I’m Antonia Chitty. You might know me from my website Family Friendly Working, my former PR business ACPR, or as part of the ACEInspire team. Or, maybe you know me because you have read one of my books. This is my story, of how I became an author, and how my life has transformed.
Back in 1997, I was walking home from work at RNIB with a friend. We were discussing dreams and ambitions, and I said ‘I’d love to write a book.’ I didn’t think anything more of it at …

Yesterday we told you about our new eCourse, From Knowledge to Profit. The course will take a small group through the process of writing, publishing and selling an eBook over the next three months. If you’re thinking that sounds like it might be a lot of hard work, you’re right! So why bother?
We’re bringing you this course because we know from personal experience that becoming an author makes an enormous difference, to both your business and your life. That’s easy to say, so here is a fact:

Around 81% of people want …

What’s your business ambition right now? Do you want to raise your business profile? Do you want to attract more customers? Put your prices up? Or make more profit? Or have you simply always wanted to write a book?
If any of those goals are ringing true for you join the From Knowledge to Profit course.
In this new course we’re giving a small group of people the chance to work with us to write and publish an eBook over the course of 3 months.
It is an amazing opportunity as we’re bringing …

Name of Business: Mummy’s Maid Ltd
Your Name and Age: Kez Luckett aged 39
Tell us about your family: I am married to Andy who is a Network and telecoms manager. We have two children Amelie who is 6 years old (going on 16) who loves Hannah Montanna, high School Musical and anything pink and girly and Jack who is 3 years old and into anything relating to building or bob the builder(although he does secretly love Peppa Pig too). We spend a lot of our spare time renovating our family home …

Nicola Earns Two More Nominations!
Nicola Kelsall is pleased to announce that she has been nominated for two further business awards this month.  Last month Nicola was nominated for the Shining Star Award at the Party Plan Conference and Awards.  Now she has learned of two further nominations.
Nicola has been nominated for the Social Media Guru award, also at the Party Plan Conference and Awards, for her work in marketing her Barefoot Books business through websites such as Facebook and Twitter and her own blogs.  The Party Plan award winners will …

Are you fed up with he way your life is headed? Do you have a dream you would love to fulfil but just do not have the time or motivation to achieve it?
Well Channel 4 are looking for a family who is fed up with their current life/job and want to make change over the next few months to change theirs and fulfil their dreams. Here is what the production company are looking for:
True North Productions are looking for a family to take part in a new Ch4 programme which …

Your whole life changes when you become a parent, everything you can image is never the same again so if you find yourself as a single parent, the prospect of dating can be quite daunting. So here is a guide to help you start.
Prepare Yourself
Before you consider dating again, you need to prepare yourself and make peace with your recent break up. No matter how hard a break up has been on you, you must deal with all of your emotions  before considering dating again. This is especially important where …

Does your child ever feel left out? If so, read them Love Monster by Rachel Bright. It’s a fun bedtime story, in a world where almost every creature is cute, and Monster has no-one to love him. Like all good bedtime stories, Love Monster comes with a happy ending, but as all good heroes do, Monster has to make a journey first. Beautiful illustrations, bright colours, a crazy sense of humour and quirky use of words makes this a winner in our household. Watch out the the ‘Fluffy 2 the …

There’s one thing I’ve learnt about having children: nothing stays the same for very long. Any phase that you’re struggling with will soon be replaced by a fresh challenge. This term, DS1 has been promoted to key stage 2. At the kids school, that means that his classes continue until 4.15. I’ve suddenly gained almost another hour on my day. He’s now also allowed to join some of the after school activities for the older kids: he’s doing gymnastics and football which mean Mondays and Wednesdays he’s there until 5. …

I’ve been really working hard on the house since Christmas ended. Bags have been taken to the charity shop, kids bedrooms have been cleared and sorted, and it is looking much better. We can’t get round the fact that we could do with another bedroom or two(!) or simply a larger room for the boys but getting things out of the house really helps make more space.
I’ve also been working on taking care of what we do have, aiming to have less stuff but value what we do have. D, …