Books, Writing + Blogging

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Quick Question For Email Subscribers

Hi there, I just have a quick question and would love to hear from you about it. I’ve always sent out a weekly email to subscribers of the blog. Hello and thank you, all 759 of you!! These email updates used to show an extract of the week’s posts, you could click through to the [...]

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Working With Brands – How Easily Seduced Are You?

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I know that brands and disclaimers etc have been done to death, but bear with me whilst I take a look at it with a sex angle… I was looking at these lovely photos, taken during a gorgeous lunch last year……. and I thought… … I’m actually a very easy person to seduce. Ask any of [...]

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Self Care on Sunday 10: Unsubscribe!

After last weekend’s e-switchoff, I got home on Monday night to the inbox from hell. OK, most of it is about the kids, that’s true. Teachers’ emails, class mums’ emails, sporting team emails, music teacher emails, kids social lives’ emails. Everything in their life seems to be funnelled through me and my brain’s exploding just [...]

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The Superfoods Index – A New Book Hits The Shelves

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Hello on this wet Friday in Sydney. Here’s a wee vlog, a bit of showoffery! Only 40 seconds – go on, have a click! In some great news for myself and Jane Curry Publishing, this new book is on the shelves at Big W. And it’s been sold into the States. That’s a first for [...]

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The Top Nine Websites For Sydney Families

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I was really thrilled last year to be named one of the 10 Best Sydney Blogs by UK travel uber-website 101 Holidays. Hooray! These were general Sydney blogs, not many were family-friendly, so I thought I’d write a wee list myself of the best blogs and websites for families in Sydney. It’s especially useful to [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions – For This Blog

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I may have more things NOT to do than to do. As one of those over-committing type people, it’s good to have resolutions about doing less.

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My Home in Northside Magazine – Come In And Have A Look Around

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It’s always weird to be on the ‘wrong’ side of the camera lens. So when Northside Magazine called up to ask if they could do a story, it was a relief to hear that the topic was ‘My Home.’ Sudden urge to run around with a vacuum cleaner. My house doesn’t have any design style, [...]

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My Favourite Joke In The Whole Wide World

The thing about living in Scotland is… you spend a lot of time sitting in pubs listening to your friends telling jokes. Oh, I absolutely bloody love a good joke. Love seeing a hilarious comedian too. I used to be the queen of the Glasgow stand-up scene, I saw THEM ALL. But have remained dreadful [...]

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What You Focus On Is What You Become for Happiness Inspires Happiness

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What you focus on is what you become. I wrote the phrase down whilst listening to one of the speakers at the recent ‘Bloggers Brunch.’ I’ve got no doubts about the truth of that statement and its power to transform. If we go around feeding our inner whinger, that monster will soon take over. If [...]

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When You Call for Help, You Will Find It – In Praise of PANDA

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A radio interviewer in Darwin once asked me: ‘If you had your time over, would you choose to go through PND again, would you say it’s brought so many positives to your life that you’d do it again.’ ‘No,’ I replied immediately.

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Off On A Digital Detox – A Wee iHoliday At Home

It’s hello and cheerio from me for a couple of weeks. Had been thinking of doing a digital detox all year and the time is right. My husband is off on Monday for about 6 weeks – shudder. An American girl is coming to live with us as an au pair whilst he is away. [...]

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The Australian Autism Handbook Edition Two – Well Done Benison and Kathryn

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Two talented and hard-working writer mums can give themselves a big pat on the back today. And they deserve a huge round of applause from us too. Benison O’Reilly and Kathryn Wicks have just handed in their new edition of the Australian Autism Handbook. They can relax for a bit whilst their editor gets [...]

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A Terrific Book Cover For Sydney’s Best Beaches for Kids – And An Advert!

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I’m so delighted, and relieved, to finally have a book cover that I am really happy with. Really, really happy in fact. Thanks so much Kelly Exeter for being so in tune with my vague ideas plus so creative and so speedy. And Kelly made me a wee advert too which I’ve put up on Woogsworld.

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How To Write A Book – The Text Editing Stage

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Now don’t panic! At first glance, I felt as if I was back at school, receiving an essay covered in red pen corrections. But this looks a lot worse than it really is.

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Problogger Darren Rowse Mini-Interview at Problogger Event 2012 – Thanks Darren!

Nothing like a little mum-only escape and zipping down to the Problogger Event in Melbourne last Friday and Saturday was just that and much more. Love meeting lots of bloggers, sharing stories and clinking glasses. Here’s a little interview with organiser and blogging guru Problogger Darren Rowse, plus a bit of a look around the [...]

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Blogging-On-The-Go Made Easier

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LOL, this photo is of me typing up a blog post at a cafe straight after swimming in the rock pool I posted about. That’s the way to work, whilst out on the road and preferably wearing a cossie.

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Updating and Refreshing The Blog

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Just a quick hello to let you know that some posts are being updated and re-posted over the next few weeks. I’ll be doing this periodically as with I’d like the reviews always to be accurate and relevent.

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How To Be A Penniless Author – Do You Dread Deadlines?

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Ah, I emailed off the little superfoods book to Jane Curry Publishing last week. What a relief! Deadline met. Call me old-fashioned, odd or even deathly dull, but I love a deadline. Especially when it’s passed. That’s only because I know I will get the job done in time. This confidence has come with experience. [...]

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R U OK? Day – Dealing with Depression AFTER Post Natal Depression

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Well, it’s no secret that I had PND after the birth of my second son. Writing Beyond The Baby Blues kind of let that cat out of the bag. (Alright, I’m exaggerating, the book was about all sorts of perinatal anxiety and depressions and mine was just one story in it.) But today I want [...]

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How To Write A Book – Checking the Proofs

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There’s nothing quite like waiting for your book to be published. But it takes a LONG time and you have to be very patient. There are many steps to be gone through, and proofing the typeset pages is just one of them.

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