Tag: determination
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My Resolutions…
I have long thought that it was time I sorted out those parts of my office (and my life) that were getting out of control. I am a compulsive hoarder, and hate to throw anything away as you never know when it could come in useful. Most of the time this is a good…
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I made a video!
As a practice run before I start creating videos for our books, I decided to shoot some footage of the Southsea hovercraft when I went there last week. There is something incredibly exciting about watching this huge craft as it powers along; almost concealed at times by the cloud of spray it creates. I am…
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If at First you don’t Succeed!
Last week, I finally managed to make sense of the Mailchimp website. Something I have been trying to do, on and off, for the best part of two years. We are told it is important to build a mailing list, but up to now, my brain had resolutely refused to grasp the finer points.…
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Is This The End of the Road?
I have been having an increasingly difficult time coming up with writing ideas for blog posts and current works in progress, and I’m not happy about it. This has never been a problem before, and could be due to an assortment of things, but I am becoming more and more concerned, for it seems to…
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Progress Report!
Today dawned dry and bright. We have sunshine, well sort of, too many clouds up there for any great warmth, which kind of reflects where I am at. Not exactly a crossroads, but a definite milestone. Or it would be, if I can pull myself together and finish the first draft of book…
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You need Hands!
When I consider what I do with my hands every single day, and all the different things I couldn’t do if I lost them, I know I would simply fall to pieces. I cannot imagine how I would cope, and yet people have learned to live and cope with far worse loss. Our hands are…
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iAuthor . . . anyone?
In my extensive travels as an author and would –be marketer/promoter, I come across many sites, all promising to help boost your career, get noticed, sell more books… blah, blah, blah. One of those sites is iAuthor. Right from the start, I had trouble. Because there are two of us, using the same PC,…
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KindleScout
Nomination Link: http://amzn.to/29RWt0t Week One: This was our first attempt at a ‘proper’ marketing strategy if that’s the right thing to call it, and I was a bag of nerves. Anita doesn’t do nerves, and I admire that about her very much. I tend to worry about all the little details,…
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A Following Wind…
I recently wrote a very smug post about how clever productive I think I am being, but have since come to realise that although I have learnt so much more than I ever thought I could, along comes another truckload of stuff that I would love to be able to do. So much more…
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The Avatar Nightmare
For nearly two weeks now, I have been noticing that something odd was happening to most of the things I either blogged or tweeted on Twitter. Instead of the image that belonged to the piece, my avatar was boldly displayed alongside the one that is always there. Not a good look at all. Talk…