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Angie’s Book Review: a simple story with characters you’ll love

Pin It Angie Wellington I have been reading books I would not have considered before in an effort to expand my mind. I seem to spend all my time reading just one genre and I was getting bored with the...

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The sun sets on a Boulevarde Chateau

Pin It Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a lonely Princess (well I guess that was her problem) trapped in a castle, waiting to be released by a handsome Prince. Princess Repugnance was...

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Course review: Find Your Secret Sauce and Create an Addicting Brand

Pin It I was introduced to Tea Silvestre’s (aka The Word Chef) work when I read and reviewed her book Attract and Feed a Hungry Crowd: How thinking like a Chef can help you build a solid business . I...

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30 Day Sales Challenge…..

Pin It A perk of writing for Birds on The Blog is the opportunity of review that comes up from time to time. Still waiting to review a holistic spa in Thailand, hint hint…and a bit of nudge nudge wink...

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Beyond Harry Potter – A Casual Vacancy

Pin It I’ve tried to avoid spoilers for the book and have only talked about it in general terms. For the same reason, I haven’t linked to the reviews I’ve read – in the Guardian and Telegraph –...

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Unleash your star power – 111 presentation tips from actress Barbara Niven

Pin It Learning how to make the most of your potential with video, audio and media presentation tips from successful Hollywood actress Barbara Niven There are some people, who when you meet them, just...

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An open letter to Hannah

Pin It Dear Hannah: I recently read your book Diary of a Diet (Accent Press, 2008). It was clever and laugh-out-loud funny . . .  and at the same time, I’m not sure which was more painful: Reading...

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How you can change your habits and change your life

I haven’t written about productivity for a little while, mostly because I’ve been, well, productive!  It seems time for an update on that front and share what’s hot in 2013 that may be of interest to...

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Laughter really can be the best medicine

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Maureen Younger, she’s a fantastic comedian and MC, who I first met after she put on a show in support of the Helen Bamber foundation. Maureen set up Laughing Cows...

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Book review: Netymology – a linguistic celebration of the digital world

Our book review this month is Netymology – From apps to zombies: A linguistic celebration of the digital world by Tom Chatfield. Tom is a columnist for the BBC, TED Global speaker, and international...

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Review of Starblood by Carmilla Voiez – one of my critique partners :-)

I am absolutely thrilled to be able to declare straight away that I have a personal interest in this novel. Starblood is the very first published novel that I have seen at the early, middle and...

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Interview with Carmilla Voiez, author of Starblood.

It was fun interviewing Carmilla, and suddenly realising that in all the months we have been reading each other’s work and generally chatting and setting the world to rights, there were things I didn’t...

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Book review: Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens

Never Knowing is the follow-up to Chevy Stevens’ bestselling debut Still Missing. It’s the story of Sara Gallagher’s search for her birth parents, and the emotional turmoil and terror that follows when...

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Shoot the Baby

Great baby photos and how to take them This is one of those lovely books that you enjoy looking through, to have on your table, in the bookshelf, on the sideboard to learn something each time or just...

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Review: The Little Fish Guide to Networking

It’s always a pleasure to be asked to review a book discussing an area I’m interested in! I was given The Little Fish Guide to Networking by Jackie Barrie earlier this week and have thoroughly enjoyed...

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15 things you can use Text Writers for to improve your Productivity

I write a lot as a pharma strategy consultant, in the office, at conferences, in meetings, during interviews with people. Actually, I write so much it is sometimes hard to draw the line where the day...

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How to take Text Editing to the next level in your small business

Have any of you ever written content for a website or blog and found that the output or RSS feed was corrupted by rogue HTML or even worse, junk from a copy/paste via Word?  And then spent hours trying...

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30 Day SEO Challenge Ebook Review

I think that anyone embarking on something with the word “challenge” in its title is likely to expect to be stretched a bit, don’t you? Make that “30-day challenge” and we can up the amount of stretch...

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REVIEW: The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Book by Dee Blick

Disclaimer: I was introduced to Dee on Twitter by @1230jackie. When I heard she was signing copies of her new book at Waterstones’ in Croydon, I went along to meet her in real life. It would have been...

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Purpose: Build a Business You Love

This week’s Book Club review is Purpose: Build a Business You Love written by Yolanda A. Facio. Yolanda is a fellow Bird, of course, but she doesn’t know I’m writing this review – I liked her book so...

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