I know you’re all eagerly anticipating Mondayitis to see who is up next but I’m going to keep you waiting for another week. Today I’m talking about the slightly different direction I’m going in.
It’s an interesting time for me at present. I’m trying to do some studies online to get some qualifications. Not terribly challenging qualifications for someone who’s already run offices and currently runs their own business but definitely interesting. I’m on the last handful of modules and hope to finish in the next couple of weeks depending on time. I’m not enjoying studying online, I much prefer being in a class with people interaction. I’ve also managed to get myself involved in a 20 session webinar on social media which means sitting down at my computer twice a week and listening closely. I have access to these later so I can listen again and do the things they suggest which is good as I’ll need to stop the recording and put the action in process before continuing on to the next bit, something I can’t do when it’s live. Two time consuming studies, time? what’s that?
At the Digital Parents Conference a few weeks ago I met up with the lovely people at Hardie Grant Egmont who gave me two books to read and review. I think they were meant for my kids but I wasn’t going to delegate when reading’s involved. You can read the reviews here and here. They were delighted and have signed me up to review more books for them. I got a bit carried away and used my Dymocks voucher on the second and third books in The Phoenix Files by Chris Morphew so they sent me books four and five just to complete the series and also Hunger by Michael Grant, the sequel to Gone. This means I’ll have to review more books here, I don’t want to lose Mondayitis or Squid Ink at present so I might end up having to publish articles on the weekend as well which I’ll only do if I have too much to write about.
Just to add to the mix, I’ve also become part of the marketing strategy for a PR company who specialise in children’s toys. There will be words written about the toys they send me and also some giveaways. I promise to try and get books into every article I write about toys but it won’t always be possible. I suggest you visit frequently, maybe even getting on my mailing list by putting your email into the subscribe box near the top right of the screen as I’ll be resurrecting the newsletter to ensure everyone knows about the competitions.