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It was a daily ritual for my grandmother to read the births, deaths, and marriages section in her newspaper. It was her routine and a way to keep up with events in the family. This thought struck me when I suddenly realised (yes, I am a bit slow) that our local newspaper only has a…

It is interesting to note the ‘chatter’ that is about now regarding the topic of reading. Has the e-reader reintroduced the pleasure of reading, or has the e-book phenomenon simply replaced what would have been read in book form anyway? Then there is the question of reading as part of education. There have been a…

As a child, I was always reminded of the social etiquette that there were taboo subjects at the dinner table. The big three, of course, were sex, politics and religion. Little has changed in my mind except that my dinner table has been replaced by my blog, where I try to set the same rules.…

Reading today that it will be ten years since that horrific day – 9/11 2001, made me recall the events that happened to me at the time. Oddly enough, I had been in the US on holiday, and my flight left on September 10th 2001, out of Atlanta. I had spent two weeks or so…

There can be no question that Social Media or Social Networking has become almost a fact of life now. In particular, Facebook and Twitter are making rapid progress, with Google+ also making rapid progress. In a previous post about selling your book, I mentioned the three pillars of an effective Social Media presence: Twitter, a…

I want to share something I have read so many times. If you haven’t read it, read it. If you have read it before, then you’ll know why I posted it, how powerful the message is, and why it is worth reading yet again. “A Message To Garcia” 
by Elbert Hubbard 1899 In all this…