I’m a big fan of blogging, not least because it goes a long way in positioning people as experts. In fact, blogging on one of my other websites has worked perfectly for presenting me as an expert on one particular topic – for my status as an “expert blogger” gifted me a slot on Sky News! …
Every year in March we celebrate International Women’s Day (and before anyone complains, yes there is an International Men’s Day too!). I’m not a huge fan of these “days” – they normally seem to be a bit of a waste of time – but reading about International Women’s Day got me thinking about all the …
Back in 2013 I self-published a book, “The Boy From Hell: Life with a Child with ADHD”, and in 2016 it was republished as an updated second edition by the renowned Jessica Kingsley Publishers. The day I took delivery of my author copies of the new book was a very exciting day for me. The …
If you’re anything like me, you’ll have various Google Alerts set up to let you know if someone on the internet mentions your business name or topics of interest. I have several of these and while they’re not always relevant, they do give me food for thought sometimes. One of the alerts is for the …
Apologies for the lack of blog posts on here recently! I’ve been very busy over the last few weeks – some of the things I’ve done include launching an ADHD parenting programme with a live webinar, packing individual toiletry bags for refugees in Calais, proofreading a book about a turkey farmer, and updating my own book …
This is the 23nd interview in the Conversations with Authors podcast series. You can hear the other conversations in the series here. My guest today is Susan Hegedus, author of Type 2 Diabetes Cookbook For Real Men. Susan wrote the book after her husband was diagnosed with the condition and it was the result of her experimenting in …
We all get stuck in a rut at times and sometimes it can be difficult to know how to change your mood and get things moving again. This happened to me a while ago – we’d had a house move forced on us and although the new place was lovely, I lost a lot of …
This is the 22nd interview in the Conversations with Authors podcast series. You can hear the other conversations in the series here Katarina West is a Finnish author now living in rural Tuscany. After a fascinating career that’s included teaching, researching, journalism and a lot of travel, Katarina published her first novel Witchcraft Couture in November 2014. …
This is the 23rd interview in the Conversations with Authors podcast series. You can hear the other conversations in the series here Suzan St Maur is what you’d call a prolific writer, with 31 books under her belt. Suzan specialises in books about writing but she has also published books on jewellery, wedding planning and horse …
This is the 21st interview in the Conversations with Authors podcast series. You can hear the other conversations in the series here Elizabeth Lee is the author of ‘Delicious Dishes For Gluten-Free Vegetarians’. Having had short stories, poems and features published, Elizabeth was inspired to write her cookery book after reading an article in Writing Magazine. …
