Time to read: 2 minutes Contracting is a busy life choice. Since I started, I have had significantly less time to write on my blog, and it makes me very sad. So whenever I have some quiet time when I am not drained, or when I’ve had an idea, I try to immediately write something that I could turn into […] continue reading »
Category: Writing
More of a blogger than a writer, this is the collection where I share tips, styles, stories, and more. Where I write about writing.
how I learnt to stop worrying and love talking to strangers
Time to read: 3 minutes Today I attended a conference run by Digital Doughnut. I knew they did digital, I knew they were related to marketing, and I did meet people who worked in the field. But what blew my mind was the stories, backgrounds and odd serendipities (is that a word?) that brought them to marketing in the first […] continue reading »
Why I’m hiding out from my blog on Medium
Time to read: 3 minutes This week, I didn’t blog. I have 16 drafts sitting in my “drafts” folder, and I’m unwilling to publish any of them. I’ve come to Medium to make amends. […] continue reading »
how do you sell yourself, if you hate selling yourself?
Time to read: 3 minutes I was talking to a friend the other day. Ok. We were talking about someone we know. It’s this really great guy, who is incredibly good at his job and has true understanding and vision in his field. But his immediate managers cannot see what he sees. And he finds himself periodically wanting to change […] continue reading »
how I always know what to blog about next
Time to read: 2 minutes There are several tricks writers use to make sure they know what to write about next. This is mine. […] continue reading »
how important are grammar and spelling?
Time to read: 2 minutes I will stop reading after the third spelling mistake. Maybe I am too old to read random blogs. Do spelling and grammar matter to everyone? […] continue reading »
Make them beautiful! Make them free! Publishers, the reading paradigm is shifting!
Time to read: 4 minutes This week, a good friend of mine is releasing a new book. I am dying to read it, and he’s already got a copy for me, which is amazing. Thing is… I’ll never carry a hardcover around now that I have a kindle to read from. And I don’t want to pay double for books […] continue reading »
smart writers guide their readers’ skimming habits
Time to read: 2 minutes how often do you read a full blog post? If I’m honest with myself, I only read a full blog post about one out of ten times. I’ll start out faithfully taking in all the words, then I’ll get bored, or rushed, and I’ll skip a line, then two, then before I know it, I’ve […] continue reading »
how I write: a review of Piccadilly Circus
Time to read: 2 minutes This review of Piccadilly Circus won me a qyper of the week award. Read it and see if you agree… […] continue reading »