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08/02/2025

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” Alice Walker, novelist, short story writer, poet and activist, born on this day 9 February 1944, in Georgia

11/09/2023

I'm following only one on this list but sharing here as may just be that missing online piece you want to focus on.
"The fast-growing US writing platform has come of age, offering all kinds of newsletters from a range of writers and experts for a subscription or even free. But how do you find the good stuff? We pick some of the best by theme" The Guardian

The fast-growing US writing platform has come of age. But how do you find the good stuff? We pick some of the best by theme

10/09/2023

In this video Elizabeth Gilbert gives her reasons on why she has joined Substack

06/07/2023

First day of - an easy set up. One post now just watch and learn -

Kari Paul tested the social network minutes after its launch – did it fail to impress, or should Elon Musk be shuddering?

23/04/2023

A good up-to-date article on the ins and outs of Instagram's algorithm’s ranking signals, important recent changes to the Instagram algorithm, and everything else you need to know to boost your content’s visibility on the platform, bearing in mind working on the App itself helps with the algorithm.

The Instagram algorithm affects everyone who uses the platform — especially brands. Learn all the latest ranking factors here and find out how to get your content seen.

25/01/2023

Here's a good article for those interested in getting started on Substack, an email newsletter platform that's gaining popularity.

"What is Substack" is a question with a deceptively simple answer. Yes, it's an email newsletter platform. But it's also much more than that.

21/01/2023

“BookTok is seen as a positive activity because these are enthusiastic, heartfelt recommendations from readers. It’s very organic.”

Here's an informative podcast w/ Jane Friedman, who explains how TikTok and BookTok help authors who may be selling a lower volume of books expand awareness and reach for their work.

Listen now or read the show notes at https://hubs.la/Q01xvRGy0

In this episode of the BMA Podcast, Jane Friedman shares her expertise and insights about the book publishing industry.

07/01/2023

A new year brings with it certain back to basics practices. So, a review of all social media bios is a good start. Consider your Bios as the virtual elevator pitch. Here's a article to assist - https://sproutsocial.com/insights/social-media-bios/

Learn how to write an effective social media bio with our best practices and examples that will help you really nail it.

21/09/2022

We each have a role to play in fostering peace. ☮️🕊️✌️

International Day Of Peace (21 September) founded in 1981 as day of peace and ceasefire, a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace.
This years theme is; End racism build peace.

“Racism continues to poison institutions, social structures and everyday life in every society. It continues to be the driver of persistent inequality. And it continues to deny people their fundamental human rights. It destabilises societies , undermines democracies, erodes the legitimacy of governments, and ..the linkages between racism and gender inequality are unmistakable”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

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09/09/2022

"Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style." Rebecca Solnit

28/07/2022

The writer Umberto Eco belongs to that small class of scholars who are encyclopedic, insightful, and nondull. He is the owner of a large personal library (containing thirty thousand books), and separates visitors into two categories: those who react with “Wow! Signore, professore dottore Eco, what a library you have ! How many of these books have you read?” and the others - a very small minority - who get the point that a private library is not an ego-boosting appendage but a research tool. Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you don’t know as your financial means, mortgage rates and the currently tight real-estate market allows you to put there. You will accumulate more knowledge and more books as you grow older, and the growing number of unread books on the shelves will look at you menancingly. Indeed, the more you know, the larger the rows of unread books. Let us call this collection of unread books an antilibrary. ~Nassim Nicholas Taleb

(Book: The Black Swan https://amzn.to/3PHvhWl)
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