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Showing posts with label Author. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Guest Author Interview - Stephan Myers
Today I am pleased to introduce children's author and illustrator, Stephan Myers.
The Fun Five:
1. What part of the world do you come from?
I was actually born in Hull. A Yorkshire man born, but not bred. I come from a service family and we moved on a regular basis both in the UK and Europe.
2. What did you want to be when you grew up?
I wish I could say I had a particular ambition. I was very much into athletics and it wasn't until later years that I chose a corporate career.
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Time Management in 4 Easy Steps
Last week I delivered a course about time management to my Motivate Me workshop ladies. The response was wonderful, and the evening was a huge success. As I chatted to the group it became evident that we are prone to reject or forget many self-help tools. We may see them as yet another chore rather than a way to help ourselves. Our lives are far too busy to remember all that self-help mojo!
With the festive season screaming towards us it's the perfect time to claim some 'me time' before we all lose ourselves in mince pies and tinsel. Managing the time we do have means we are more productive.
The term 'time management' is more often associated with the corporate world. The business masses who fill their day and diary with copious emails, meetings, phone calls and networking events. I'm exhausted just thinking about it. Of course, seven years ago I was one of them. My diary was full; my social calendar was a jumble of events and the children's sports days, parents evenings and school plays filled in any blank space.
With the festive season screaming towards us it's the perfect time to claim some 'me time' before we all lose ourselves in mince pies and tinsel. Managing the time we do have means we are more productive.The term 'time management' is more often associated with the corporate world. The business masses who fill their day and diary with copious emails, meetings, phone calls and networking events. I'm exhausted just thinking about it. Of course, seven years ago I was one of them. My diary was full; my social calendar was a jumble of events and the children's sports days, parents evenings and school plays filled in any blank space.
Saturday, 27 September 2014
Better Parenting, Better Kids Blog Tour, Day 7.
I'm incredibly excited to introduce a passionate author to my blog today. I am honoured to host Nonnie on the final day of her blog tour and so without any further delay, over to Nonnie...
Hello, and welcome to the final day of my BETTER PARENTING, BETTER KIDS Blog Tour!
I'm so happy to be here today with my dear friend, Shelley and all her wonderful guests! I so appreciate you allowing me to share a bit of me with you!
If you've been following my tour, I have been sharing tidbits of advice to help parents, do this job a little better, if they feel they might be failing. If this is your first day joining us on the tour, then I'd like to invite you back to visit the other stops. Here is the line-up. It is my sincerest goal and mission to ensure that my kids and all kids are brought up in a safer world. With the behavior of some of the kids we see today, if parenting skills don't change and improve, that may not be soon my reality.
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Guest Author Interview - Peter Jones
Today I am joined by Peter Jones author of The Good Guy's Guide To Getting The Girl.
The Fun Five:
1. What part of the world do you come from?
I'm an Essex boy! Was born and raised in Chelmsford, moved to Southend as soon as I was able (Mum used to take us there on the last day of the summer holidays). I do have a fondness for London though, living so close.
2. What did you want to be when you grew up?
One of my earliest memories is kneeling on my grandmother's living room carpet 'making books'. I'd fold as many sheets of A4 paper in half as I could, and then use her stapler to create a spine. Then I'd start writing a story and drawing the pictures to go along with it. Other ambitions came and went, but for the longest time this is what I wanted to do with my life.
1. What part of the world do you come from?
I'm an Essex boy! Was born and raised in Chelmsford, moved to Southend as soon as I was able (Mum used to take us there on the last day of the summer holidays). I do have a fondness for London though, living so close.
2. What did you want to be when you grew up?
One of my earliest memories is kneeling on my grandmother's living room carpet 'making books'. I'd fold as many sheets of A4 paper in half as I could, and then use her stapler to create a spine. Then I'd start writing a story and drawing the pictures to go along with it. Other ambitions came and went, but for the longest time this is what I wanted to do with my life.
Saturday, 5 July 2014
5 Days of Mayhem
I am an uber organised individual, I live by the mantra 'if it isn't in the diary, it doesn't happen'. Then one week comes along that throws life into a spin that would put any tornado to shame, however, if I've learnt anything from this week, it's to go with the flow!
Day 1
Great start to the week as I took part in twitter's #indiebooksbeseen promotion. All indie authors were given the opportunity to post a photograph of themselves holding a poster of their book/s (or a copy of their book). The promotion was very well attended and retweets were phenomenal. It was so lovely to see such a great variety of indie authors taking part and it was a perfect opportunity to connect with such a supportive community.
Sunday, 25 May 2014
What a Difference a Year Can Make
When I started this blog I had a clear objective, to record the highs and lows of the fifty-two challenges I set myself on New Year's Eve in 2012.
Lose weight, get fit, be happy, do something new...the list was as varied as it was long.
It was a personal journey of self discovery but I felt it important enough to share with anyone who may be interested. 365 days later and the blog had received over 15,000 visits, two blogger award nominations and was attracting followers from across the globe.
The year came to an end but my journey continued, in fact it picked up speed!
Seventeen months later I am now able to take the next big step towards achieving my goals and ticking off another very big item on my to-do list.
From 'blog' to 'book', the story of how my year of challenges changed my life is out now as e-book and paperback.
Lose weight, get fit, be happy, do something new...the list was as varied as it was long.
It was a personal journey of self discovery but I felt it important enough to share with anyone who may be interested. 365 days later and the blog had received over 15,000 visits, two blogger award nominations and was attracting followers from across the globe.
The year came to an end but my journey continued, in fact it picked up speed!
Seventeen months later I am now able to take the next big step towards achieving my goals and ticking off another very big item on my to-do list.
From 'blog' to 'book', the story of how my year of challenges changed my life is out now as e-book and paperback.
Monday, 19 May 2014
Everyone is Raving About Rave Reviews Book Club
Gimme an 'R'
Gimme an 'A'
Gimme a 'V'
Gimme an 'E'
I am a member of quite a few clubs, but none shake their pom poms quite like Rave Review Book Club!
It was through the power of twitter that I first connected with Nonnie, author of Daydream's Daughter, Nightmare's Friend. She mentioned her aim to start a review club and I was happy to add my name, and debut book, to the list.
That member list is now 400+ strong, with new recruits joining daily - that's a lot of pom poms!
The RRBC is not a place to park your latest novel, sit back and wait for reviews and sales to roll in. It's a proactive club, members retweet members, they buy and review each others books on Amazon, Goodreads and other platforms. They support each other like no other club does via twitter and Facebook.
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