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17 Sep, 2014

A helpful tool for writers

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Publishing/writing/career stuff

Further to yesterday’s post about writing… The other day I downloaded an app called Healthier. I’ve had it running on my desktop computer at home, and I think it’s pretty cool so far. Basically, it runs quietly in the background and forces me to take a break and complete a desk-friendly exercise at regular intervals. […]

16 Sep, 2014

My writerly needs

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Publishing/writing/career stuff

It is Deadline City around here this past week and I’ve had my head down, writing. And when I haven’t been writing I am thinking about writing, and reading other people’s writing, and dreaming about writing. Since I’ve been doing that for awhile now, I’m happy to say that I’ve finally figured out what works […]

30 Jul, 2014

Writing:

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: My media (sideblog archive)

I have a new post up at the MediaSmarts blog this week. It’s my response to a question that I’m asked quite often: What’s the best age to give a kid an iPod touch? Share the post “Writing:” FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInE-mailReddit

Tomorrow marks the 15th anniversary of the Fishbowl. Well, sort of. The blog is actually older than that, but when I started to try to figure out the actual date this was the earliest entry I could find at the time. Below is a screenshot of the original, because those old files are a mess of hand-rolled […]

I think that one of our jobs as parents is to help our kids achieve the things that they want to achieve. This is why we do things like drive them to their various lessons/activities/sports camps, sit in the rain/bleachers/boiling sun while they pursue said activity… help them with their homework, and generally just Give […]


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