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Monthly Archives: Mar 2021
Indie Author-Indie company
I love being an author, when I imagined it, I thought I would write all day in an outside café or terrace overlooking Paris with the culture and smells of fresh food surrounding me tempting my tastebuds. The reality however is somewhat different. I love being outside, as many of you know I work on …
Online Addiction
Lockdown has been hard on everyone, but a group of people who have had their work increase by an obscene amount is the delivery men. We have all become parcel monsters. Let’s face it, going to shops is a hassle. First of all, you have to wear a mask-which isn’t too bad but when we …
The Sanctuary
When I was a kid, there wasn’t a lot of after school care, and my mum was in hospital quite a bit. My father was a builder-self employed so couldn’t turn down work. Having three children all school-age who went to school miles away from home posed a problem. Our school bus dropped us way …
The Book Shelfie -Porn for the bibliophiles!
Being an author, you can not escape the need of an online presence. And so, whenever I hear of an app or site that has a way to reach readers, I try it out. Some work, some don’t. But one of the more popular platforms is Instagram. I was nervous about Instagram. I am a …
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