Originally posted on Anthony Wilson:
? Dear Facebook I thought I would write to let you know that after years of thinking (and even talking) about it, I am finally going to leave you later this year, probably on or around Easter, definitely before the summer. You won’t really miss me. I was never one…
I love this lady’s blog – with a name like ‘Cultivating Joy’, what’s not to love? She is always a go to for morning motivation – just wish she had a reblog button! But, she is worth the effort of copying and pasting. Enjoy. “Last Friday, on my day off, I gave myself a wonderful … More Permission to relax
Yes. This.
I got exhausted, full-on mind and body exhausted, and blogging two thousand words a day didn’t help. It was fun, but it became almost maniacal, and in the end I burned out. So I’m having a bit of a rest, from everything, to try to get some perspective back. I started practicing mindfulness a few … More Normal service will be resumed as soon as I’ve got my zen back
When I first read this, having just gone through a few days of personal hell – which I may or may not write about when I’ve got some energy back – I thought “yeah right, easy for you to say”, but you know what, he’s right. “You should use your energy and time and effort … More Discipline Your Mind
Might not be writing too many long polemics for a few days – day job to go back to after a busy weekend off, boiler to get working, house to clean after the weekend influx of friends, relatives and dogs (all of which was fun of course, if exhausting!), aged parents to sort out, again, … More No politics, just dogs in the snow
I’m doing a bit of tidying on the blog site, slowly converting all the old posts to the new ‘blocks’ format, which on balance I do like. Hopefully it will make it read and work better. I haven’t really delved into the depths of WordPress formatting before – I really should have done, of course, … More A little housekeeping
You don’t have to write like this to be a writer, but it helps. … More The Writer: Episode #8
I’m cutting back down to one email address – please read to know which one! … More Decluttering Part Two
This pretty much sums up the whole shooting match. Basically, there’s no substitute for hard work and knowing what you’re doing!
I could use some help with multiple duplicate email notifications, please! … More A question about duplicate Gmail notifications
Sound advice from one of the top bloggers. … More Feel Like Giving Up? Read this.
Light bulb moment. Put everything in one place. … More Decluttering, Part One
I’m not one of those people who can blog every day, about their day, regardless of whether it’s interesting or not. I’m certainly not one of those people who is organised enough to blog about something interesting every day! I also can’t just dash off a quick blog over the first cup of tea in … More Getting back on the self-promotion horse
Well, it’s official, I am now a .com and an @. Ahead of the publication of my first children’s/young adult fantasy novel ‘The Multiverse of Max Tovey’, I now have not only an author site, but I have also joined the Twitterati – I am @alswinn. Not quite sure what to do with it yet, … More Up and running
Exciting news – my first novel, ‘The Multiverse of Max Tovey’, a children’s and Young Adult fantasy book, is to be published later in 2015 – more news to follow on all the usual social media outlets.
Alastair Swinnerton 