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Really annoying things bloggers do…

March 23, 2013 By Ellen

I settled down to a bout of contented blog surfing – catching up with old favourites and hopefully finding some fresh new blogs to enjoy. Only minutes later I was muttering and, eventually, gave up annoyed. I know I’m particularly crabby today (two hours of eardrum-burstingly loud kids party entertainer will do that to a person), […]

Filed Under: blog, blogging, Captcha, comments, rant, right click

How do you find your blogging voice?

February 4, 2013 By Ellen

The easy, but probably not terribly helpful, answer is just to say “relax, be yourself and your voice will come”. Eventually, it will, but meantime, a new blogger can easily be discouraged by the supreme effort that all this “relaxing” can take. And how on earth can you be yourself in a whole new world […]

Filed Under: blogging, blogging for happiness, blogging voice, George Orwell, rules for writing., voice

New kid on the blog

January 28, 2013 By Ellen

Look out, he’s gone on line. You know how you remember your children’s first steps, the first time they went swimming, starting school and all the other landmarks? Well, Boy Two had a bit moment this week – he started his first blog. So far he shows no sign of losing interest and moving on to the […]

Filed Under: A Blogging Boy, blog, blogging, Boy Two., learning., son

27/365 Things I learned from the blogging workshop

January 27, 2013 By Ellen

Yesterday was the Blogging For Happiness Workshop. I wasn’t going to say much about it here as I assumed it would only be of interest to those who were there. However, enough people have asked me how it went for me to think it worth telling you. So here are the things I learned from holding […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, blog, blogging, blogging for happiness, Nik Kershaw, other things I have learned, workshop

A most unusual career: Dead people and throbbing pasions, Violet Fenn’s story

November 17, 2012 By Ellen

  Earlier this year I met the very lovely – and utterly compelling – Violet Fenn. It’s fair to say she’s one of my top internet crushes.    Ellen very kindly invited me to write a guest post about my strange employment combination. But I have no idea where to start. Some days it does […]

Filed Under: blogging, guest blogger, guest post, Indigo Moore, juggling, Portfolio career, The Skull Illusion, Violet Fenn, writing

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