Review : Wild Mind–Living the Writer’s Life

Sep 09, 11 Review : Wild Mind–Living the Writer’s Life

Posted by in Blog, Writing

I’m getting ready to write a novel in the coming months, so typically I’ve sought reminders and advice from several how-to write books. Top of my reading list was Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones. I think I have this somewhere in my large library of books, and have previously read it – but I needed a reminder. That...

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Review : Build a Blog You Love E-Course

Jul 21, 11 Review : Build a Blog You Love E-Course

Posted by in Blog, Education & Learning, Writing

In May I profiled a new six week e-course on blogging founded by Liv Lane. I promptly joined up myself. Today sees the final post for Build a Blog You Love, and I’ll be sad to see it finish. Here’s a quick review of sitting through this six week e-course and what I got out of it. Firstly, I will confirm that for many...

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The Artful Bird

Jul 13, 11 The Artful Bird

Posted by in Art & Craft, Blog

This is both a small review, and a share of a completed art project of late. ‘The Artful Bird‘ is a crafty book written by Abigail Patner Glassenberg. The book gives patterns, instructions and ideas for the creation of several sculptured sewn birds. From these ideas, my daughter and I have just completed one particular...

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Review | Poke the Box

I’ve just finished Seth Godin’s Poke the Box. I found this short manifesto, the first of Seth’s Domino Project products, quite useful in the scheme of my own personal life, but I was also left with some questions.   My review at Good Reads (where I tend to simply just give a star rating) says - Quite a long...

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Review | The Right-Brain Business Plan

Many creative people – artists, coaches, crafters, or spiritual advisers (among many) find business planning for their small businesses difficult and off-putting. Business planning is often presented as a series of logical templates and steps – write up an overall plan, think about profits and expenditures, forecasts and...

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