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Debbie’s Blog

Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.

Writers: take this health challenge & increase your productivity

I find that whenever I start slacking off the daily exercise (“I have too much WORK to do…”), I inevitably start feeling more and more tired and uninspired. I’m trying to get in the habit of doing a power walk a day — by “power walk,” I mean a walk . . .



Inkygirl is BACK…and some security tips for other bloggers

As some of you may already know, some of my sites were hacked on the weekend. If you notice some missing images and features from this site, that’s why — I still haven’t finished the finetuning after major damage control had been done. Many thanks to those who e-mailed, tweeted . . .



BuNoWriMo – write a novel in June

For those who missed NaNoWriMo or did NaNo but are keen for more punishment inspiration, checkout BuNoWriMo, a challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in June. There’s also a BuNoWriMo Facebook group.




Weekly wordcount check-in: 250, 500, 1000 wds/day

Do you need a wordcount challenge with some leeway? Check out the challenges below:250 wds/day | 500 wds/day | 1000 wds/day So how did you all do with your daily wordcount challenges since the last check-in?




Looking for a useful notetaking or writing app for the iPad?

I’ve been reviewing iPad apps that could be useful to writers on iPadGirl recently. Unfortunately Posterous doesn’t have a good archiving index system, so I’m compiling a list of notetaking and writing iPad apps for writers on a separate page, with links to my reviews.





Notetaking & writing on the iPad: First app review – Sketchpad HD

More writers have been asking me about what apps I’m finding useful on the iPad, so I’m going to start reviewing various notetaking and writing apps I’ve been trying out. I posted my first on iPadGirl today: Sketchbook HD – Great idea, but doesn’t work properly in landscape mode