There is a poet living just up the road from me. His name is James Haddow. When I first met him a little while ago, he gave me a copy of his book, La Petite Mort. He also recited his poetry to me mid-conversation, in a way that was understandable Read more…
I work hard to maintain my happiness. Having had a nervous breakdown that saw me almost sectioned and dosed up on one pill after the other, I have no intention of going back there. Maintaining my mental health is something I work on daily, and I check in regularly with Read more…
The title of this post might confuse you… When S was a baby I wrote about how I would never leave her to cry. There is a difference though, between leaving a child to cry, and allowing them to cry. Sometimes we all need to have a good cry and Read more…
When you write a blog, it’s easy to just plod along, writing a few posts here and there. Thousands of people have blogs and are happy to keep them going as they are, and that’s just fine. If you want to step up your blogging though, to gain more traffic Read more…
I’ve been learning a lot about productivity lately. I have a very busy life. As well as running this blog, I run a business and also a networking group. I spend one day a week travelling to and from a radio station on the coast, and on three days each Read more…
An email newsletter can be a great way to connect with your readers, and to share posts with your audience they may have missed. It’s easy these days to get a simple “sign up to my newsletter” feature on your blog. You can see mine in the sidebar over there, Read more…
At an event a while ago, I attended a workshop about social media. As a part of it, we were asked to take a simple personality test which would reveal how we act online. The test is simple, and the results give you three out of six outcomes: Open Read more…
This week has beenk bonkers; I was in London on Monday evening, Tuesday was my birthday, and on Friday I was in Bristol for Blog Camp! I don’t think I’ve done too badly with food, though… Goal for last week Last week’s goal was “don’t f*** up.” I did Read more…
I was sent a copy of Not My Father’s Son: A Family Memoir by Alan Cumming, for review because it’s recently been released in paperback. I remember reading an interview with Cumming when the hardback edition was first released, and thinking how much I’d love to read it. Although I Read more…
Whether we like it or not, Facebook is still the largest social network out there. I saw a quote somewhere recently that its membership is larger than the memberships of all other social networks combined. Whether that’s true or not, it is still massive, and as a blog or business, Read more…
The other day I published a post about how I climbed the Tots100 rankings. One of the major parts of that was getting more traffic – unique visitors and over all page impressions. With that in mind, here is a list of ways to promote your blog. This list is by Read more…
I’m off to Brit Mums Live later this month, so I thought I’d join in with the meme/linky that people seem to be doing at the moment. Name: Vicky Blog: Single Moher Ahoy Twitter ID: @SingleMAhoy Height: er… I think about 5’3″ Hair: Blonde, now that I’ve done my roots! Eyes – usually Read more…
The last few days I have been in hernia hell (it’s a real place, you don’t want to visit). And the worst part is, I know it’s all my own doing. Time to sort my shit out. Again. Goal for last week Considering how bonkers last week was, I Read more…
I was sent a copy of The Silent Hours by Cesca Major for review, as part of Brit Mums Book Club. When it arrived, I was still reading another book for review, so I just sort of added it to my review pile and carried on with my day. Once I Read more…
Do you ever get that thing where someone asks you a question, and you know what you’re going to say… but when your mouth opens, something entirely different comes out? This week, I had an interview with a judge for my entry in the South Wilts Business of the Year Read more…
I wrote a post a while ago about the various ways procrastination can be good for you. The thing is, there are only certain circumstances where it can be helpful. The rest of the time, procrastination is a complete pain in the bum, a habit that can rob you Read more…