It seems like only five minutes since I wrote a post giving a shout out to my top three favourite new bloggers, but I find myself doing so again, for this month’s #InspireandFlourish with the Less Refined Mind. This time, instead of blogs in general, I wanted to mention some posts which have, um, inspired…
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My Favourite Bloggers
I try not to spend too much time blogging about blogging. I find it all a bit weird and meta, and of no interest to anyone except other bloggers. And anyway, if truth be told, other people write those posts far better than I do. I will not be telling you how to monetise your…
Motherhood and Creativity
I never really thought of myself as creative. I was a bookish child, the sort who memorised the books my mother read me and “read them aloud” to myself at the age of two. I excelled in English and the Humanities. I once wrote a poem that was so good my teacher thought I had…
My Thoughts on #BML16, for what it’s worth
Well, it happened. I went to #BML16, the conference formerly known as Britmums. And although my dreams of making my way up a lengthy red carpet past hordes of paparazzi whilst TV crews vie for my attention, as I imagine is the lot of the superstar blogger, are as yet unfulfilled; and I am yet…
When You Just Can’t Think of Anything to Write
I once read an interview with the great Caitlin Moran, where she said that she found it easier to write when she had a number of different writing projects to complete than when she was writing one 800 word column per week. Now I am not about to compare myself to Caitlin Moran (OK, I…
The Lonely Life of a Blogger
Alone she sits, in her immaculate office, the bright sunlight reflecting off the glossy white surfaces. She is a professional writer, tapping out little snippets of wisdom to share with a waiting world. Her home is her office, and she has become used to switching off all distractions and retreating into her own world, the…
Going to a Blogger Conference?
If there is one picture that sums up my experience with blogging conferences so far, let it be this one. That’s what blogging conferences are for, right? An opportunity to revisit one’s pre-motherhood wardrobe, designer stilts included. After all, there be no baby in the vicinity. If you are looking for tips on attending a blogging…
Motherhood: The Best Job in the World
“I’m not interested in other people’s boring lives!” my mother exclaims, as she turns from the computer screen where she has just been comparing interest rates on MoneySupermarket.com. It is Saturday afternoon, and Mother is making her feelings clear on the small matter of blogging, which she considers to be marginally less interesting than comparing…
#FabFridayPost
Hello all, I have been asked to co-host #FabFriday Post with the lovely Ethan & Evelyn Please feel free to leave your links for the fabulous #FabFridayPost below. Please share the love by commenting on the host posts and the post immediately before you, as well as any others that take your fancy. I look…
Parody of a Mummy Blogger
Today is my blog birthday. Yes peeps, today my blog is a whole two weeks old! I KNOW. I can’t believe it either. TWO WEEKS! In celebration of this momentous event, the lovely people at MyBloggingTips.com have asked me to write a very special Two Things I Have Learned in Two Weeks. I am, like,…