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What Alan Partridge teaches us about fear of driving

August 19, 2013 Joanne Mallon 2

In my book about fear of driving, I look at how music can really help you feel less nervous and more confident when you’re driving. Music takes […]

Cakesterminate! – Doctor Who versus the Dalek cake mould

August 5, 2013 Joanne Mallon 3

      It’s no secret that our love for Doctor Who could fill a Tardis. Plus we like cake a lot too. And with […]

Keeping fit in the summer

July 17, 2013 Joanne Mallon 0

Welcome to summer. I think I must be the only person in the world to have done Couch to 5K and not fallen in love […]

Nicolas Cage is watching you poo

July 15, 2013 Joanne Mallon 2

I have a bit of a thing about bad Nicolas Cage movies. If I had my time over I would go to Film School and […]

Overcoming fear of driving featured in Prima Magazine

July 8, 2013 Joanne Mallon 1

  Just a heads-up that there’s an excellent feature all about overcoming fear of driving in the August edition of Prima Magazine, which is on […]

You’ll never guess who texted me

July 3, 2013 Joanne Mallon 0

So it's Saturday night and I'm sat on the sofa, as you do, counting down the days until Doctor Who returns.

And then up pops this text on my phone:


Text-from-god

 

Now, what would you make of that?


13 tips for writing great blog reviews

13 tips for writing great blog reviews

June 28, 2013 Joanne Mallon 3

This is a follow up to the previous post on how to get started writing reviews on your blog.    Hopefully by now you will […]

how to get started writing blog reviews

How to get started writing reviews on your blog

June 24, 2013 Joanne Mallon 6

    On Saturday I took part in a panel at the BritMums Live blogging conference about writing reviews. There were many things I wanted to […]

How to make a 6 layer cake – the sequel!

June 20, 2013 Joanne Mallon 2

When it’s my children’s birthdays I always offer to make whatever cake they want. There is a Russian Roulette element to my baking, in that […]

How to be less nervous at a blogger event

June 17, 2013 Joanne Mallon 3

I wanted to call this post How Not to be Nervous at a Blogger Event – but then I realised that, for most of us […]

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