Author Archives: Phoenix

Time flies when you get back to work! Almost six weeks since I was loving life at Sanur Seaview Hotel in Bali. I haven’t read anything from Daily Motivation recently and this one caught my eye today; For a long time, you may have found yourself putting others’ needs first, due to a fear ofContinue reading

It’s a hard life, working at the poolside!

It’s been a great day here in Sanur, Bali. Most of the day I have been able to work on ‘Fairy Hanny and the Knights in White Satin’. I am often amazed how one page of the original handwritten original can quickly turn into 4 or 5 A4 pages when developed in Word. Page 50Continue reading “It’s a hard life, working at the poolside!”

Bali Kites!

Down here at Mertasari beach, Sanur, Kite flying is a big business at weekends. Every Saturday and Sunday thousands of people come here to take part in competitions and just watch. Thousands of people, thousands of motorbikes! The competition scoring is based on design, size (some are 4 to 5m long!), height achieved and soundContinue reading “Bali Kites!”

Sanur – Bali

Frustrating day! It has taken forever to upload things due to my laptop not having enough memory and terrible internet connections! ‘Fairy Hanny and the Knights in White Satin’ continues its progress in the second draft. I looked up my other books and found some sponsored ones added. Life. Talking of which…

Bali – Motivation

I am on holiday in Sanur, Bali. I am very fortunate that my teaching post in Oman gives me 8 weeks in the summer. I spend the time walking and thinking and lying on the beach and drinking Bintang! Today I have also worked on my next book in the Fairy Hanny series. Book numberContinue reading “Bali – Motivation”

Traffic words and phrases

Any given keyword or phrase has it’s “search volume”, the number of times people use that keyword or phrase to search. The combined search volume of all the keywords we’re relevant for – the keywords we’ll actually rank for – is essentially the ‘upper limit’ of traffic we can expect. But where do those numbersContinue reading “Traffic words and phrases”

How do I get to Page 1?

Let’s trace that idea this week. Ok, so how do we get onto Page 1? Since we now know that ranking is only in relation to a search, we must first decide what searches we want to rank for – in other words, what keywords or keyword phrases. The ‘narrower’ our target, the more straightforwardContinue reading “How do I get to Page 1?”