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What It’s Like To Write Under A Pen Name
Writing ➤ 7th October 2024

What It’s Like To Write Under A Pen Name

My sixth book (I can't believe it!) is making its way into the wilds next year, and you won't know it's been written by me. You see, I wrote this book under a pen name because it was a writing commission and a slight departure from my other titles.

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I'm Jayne

A word-y, blanket-loving, hot drink-guzzling, Wordle-playing, creative who has written a book or two*.

*(five, we're on book five.)

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Writing ➤ 30th March 2023

Journal Your Way To Better Writing: How Journalling Improves Your Craft

Writing is wonderful when it’s all going well, the words are flowing and you’re totally ‘in it’. It’s the best feeling. When it’s not going so well? Gah, it’s incredibly frustrating. We’ve all seen (and...

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Writing ➤ 13th April 2023

Never Run Out of Ideas: 5 Simple Strategies for Consistent Blog Content

Keeping a blog's editorial calendar padded out with content that's relevant, fresh, interesting, helpful, and engaging is a continual work in progress. Here are 5 really simple tried and tested ways to come up with enough ideas to fill an editorial calendar with content we can be proud of.

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Everything Else ➤ 25th September 2023

Why Kidpreneurs Are So Exciting And What We Can Learn From Them

A kidpreneur is a kid who has the impetus and ideas to create a business venture at a young age. From Henry Patterson's "Not Before Tea", "Zellie" and "Young and Mighty" to Ava Dooley's "Ava's Pet Palace", there are a plethora of examples of young entrepreneurs defying the norms and showcasing their creativity, determination, and innovative spirit. And I'm totally here for it.

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DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 2nd December 2024

DIY Christmas Crafts: Baked Orange Garland

The scent of these baked oranges are up there with freshly cut grass, baked bread and chai latte, for me. A Christmas craft that’s ridiculously easy to do and one I do year after year...

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Everything Else ➤ 16th May 2024

Ways To Stay Motivated Until You Cross The finish Line

I have to pull out every trick in the book to stay motivated and get myself over the finish line with projects. Here's how I handle it when my motivation inevitably wanes.

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Everything Else ➤ 14th June 2024

I Have Fallen in Love With My Eufy Robot Vacuum Cleaner

I decided to buy an Eufy Robot Vacuum Cleaner. My only regret is that I didn't take the plunge sooner. You see, I'm in love. Completely and utterly bowled over.

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Writing ➤ 15th April 2023

28 Ways A Virtual Assistant Could Help Your Writing Career

There are many writers getting bogged down by the daily recurring tasks, leaving not a lot of energy for the creative juice that's needed for a sustainable career. Here are 28 ways a virtual assistant could step-in to help.

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Everything Else ➤ 13th December 2023

How To Choose Your ‘Word Of The Year’

Last week I shared what my word of 2023 was and how staying committed to it changed a great deal in my life. It was the first time I'd ever made a beginning-of-the-year intention and stuck with it. I could fill reams of paper with the New Year's Resolutions I wrote over the years (since I was a teeneager!) and promptly forgot or put down.

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Everything Else ➤ 26th March 2024

The Reason Why ‘Thinking Positive’ Isn’t Always Easy

The negative stuff tends to shine like a beacon, roar like a lion and refuse to retreat. Positive stuff does happen, and we actively look for it, but it always feels outnumbered by the rough stuff, which starts to make us feel that we're doing something wrong, that we're broken, that we're really unlucky. Or all of the above.

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DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 19th April 2024

This Crochet Pattern Makes The Cosiest Blanket

Our daughter is in her minimalistic preppy era and wanted a blanket for her bed which fit the brief. I found just the thing and then made it!

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