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 […]
27/365 Things I learned from the blogging workshop
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 […]
26/365 I’m feeling lucky
This morning the sun was shining and the birds singing as I walked down the hill from my house to the centre of the village. Snow glistened and no one else was about. Usually when vapour trails cross the sky, I wish myself up there leaving for somewhere more interesting, more exciting, and waiting for the […]
Blogging For Happiness – the workshop
About a year ago Blogging For Happiness was published. My guide to the many ways blogging can bring benefit. For a while, I was quite ‘job done, move one’ about it. Pleased to have written a book but ready for then next thing. Then I met a woman, who read my book and came up with an […]
Guest review – Anya reads Blogging For Happiness
Anya from Older Single Mum The very lovely Anya from Older Single Mum has kindly reviewed my book for my blog. Here’s what she said. Ellen’s book starts by expounding upon a series of crippling personal events and she goes on to explain how and why blogging helped her to recover. Most importantly, she discusses […]