My freelance business, in its current form, has been around for six years now. And for the first three of the six, I chased up on every quote I sent out. I e-mailed, called, sometimes even texted – because I felt I deserved some feedback. Or, at the very least, to know that the prospective [...]
So there I was… Ignoring my pressing web copy deadline and fiddling about on Twitter. (Which is, I’ve realised, the exact opposite of minding your own business.) When I stumbled across a Multi-Re-Tweeted tweet on an article with the intro, ‘One of the worst mistakes copywriters make is to assume their job is about writing’. Sorry, what? [...]
I recently stumbled across a blog post by Laura Spencer, a freelance writer from North Central Texas. In it, she speaks about why she utterly refuses to give up on freelancing – inspiring me to nod my head so vigorously and so often that I’ve linked to her piece below. But first, here’s a taste: [...]
Here’s a collection of quotes by wise people, on topics relating to writing, editing, creativity, advertising or grammar. I’ve been actively gathering them for about six years now, and I love them because they’re clever, funny, succinct. This post is very much a work in progress, and I update it often, so please write to [...]
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