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New Blog!

So, after months of struggling with navigating the blog on my website, trying to seek help for the problems I was having with it and getting absolutely no support (or none that was much use) I decided to come back to good old faithful Blogger in order to share news with you.

I have to admit, I'm not the most handy when it comes to technology (just ask my husband, or, as I like to refer to him, Customer Support). He'll tell you that hardly any IT knowledge I acquire stays in my memory or is of much good if it does. Thankfully, I can just about get my head around Blogger. So here I am!

I'm excited to be back and I'm excited to be using a platform that seems relatively easy to someone like me.

As I sit here, smugly applauding myself for managaing to post a blog post, I remember that I am in the middle of completing a draft of my latest novel to send to my agent. I can do without technical issues getting in the way. I knew that if I didn't get this sorted, I wouldn't be able to unwind and sit and write.

And now, at last, I can relax, make some tea and get back to my editing!

If you're like me and you have loads of IT headaches that you could positively do without, why not drop me a line and tell me about them?
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