diverse traveller - Procrastinating Ola

Not fit to travel - or blog!

February 7 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Facebook administrator, #Guest authors

Just a quick update, to let you know my lack of posts is not because I can't be bothered, but because I've been suffering from a very bad case of cold and cough; I hesitate to upgrade it to flu, after all I am not a man. Feeling cra p! Aches in my pains...

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Where in the world was I?

January 23 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Italy photos, #Ola Fagbohun, #Rome photos, #Snap Away (travel photography), #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel photo, #Travel photo quiz

They. Whoever they are, say imitation is best form of flattery so I am flattering the Mirror online by copying their great photo idea. TEST your travel knowledge with the Daily Mirror as as will be known from now on with these virtual walls ' test your...

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Favourite travel apps - nominate yours!

January 22 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #app store, #apps, #Diverse Traveller, #iPhone apps, #iTunes store, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Travel apps, #travel tips

Travellers are spoilt for choice in app stores Last November, on my first trip to Italy, for a week, I nervously left my laptop at home, determined to rely on my iPhone for travel information and note-taking. So before leaving home, I searched the itunes...

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Planning and promoting travel writing workshops - the good, bad and ugly

January 18 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #event planning, #Ola Fagbohun, #Quaker Meeting house, #Sheffield, #Travel Write Now (stories and news), #travel writing, #travel writing course, #Writing

I am mentally exhausted, and my fingers are fed up, they have been hammering my keyboard all day, and are registering their protests by pressing any key they so wish, so I apologise in advance if there are any typos in this. Today has been busy, with...

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Diverse Traveller writing group - describing a memory (test post)

January 11 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #365 Travel, #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Mark Salzman, #travel book, #travel writing, #Writing, #writing tips

Much of writing is a case of show don't tell, and as someone new to writing I find this aspect very challenging. Below I share my frustration and read an excerpt from Lost In Place : Growing up absurd in suburbia by Mark Salzman, found in 365 Travel:...

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Win a pair of tickets to The Telegraph Adventure Travel Show! - Closed

January 8 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Belinda Kirk, #Discount tickets, #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Events, #Frances Gordon, #Free tickets, #Lois Pryce, #Prize Draw, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #The Telegraph Adventure Travel show, #travel, #travel photography, #travel writing, #Win

Discover a journey of your lifetime 28-29 January 2012, Olympia, London The Telegraph Adventure Travel Show is a world of extraordinary discoveries, all under one roof. It is the UK’s foremost travel event for people who like to travel outside the mainstream...

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Diverse Traveller writing tips - explore where you live and write about it

October 20 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #travel, #travel writing, #women, #Writing

Each week many women from around the United Kingdom, tell me they would like to “get into travel writing”, writing for Diverse Traveller and ultimately having their stories featured in one of the offline travel publications. When I ask, what is stopping...

Away from blogging

September 7 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #blogging, #Diverse Traveller, #facebook, #Joyce Cowles, #Travel News

I'm facing weeks of prodding, poking and needles as this week I visit a range of doctors and consultants. We are nothing without good health! All these professionals will be trying to figure out why my right shoulder has not responded to months of physiotheraphy...

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Better late than never - introducing intern Joyce Cowles

September 5 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #facebook, #intern, #Joyce Cowles, #work experience

I have been suffering chronic shoulder pain for a while now, and one of the outcomes is I have to ration the amount of time I spend typing and writing. This means my DiverseTraveller.com to-do list was getting longer and longer, and my concern about losing...

Begging to be 'liked'

September 3 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #facebook, #Fan page, #Like

I know I shouldn't but, bite me, I am determined to grow the Diverse Traveller Facebook fan page any which way I can. So please, pretty please, 'Like' me!