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After last week’s laughs with my re-write of the lyrics to Paul Simon’s wonderful track, “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” re-interpreted into “50 Ways To Win At Blogging,” I’m thrilled to say that I got a whole load of shares and support from folks saying “hey – do one of these a week!”
So I’m going to try for a while, at least.
Making the transition from school to university can be one of the most challenging experiences you’ll face in early life.
Aside from the lifestyle factor (living in a new place away from home, making new friends, deciding whether to wake up at 2 or 3pm etc.), it’s the enormous academic step-up which is most daunting.
In school, you’ve had someone holding your hand all the way; there’s always been a safety net to catch you and a teacher’s metaphorical boot up the backside when you slack off. That might sound crass and oversimplified, and well, it is a bit… [Continue reading]
Psssttt … did you know that potential customers are bored fartless by the stock answer to “what to do you do,” e.g. “we help people like you to quadruple your turnover in a week / make employees slave 12 hours a day for you until their hands … [Continue reading]
Welcome to Part Twenty-One of this popular series. This week, novelist and publisher Lucy McCarraher looks at how you should review the crucial Act Two of your story ... probably the most important part of all, and the part in which the … [Continue reading]
When I was young, slim and foolish, there was this man I really wanted to impress. If I met him now I would dismiss him as pompous, bloated idiot with an IQ level in single figures but way back then all I could see was a handsome guy with a big grin … [Continue reading]
Add a comment…what about? Who cares?
When you read an article or blog post online and at the end it says something like, “have your say: put it in here…” do you really feel inspired to jump into the conversation? Or do you think, from the invitation you’ve seen, that the … [Continue reading]