Blogging is a powerful writing habit to develop. With time, repetition and regular practice you’ll find that: Your creative mind generates new material, day after day, week after week New ideas for posts will pop, unbid, into your mind, asking…

A confident writer knows when to breathe As writers, the idea of ‘breathing space’ is likely to mean something different to each of us. For me, breathing space is something we must give ourselves when we become too close, too…

Blogging archives are a great resource when you’re taking a bit of a breather… as I apparently still am;-) Following on from Friday’s post sharing my first poem, I thought it might be an appropriate time to share once again…

Do you ever write in a group as well as on your own? I tend to be a solitary writer, with the occassional dabble into writing in the company of others for workshops and classes.  Spending a week with other…

I know it’s not the longest of blogging breaks, but two and a half weeks was still long enough for me to take stock of some things when I was away. More on the retreat later on this week, but…

Whether you write as part of your profession, or as a hobby there may come a time when your writing feels flat and lifeless. You put the words on the page and they seem dead on arrival. You are all…

She sighed. The list of things to do didn’t seem to be getting any smaller, and the deadline for departure was drawing ever near.   Sometimes she wondered if the time, effort and energy it takes to pack up and organise…

When Sage Cohen wrote to tell me about her new book, Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry, and started to explain to me what her approach was all about, I knew I wanted to feature…

The labels you’re given, or that you learn to apply to yourself, can hold you back.  Limit your sense of what is possible. Peeling off those labels, and replacing them with words that create space, opportunity, and possibility can be…

A brief interruption to the ‘breathing space’ schedule to share some news, and let you know about a conference, event and training opportunity that you might be interested in. I’m going to be speaking at the Social Networking for Business …

One of the questions that emerged from the discussion on Obama’s inaugural address was his use of inclusive language, in particular his use of “we” rather than “you”. I was left with a slight niggling thought that I haven’t had…

So, your keyword phrases and search terms are working, and readers are starting to arrive at your site.  If you want to provide information, get someone to click on a link, or generate a quick sale… perhaps that’s enough. But…

This post starts with a conversation with a reader on Twitter.  It went something like this: Me: I loved  your piece today.  It was so full of life. Them: I’m glad you liked the article.  I’m always full of self-doubt…