A million years ago, as a young teenager, I was convinced that if only I could somehow engineer a meeting with Andrew McCarthy he would instantly realise that our love was reciprocal and whisk me away to be the Andie
What’s your virtual voice?
I was ‘talking’ to Bumbling Along the other night when she said this. It sparked something in me, made me start thinking about the voices we attach to our virtual friends and what cues we use to form these decisions.
The Present Drawer
It’s birthday party season again in the Battling On household. Every weekend involves at least one wunderkind attending someone’s party somewhere in the county, and boy have I been clocking up the miles dropping off and picking up. Every party
Is This What You Want?
Driving my children home from school yesterday I slowed as I made my way down a busy residential road, eyes focussed on the middle distance, ears tuning in to an alien sound…. A loud hailer playing something akin to fairground
Losing my religion….
I’m not terrifically religious. OK scratch that, I’m really not religious at all and I’m not sure I ever was. I certainly don’t come from a religious family; there are some members who have their beliefs, but we are very
Mojo? What Mojo?
There’s always talk in Twittertown and such of blogging (and general) mojo loss. Our dedication:inspiration ratio seems to be in a constant state of flux, with real life often getting in the way of much needed writing time 😉
Not ready to not be needed….
Today I was a working mum, not a WAHM which is my usual moniker, but a ‘Go out and leave kids in childcare mum’. It’s not something I usually have to deal with. Generally I manage through the generous help
I just don’t ‘get’ Twitter.
How many times have you heard that? People say it to me all the time, generally accompanied with a sympathetic look that says “You’re a bit of a geek.” So I try, again, to explain what it’s all about, and
In Cyberspace No One Can Hear You Smile…
It’s been one of those weeks in the matrix, ups and downs, misunderstandings, blatant bloody-mindedness, and laughs, there’s always a lot of laughs. But how do you get your point across? How do you ensure that your friends/ followers/twiblings (delete
I heart Justin Bieber….
A Twitter conversation this afternoon got me thinking. How do you attract people to your blog? Is it simply a case of writing interesting, occasionally funny, sometimes emotional posts or is it altogether more complex? Since spending more time in