I am shortlisted for the Best Blogger in the UK’s Christian New Media Awards. Tonight I will be celebrating – and most likely for other people, rather than me. But I will be doing it with gusto.

I am shortlisted for the Best Blogger in the UK’s Christian New Media Awards. Tonight I will be celebrating – and most likely for other people, rather than me. But I will be doing it with gusto.
This is the definitive list of the top 30 Christian blogs. By what criteria? I hear you cry. Page visits? Twitter followers? Facebook likes? No, it is more arbitrary than any of these. These are the top faith blogs, simply because I say they are top – and I have impeccable taste. So, as […]
It’s been a year!* Many happy returns to me! (*actually it was a year on 6 Jan 2013, so I’m a month late. But hey! I’m writing my blogoversary post anyway.) It’s something that people ask me quite often nowadays: have you always been a writer? And the truth is, I am surprised when people […]
I have a confession: I am an extravert. Let me paint you a picture of a typical dinner with friends at our house. My introvert husband gets the dinner ready. I say, ‘Now, don’t just stay silent the whole time like you usually do, you need to make an effort.’ Jon reluctantly acquiesces. Then the […]
Introverts vs. Extraverts Qu: How many introverts does it take to change a lightbulb?Ans: None. Having the lights on just makes more people come and visit. Introverts get creative energy from time alone whereas extraverts get energy from time spent with others.Susan Cain’s [pictured above] excellent TED talk on introverts has been downloaded almost three million […]
What three adjectives would you use to describe you? The question was part of a bigger article by Jeff Goins, designed to help you find your ‘writing voice’. (Jeff has an outrageously helpful blog on how to write blogs. It’s so instructive it actually feels like cheating. Every blogger should check it out.) I asked […]