It has over 7 million registered users and is well-known for showing you the best that is on the … Continue reading
It’s been suggested to me three times over the last few weeks (by word of mouth, from my online writing course and when listening to an audio book) that creating a LinkedIn Account could benefit me as a writer. So, taking that as a sign I have set up an account today and although I am very … Continue reading
This morning I was listening to Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah’s audio CD called Inbound Marketing and I am excited to tell you about one of their suggested tools, which is ‘Website Grader’ by HubSpot. It is a useful free tool which can show you how your website grades. It also identifies SEO problems and how popular you on the social media side. The process is … Continue reading
I see cooking as a bit of a chore whereas I have a passion for writing. Today I have realised that combining the two, has created something so powerful that I am going to keep a notebook and pen in my kitchen cupboard from now on. This is going to be very productive multi-tasking. I usually do have inspirational … Continue reading
If you have a Twitter account and follow hundreds of people, it becomes an unmanageable task of viewing all the tweets from those you are following in your timeline – they pop up every second, all day long! I just do a quick scan down my timeline now and again and read (and sometimes retweet) … Continue reading
Since my post on 3 November (Note 187: How Writers Can Get More Followers on Twitter) I have managed to get an handful of additional followers. Although there is probably nothing wrong with adding 80 or so people that I hadn’t chosen to follow individually, I felt a little uncomfortable with the process, so (being a goody goody) I decided … Continue reading
A work colleague emailed me today with this scenario: ‘In doing so’ versus ‘In so doing’ – which is better or grammatically correct? Or is it the use of old fashioned language to use the latter? Before researching, my immediate thought was that ‘in doing so’ sounds better, but after a quick glance at some forums both … Continue reading
Tiny Online has a section on their website called ‘unusual words’. The one that caught my eye today was ‘autohagiography’ which is a rarely used words meaning “one who speaks and writes in a smug fashion about their own life and accomplishments”. World Wide Words (a site by writer Michael Quinion) say that: “The first use of it I can trace … Continue reading
Whether you are writing for yourself or others, it really helps if you enjoy what you are writing about. Since I was four I’ve mostly written for myself – diaries, journals, notes etc. In more recent years, my writing focus has changed and although I still keep personal journals, I also love writing for others (on … Continue reading
You are about to post your blog and you realise that you haven’t categorised it. You look to see what your most used categories are and click the same old ones. Many posts later, you realise that you haven’t quite categorised them correctly. What do you do, especially when you have got nearly 200 on there? In case … Continue reading
My Writing Notebook 