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A Glimpse Into My Tech Stack As A Writer/Author/Blogger
Writing ➤ 23rd May 2023

A Glimpse Into My Tech Stack As A Writer/Author/Blogger

Over the years, I've trialled, tested, loved and hated an astonishing amount of tech, landing with a stack of really cool tools which work efficiently and cost-effectively together. I'm such a curious so-and-so and relish hearing about what tech other creatives are using. With that in mind, I'm sharing my current tech stack with you in case you're into the same geekery as me.

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Leaving Instagram: How It’s Been 12 Days In
Everything Else ➤ 17th May 2023

Leaving Instagram: How It’s Been 12 Days In

Truthfully, Instagram hasn't been an enjoyable place for a long while. There's something about the noise of it that fills my head quickly. After a scrolling session, I feel flat and less motivated.

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How to Easily Create a Professional Blog or Website for Less Than £63
DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 12th May 2023

How to Easily Create a Professional Blog or Website for Less Than £63

I've created a video to hand-hold you through that bit so that you end up with a snazzy website built on WordPress, just like mine - this very one, in fact.

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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 ➤ 9th April 2023

How To Self-Edit Your Work As A Writer

As a writer, self-editing is an essential part of the creative process, albeit a daunting one. Spotting errors and inconsistencies in our own work can be a right ol’ challenge.

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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

A Really Useful Guide To Getting Your Style Mojo Back At Any Age

As I was approaching my forties, it occurred to me that I wasn't really inspired by what greeted me as I opened my wardrobe doors. Nothing felt as though it 'fit' who I was at that stage in my life. I'd lost my style mojo. The good news? I got it back and I'm going to share how I did it.

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Everything Else ➤ 17th May 2023

The Difference Between Stress And Anxiety

Many of the emotional and physical symptoms of stress and anxiety are the same and quite often they’re used interchangeably because, they’re so similar and hard to tell apart that they’re like identical twins.

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Writing ➤ 14th November 2023

These 5 Books Will Help You Become A Better Fiction Writer

There's a lot of learning by osmosis that comes with being a fiction writer who reads a ton of fiction books. An innate understanding of the flow and rhythm and twists and turns within the stories of new and old.

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Writing ➤ 19th April 2024

Do Ideas Come To You In The Shower? Here’s Why

This 'ideas in the shower' phenomenon is so well-known and experienced that you can even buy waterproof shower notepads! Those of us who have experienced it will know the sheer desperation of holding the idea in your mind's eye while you scutter around naked, still soggy, trying to find something that'll let you capture it before it disappears again.

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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 ➤ 26th June 2023

Mind + Body: The Physical Toll of Chronic Stress

We’ve all heard the term ‘bottled up’ used to describe when someone might suppress, mask, or refrain from showing their feelings. It turns out that we can literally bottle up our emotions by storing them within our bodies.

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DIY Projects + Crafts ➤ 5th October 2023

Recording Your Own Affirmation Track Is A Really Good Idea

A buck-ton of science backs up why and how affirmations work. The trouble I’ve always found is that they feel a bit disingenuous when I listen to them. When I read already-written ones aloud, they’re...

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Everything Else ➤ 5th April 2024

Self-Care For When Life Gives You Lemons

We’ve all had ‘those’ days which have rolled into two, maybe three, possibly a week, a month, a year – a stretch of time when it feels as though life is just pelting lemons at us, repeatedly. A chaotic patch of life which tests our resolve to the limit. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong. We’re beyond stressed. We’re at our wits’ end. Kerplunked. Problem-solving takes brainpower, courage and resilience. It’s hard to pick ourselves up again, and again, and again. The knee-jerk reaction is to keep ploughing on but it rarely all goes away without a re-steering of the ship.

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