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Morning! Ok day three of my 29 Days of Online Writing, and I’d decided I deserved a lie in this morning. For me this typically means setting the alarm for 8am instead of anything between 7am and half past, so not really much of a lie in. But I’ve found I don’t write so well [...]

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0717 – It’s day two and I got up at 7am this morning to get a good start on the day. Armed with tea and toast, I am going to start by writing three short articles to complete the work due on one of our own sites before I do any client work. I know [...]

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Allison on January 21st, 2012

I thought I would stray away from blogging about writing directly today in favour of blogging about my office. I’m lucky enough to have a dedicated room for writing in, although I have still been known to write in bed and even in the bath from time to time. Yep it has happened. But I [...]

Continue reading about An office clear out – or a clear out between the ears?

Allison on January 9th, 2012

Writing blogs can be valuable in all kinds of ways. For example you can earn an income from your writing blog through the use of Google Adsense, not to mention selling your own writing related products and recommending ones created by other people in return for a commission on every sale. But they can be [...]

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Allison on October 14th, 2011

Brand new writing blog design! If you’ve been following my blog for some time you’ll know I have been threatening to change the look of it for a while now. The reason it wasn’t done earlier is twofold: Real life got in the way I couldn’t decide on a new blog theme! Anyway after spending [...]

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How often do you toot your horn about your writing blog? No matter how proud you are of it, you may still be in the shy and retiring group when it comes to spreading the word.

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Allison on February 5th, 2011

It’s a common enough feeling, since having a writing blog means putting your own thoughts and feelings on the page.

Continue reading about Are you nervous of starting your own writing blog?

Blogging. It feels like everyone is at it. Personally I love it and I’m really enjoying developing this blog into something that I hope will be worthwhile for everyone who comes across it. But are YOU doing it?

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Allison on August 22nd, 2009

This is a different blog post to add to my “Page of Fives” section. Having had my new blog up and running for about a month now, I’ve had a chance to see what works and what has been well received by you, my readers.

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Allison on July 6th, 2009

Ah now hang on a minute – I bet you’re wondering how on earth this can be a brand new blog when it has blog posts on it that are quite a few months old. Well here is the answer…

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Allison on July 4th, 2008

It just occurred to me that I am fast approaching my six month anniversary of deciding to leave my full time job and write full time. My, the time has gone fast…

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Allison on July 2nd, 2008

Well here I am at last… after many days spent thinking “I must start my blog, I must start my blog…” I have finally found the time to do just that…

Continue reading about Welcome to my blog!