If I have discovered anything since I started teaching blogging, it’s that I really enjoy sharing knowledge. I’m not saying I know everything – heck, the longer I’m around the more I realise there’s so much I don’t know – but the benefit of experience, over eight years, certainly helps. In the spirit of…
Welcome to 2015! I hope you enjoyed your New Year’s celebrations and holiday season! How much pudding did you eat? We ate lots – Adam discovered this Belgian chocolate one and, my goodness, it was so delicious we went back and bought another! But, I’m not here to (just) talk about desserts (although I could) –…
I received a question via email last week and requested permission to post it here so I can answer. The main reason for this is because I hear this question a lot, in varying forms, and have actually been meaning to write about the topic for some time. So that’s a nice coincidence! The question: I…
The Xenomorphs have gathered and are ready to party! Hello! Have some virtual cake and welcome to Miscellaneous Mum’s eighth birthday. I wondered what would be the best way to commemorate this pretty big occasion and tossed around a couple of ideas, but eventually I thought I would pull together a big post that ‘snapshots’…
My home does not look like this. I don’t read blogs that feature houses looking like this, or read the magazines either. There are people who drop a casual eighty dollars on a cushion, but I’m not one of them. Now, I don’t have anything against the smooth and pretty and shiny either – I’m a…
I was listening to Chris Guillebeau speak at a blogging conference last year when he said something that struck me quite hard. He was talking about his life before his blogging really hit its straps; the phrase he used was “convergence”. He lacked it, therefore things felt quite orbital, haphazard. However, when his goals and…
It was the NSW launch of Crying in the Car last night. I’ve put my speech below for those of you who are interested. I need to thank the incredible hospitality and warmth of Maclean’s Booksellers who were just marvellous. Also, my family and friends for coming, and for spending up huge at the cash…
As a great many people have been queuing up to buy the latest release iPhone 5s or 5c, or updating to iOS 7, I thought it would be a good time to share some of my favourite apps that I use for blogging. I’ve not upgraded to iOS 7 yet, but Adam has, and the…