by Sam Dounis | Feb 6, 2017 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Writing
Last week the husband appeared in my study, brandishing an article that one of his colleagues had given him. It was from a trusted source, and it declared that one of the things he should be doing, is blogging. Never mind that his wife has been telling him that for...
by Sam Dounis | Aug 9, 2016 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
I’ve long known that my biggest fear is the fear of failure. It’s so hard-wired into my psyche that it takes a conscious, concerted effort to free myself of it. What it took me a while to realise though, is how much that fear was hindering me when it came...
by Sam Dounis | Aug 3, 2016 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Writing
Have you ever had something that you really wanted to do, but when you come to do it you’d made such a big deal of it that you didn’t know where to start? Built it into such a big deal in your head, that it became too overwhelming to even begin? I have....
by Sam Dounis | Dec 15, 2015 | Blogging, Stories, Writing
Write a blog post in thirty minutes. Impossible right? Wrong! It’s actually quite easy when you get down to it. Last week in Blog Week I posed this challenge to the Blog Week bloggers and they took it up in spectacular style. Many of them didn’t believe...
by Sam Dounis | Aug 20, 2015 | Stories, Writing
When it comes to blogging it’s vital to write from the right angle. When you write from your own perspective, it’s all too easy to dip into sales mode and start listing features and establishing your credibility. While these are important, their place is...
