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Book Review : Happy Home for Broken Hearts by Rowan Coleman

“Ellie Woods spends her days immersed in the escapist pages of the romantic novels she lovingly edits. But her reality is somewhat less rose-tinted. Once upon a time, Ellie had her ‘happily ever after’ moment when she married her beloved Nick, but fifteen years later her husband’s tragic death leaves her alone with their soon-to-become-a-teenager [...]

Interview with Rowan Coleman

I first “met” Rowan online through her Facebook status story competition – as mentioned in my review of her novel, Happy Home for Broken Hearts, which will be posted here later. Rowan kindly agreed to answer a few questions for this blog, and it was a real treat for me ask a great writer about [...]

How are we educating our children about money?

This is a question that is becoming more pertinent in our house as my son gets older and I’m interested to know how other parents tackle the issue. Martin Lewis recently claimed that as a nation we have “educated our youth into debt but never about debt” – we have had a huge swing from [...]

Lack of customers keeping you awake at night?

Review: The Little Fish Guide To DIY Marketing Those who know me, know that I read fast. 4 pages a minute, when I was last tested 3 years ago although I may have slowed down since then. So why is it taking me a week (so far) to read just 130 pages? How long would [...]

Meet Jackie Barrie

Another one of my disclaimers, I have met Jackie Barrie socially on a few occasions and I respect her work, I think she is a talented writer, and this afternoon I will be reviewing her book, DIY Marketing for Little Fishes. Link to review. In a series of interviews, with myself and Ann Godridge we [...]

In Her Shoes

In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell

In her shoes is a series  of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]

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