How to find the enthusiasm to write

How to find the enthusiasm to write

This may come as a little bit of a surprise, given that I’m a writer and the main element of my job is to write. But even I sometimes struggle to find the motivation to sit and write. Sometimes the words won’t come, no matter how much I huff and puff and tap out and...
Let’s just talk about words for a minute

Let’s just talk about words for a minute

It’s no secret to anyone who knows me how much I love words. So much so, I even wrote a love letter to words on social media the other week. Yes, I am THAT person. There’s no other way for me to say it – words are what I love most. So can we just talk about...
Is it even worth blogging right now?

Is it even worth blogging right now?

I asked a question on Instagram last week – is it even worth blogging right now? I mean, do you really want to read blog posts about how to write a blog post. Or ways of finding your copy voice when it feels like the world is standing still in the middle of a...
A Christmas in Vienna

A Christmas in Vienna

“We walked in the cold air Freezing breath on a window pane” Ah, Ultravox. It’s like you walked beside me as we wandered around those Christmas markets, snacked on pastries and drank hot chocolates (or gluhwein!). At the end of 2018, a few weeks before Stu and I were...
All bets are off

All bets are off

I’m not a planner by nature. I’ve gone through almost my entire life just seeing what happens, feeling my way, trusting my gut and trying not to hurt myself or die in the process. I often joke that I “accidentally” became a paramedic (an endless source of amusement to...
A Taste of Vancouver Island

A Taste of Vancouver Island

Isn’t it funny how quickly things can change? Without wanting to dwell too much on current goings-on, as I feel like that’s all I’ve been talking about recently, life has a strange way of really throwing those curve balls at you when you least expect them. Just over a...
Life in the time of Covid-19

Life in the time of Covid-19

Once a week, I sit down at my computer and I tackle writing a couple of blog posts for my business for the following week. I then schedule in a bunch of social media posts loosely based around those blogs and any other subjects I might want to talk about that week....
Working from home (Part 2)

Working from home (Part 2)

Earlier this week I started a post about working from home. It covered the things I’ve learned over the last year that might be helpful to you who are now finding yourselves having to work from home, too. It turned into a bit of a beast of a post. So, I decided to...