Like my personal and travel recap, this post will look back at the areas of blogging and writing in 2015. 2015 was the year I took a deliberate step back from the blog. This act was made (partially) easier by the rebranding I undertook late in 2014; turning down a few opportunities that come in…
During question time at the blogging workshop I taught this past weekend for the Melbourne Writers Festival, I was asked my thoughts on where I think blogging will head over the next two-plus years, in terms of trends and developments. I thought this was an excellent question and have been thinking about it since, to…
It’s my blogging birthday today. After nine happy years, I’m still here and plan on sticking around for a whole lot longer! In the spirit of tradition, I thought I would write a helpful ‘what I’ve learned’ style of post around the subject of decision making. Our blogging stories are full of decisions, big and…
“I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect – they are much more interesting.” Marc Jacobs I had a legendary reputation for messiness in my late teens and early twenties while living in share houses. I never really kept a lot of ‘stuff’ – except for books – but I…
Many bloggers have the specific wish, if not intent, to make money from their blogs. Others come to this goal later. Either way, I think it still takes time for these bloggers to get the ‘lay of the land’ – so to speak – and discover what is working (or not) for those who are making money. Historically, connecting…
To start, I’m delighted to be running my Introductory Blogging course again at Writers Victoria. If you’re interested in dipping your toe into this world, or know someone who does, it would be the perfect present to yourself (or them!). Here are the details. I’m giving you some advance notice to get organised. Winter School…
It’s a thrill to be able to show you today a talk I had recently with Valerie Khoo and her business book Power Stories: The 8 Stories You Must Tell to Build an Epic Business. The longer I’ve been writing and blogging the more I’ve come to value the various ways that people can…
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…
To this day I remain very fond of Crying in the Car. I’m fond of all three books I’ve produced, of course, but Crying in the Car, for its modest size, contains some very personally significant material and received positive reviews (extracts of some of these you see above). As I’m writing again, and by…
