blogging – Becoming The Muse

Of Intwasa Arts Reporting Masterclass

The 18th edition of the Intwasa Arts Festival ran from the 28th to the 30th December in Bulawayo. I attended a workshop on Arts Reporting Masterclass for Bloggers and Reporters…

Of Coffee With Intwasa

1 Jan 20232 Jan 2023

If you were having coffee with me I would wish you a Happy New Year… Hello January the Monday of Months. https://twitter.com/Beatonm5/status/1609471175771705345?s=20&t=CuCgkSwpOyBhbDxUgRYlqw I got to shut down my 2022 on…

Awards and Challenges

Of WinterABC2022 Storytelling Festival

1 Jul 20221 Jul 2022

June has been Afrobloggers WinterABC Storytelling Festival. Each week of June carried a theme and bloggers were challenged to put on their creative caps and figure out how to interpret…

Of Techzim: Blog To Marketplace

17 Jun 202117 Jun 2021

When I started my blog almost 8 years my go to place for information was TechZim Answers which was a crowd-sourced answers solution, similar to Yahoo Answers but made up…

Defining Moments

Of Being A Creative: Things To Not Say To A Blogger

• I don’t like to read. Oh really now… well, you have come to a right place, I happen to write you can learn to love to read by starting…

Beaton’s Cut: Emoyeni Digital Twitterview With Uncle Of Bloggers

1 Jun 20211 Jun 2021

For the first day of WinterABC I am sharing the Beaton’s Cut of the EmoyeniDig Twitterview hosted by Melody Chingwaru on the Culxure Mag Twitter account for #EmoyeniFriday. Emoyeni Digital…

Of Things To Do When Staying At Home In A Pandemic

26 May 202126 May 2021

What do you do when you have a bit of time to kill and you want to take your mind off “things”? With the global pandemic this has become ever…

Of Coffee On Silent Mornings

1 Mar 20211 Mar 2021

If you were having coffee with me, I would greet you with Hello March… A new day, a new month, a new folder and I am feeling great…. https://twitter.com/Beatonm5/status/1366266495966314496?s=20 Its…

Defining Moments…

Of The Blogger’s Creed

22 Feb 202124 Feb 2021

....After some reflection and introspection on my journey here's my blogger’s creed... https://videopress.com/v/aYGtlM6R?preloadContent=metadata I am a storytellerWhen I write,It’s not my hand that writes,It’s my father's hand.And my grandfather'sand his…

Of Coffee With Milestones

12 Feb 202112 Feb 2021

If you were having coffee with me, I would tell you that I might act like I never check my stats and that I would still keep this tangle of…

Of My Blog’s Highlights In Case You Missed It

1 Jan 20211 Jan 2021

If this were Christmas, I would have been Father Christmas, if this were a mafia outfit I would be The God Father, but I am a mortal with a blog…

Awards and Challenges

Of My Best Bloggers Of 2020

31 Dec 202031 Dec 2020

Coming to the end of my Best Of The Year series I cant call myself the uncle of bloggers if I don’t do a blog roll of blogs and bloggers…