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Category: Rambles

Harassment in Business – ONGOING

We’ve all been bullied at one stage or another. Narcissism is part of the world today, though it doesn’t mean we have to live with it. I, for one, am over the stupidity of some people and what they think they can do to you and or your business. Let me tell you a story…
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Covid 19 – 3 months on

This is the link for my post when New Zealand went into level Four Lockdown. The world has a count of over 11k dead.  Let’s look at what it says today! I use Covid Map Google… For the information. Be them right or wrong, it shows how many people WORLDWIDE have died alone. Many more…
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The Importance of Book Covers

I do wish the days of coloured hardbacks would return and get rid of the silly paperback covers which have to be so brilliant to get anyone to buy your book. I didn’t need an image on a cover to read a good book. I read the blurb/synopsis at the library or bookstore and …well…
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Time to be Business Savvy

Here in New Zealand, the Covid 19 Pandemic is OVER…for now at least. We are back to our new normal except our borders are closed to everyone but New Zealand citizens and permanent residents. What is the new normal going to look like? Makes one wonder. Well, we all know there is going to be…
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The Working Bear – Oxford

I’d like to introduce you to my new employee. Please welcome Oxford Bear.  Oxford was born…bought on my 40th birthday while I was visiting Oxford in England. I’d been given a small teddy bear by my young children and sadly lost it. So with it being my birthday, I bought Oxford. He travelled everywhere with…
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Covid 19

Hello everyone This is to let you know business will go on as normal except to any personal meetings. All meeting and work will now be via FaceTime, Skype or Zoom. New Zealand is going into Lockdown on Wednesday at midnight. All but essential businesses will be self-isolating for at least four weeks, maybe longer. …
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To Wattpad or Not to Wattpad

What a question! Last year my client Chloe King looked into writing on Wattpad. Finding that Erotic Stories were acceptable she went ahead with her plan.  Except it isn’t as clear cut as that at all. Not even by a small bit. One story was reported and pulled down. No email to the author, no…
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Authors with Kiwi Characters…

KIWI SLANG – HOW WE TALK IN NEW ZEALAND SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 When I meet foreigners abroad I often get asked about the languages of New Zealand. Aside from the painfully cringeworthy “what language do you speak in New Zealand?” and compliments on how well I speak English (!), people often want to know if…
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Missing in Action – Mental Health

As many of you know I was in England for 18 months. You may also know it was not a nice time except in small amounts. I struggled a lot, my mental health hit rock bottom several times and it wasn’t nice. One day I will write the story of my time in England. One…
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Who Knows the History of Traditional Publishing??

Not many. Especially readers. Well, guess what it’s only been around for approx 120 – 150 years at most. Writers used to go out an find a printer who would print copies of their manuscripts, pay them and then the writer would sell their books to the public.  Oh, wait! Isn’t this what we do…
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