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What's up with JK Rowling and Harry Potter Lexicon?

JK Rowling has won the case she and Warner Bros brought against Steve Vander Ark and RDR Books. The presiding judge, Robert Patterson, ruled in favour of the Harry Potter author and blocked the publication of...

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Writing your Resume When You Have Unusual Job Experience

More and more people are becoming freelancers in whatever career they have chosen. As this becomes more common, the question of how to present this information on your resume crops up. The key is to tailor...

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Finding that extra hour in the morning

Here are some ideas you can try to motivate yourself if leaping out of bed an hour earlier than usual doesn't seem possible for you. Take it slowly Compromise by sitting up in bed, but allowing...

6 comments    health increasing energy
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My impressions of How to Beat Writer's Block by Holly Lisle

How to Beat Writer's Block is a one hour audio workshop that talks you through reconnecting with your muse, finding out what is blocking you, and brainstorming hew ideas, and having fun writing. Here I'll...

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Pregnancy Exercise - Preparing for Birth

A good mindset to get into is to think of birth as an endurance event that you need to train for. You need to build up stamina and general fitness, and some core abdominal strength, and work on a bit of leg...

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Handling the holiday hangover

At this time of year, the end of year/beginning of new year celebrations are in full swing. For many, this can mean back-to-back partying, or, at the very least, making an appearance and raising a glass of...

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Handling Job Burnout

The Information Age has increased our access to information and also increased the work pressure we have to deal with. There is no excuse not to know something, or have the information - and all that...

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Turning your hobby into a career

Making the decision to move into a professional creative career warrants careful thought. It may seem a logical choice because of your love for the field, but the increased pressure, not to mention the...

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7 Simple beauty tips that will save you money

The latest buzzword in the beauty industry is cosmeceuticals - simply meaning that companies can add a few more basic ingredients to their products and charge 2 to 10 times more for it. But the more complex...

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Save time and money and beat the supermarkets at their own game

We all know supermarkets are big business. They're run to make a profit like every business, and to maximise profits some of the less efficient have to manipulate and exploit their customer to some degree....

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