As part of my Family Week on The American Resident I thought I would tell you about a parent blogging award you might be interested in: BritMums is hosting the Brilliance in Blogging Awards – the BiBs, as a way to recognise the most creative, inventive and compelling blogging of the year! You can nominate [...]

Yes I am talking about Cybermummy11 where I learned some things I thought I’d share, in random order–some are specifically about this conference, some are more general: 1. Recognising people: Photos rarely do people justice. 2. Personalities: Bloggers are an opinionated bunch–even in real life. 3. Attacking writer’s block: Writing to music or writing when pretending [...]

Last year I was getting saddened by the tweets about people really wanting to go to Cybermummy10 but not being able to afford it. I know there’s worse things that can happen in life, but I really feel that blogging is a fantastic resource for so many people who would not otherwise be able to [...]