Resources
Tools to get your own blog up and running.
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My Toolkit
These are the tools I use to keep this blog on the road, including my favourite providers for websites, graphic design, learning and reading. Some of the links below are affiliate links, helping to keep my blog free for everyone. But most of them aren’t.
I created all the visuals on this blog with Canva.com, and used it to design the cover of my first e-book, ‘Four Lives: Legend of the Warriors Curse’. You can even design customised greetings cards. I have to say I love Canva and I’d be lost without it!
Kindle is definitely the e-book reader for me. If, like me, you download a loads of e-books from bloggers, YouTubers and other websites, it’s great to be able to save them all in the Kindle app. Why not try out Kindle Unlimited for a free trial? You’ll be hooked!
TrishGroves.com is built on Squarespace. I chose it because it’s beautifully simple. As a writer, I prefer to write, not to spend hours fiddling around at the settings, or doing lots of updates (looking at you, WordPress plugins!). Squarespace does the job for me.
I don’t know about you, but music really helps me to concentrate, to work, to relax and to have fun. I love Spotify, because it has lots of artists’ back catalogues, and obscure music that I haven’t found anywhere else. It’s great for long journeys, and if you have to stay at home.
It’s so important to keep in touch. I’ve used Mailchimp to help voluntary groups to send updates to their members, using the free option. It’s easy to use, and to customise. I’m also chuffed to have been certified in Mailchimp Foundations in 2020. Go me!
Ah, what would we do without YouTube? I’ve learned so much about life, the universe and everything (to misquote Douglas Adams). I’m procrastinating about starting something on YouTube channel within the next decade, so watch this space!
