This weekend saw me travel to the bright lights of Bracknell in Berkshire to attend my sixth BlogOn conference. BlogOn is the brainchild of (and result of much hard work from) Laura, a slightly mad person who I have a lot of time for. As it’s a conference and not just a jolly, there are a load of sessions – […]
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Almost four years ago now, I started blogging for a bit of fun. It was akin to therapy really. A year or so later, I accidentally fell into the world of freelance writing and blogging as an actual way to make real money. Ridiculous, really, and only the kind of thing you can do accidentally when you have a year
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If you’d have told me three years ago when I was thinking of starting a blog, or even two years ago when I considered myself ‘a proper blogger’ (I won an award and everything!) that blogging would become my job and that I would make money blogging, I wouldn’t have believed you. I didn’t realise it was possible and I
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The half term holiday this week has been really tough. Not because I don’t like spending time with my kids, but because balancing work and being a mother is hard at the best of times, and working from home around children can be almost impossible. Being a freelancer has loads of amazing perks. The only person who you have to
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People start blogging for many reasons. Some start for themselves; because they have something to say, or they need a cathartic outlet. They might be frustrated with aspects of their life, or have a unique story to share, or they may wish to document their lives so they can reflect back in years to come. Others start blogging because they
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I recently burned my bridges with a brand over a potential ‘collaboration’. The experience has left me feeling a bit icky inside, and I wanted to talk about it a little bit. This is, after all, my blog and it’s what it’s here for. Last year I took the decision to make my blog my job. That’s why you’ll see
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The last time I went to Paris, I was 11 years old. My overwhelming memory of it was being sick, lots, and crazy traffic. Somehow, despite visiting a lot of European cities in my late teens and early 20s, I never returned. I very rarely travel these days (for very good reason) and I haven’t been on a city break
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So, ladies and gents, if you didn’t know already, this is now an award winning blog. Yep, against every expectation I won the Best Comic Writer award at the Mumsnet Blogging Awards. I must say that did make up for Friday’s disaster day somewhat. I wasn’t sure whether to start from the beginning and do a rundown of my day at
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I said when I started blogging about blogging, I’d put myself out to pasture. But please indulge me; normal complaining about my children and silliness will (hopefully) resume shortly. When I started this blog, I was in that space that I imagine many women with small children, particularly ones suffering with reflux and general inability to sleep for more than
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