“Hello gorguos”. So started my latest fascination with the words that work (and those that seriously don’t) when we’re trying to appeal to a certain audience online.
Writing
The One Thing Your Editor Isn’t Telling You
There’s something you need to know. It’s your editor… She’s hiding something from you. It’s nothing ominous, don’t you worry. But it’s a secret nonetheless. And one I’m going to let out of the bag right now.
3 Reasons You Haven’t Hired An Editor Yet (And What To Do About It)
So you might have heard. You need an editor. Have you ever wondered what this actually means? Written on your to-do list ‘get an editor’? And then gone about your day putting it right out of your mind? Yep, me too.
What It’s Really Like To Be A Location Independent Freelance Writer: Part 3 Rome to London
Yes, when you’re on the road, you take days off and time out, just as you would at home. You exercise. You do your washing. You eat. And yes, if you’re living a life like this, you work. Travel is still actual life.
What It’s Really Like To Be A Location Independent Freelance Writer: Part 2 KL to (somewhere beautiful near) Rome
Truth be told, I still had a fair few hours left, albeit without much ‘freedom’ at all. Something about being location independent suggests you might be, gasp, independent of any location.
What It’s Really Like To Be A Location Independent Freelance Writer: Part 1 Auckland to KL
Despite regularly working long hours, keeping to tight deadlines and having clients around the world, I hear comments about ‘globetrotting’ and ‘holidays’ all the time.
How Meeting Bill Gates Helped Me Quit My Job And Find My Voice
The day that most people meet Bill Gates is, I imagine, a memorable one for all the right reasons. Inspiration, ambition, achievement laid bare for all to see. Okay, so that’s not how my story […]
What Internet Dating Can Teach Us About Writing
Recently, I had cause to dabble in the world of online dating sites. ‘For a friend’! What I found shocked me. I wasn’t shocked in a ‘too many nutjobs’ kind of way, but in a ‘do people really put that?’ kind of way.
The Daily Writing Practice Your Mind Will Love You For
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. There’s nothing less inspiring than a blank computer screen. I believe an irregular writing practice is at the bottom of the problem around being stuck getting started.
My Failsafe Writing Formula and Why It Works For Anything
If you can answer these 5 simple questions, you’re good to go. In fact, I’ve structured whole books for my clients based on this simple formula. Whole books! Something must be working, huh?
What Are You Quitting For Good?
When I think of ‘quitting’, my mind automatically jumps to failure. Giving up has become something of a dirty notion. We’re not supposed to quit. We’re supposed to keep going tirelessly, sometimes pointlessly.
Why I’ve Forgiven Myself For Writing My Book
Frankly, there have been times I’ve hated the book I’ve written. Why, you may ask, am I telling you this? It’s a good question and I’ve wrangled and wrestled with whether to admit how much it’s pained me.
Proofreading Is Boring… I Get It!
Proofreading is boring when you’ve been writing something all day, or even for an hour or two. You don’t have any inclination to comb through it again. You know what it says. You wrote it.
Call Yourself A Writer?
Maybe it’s a creative thing. I’ve never heard a teacher have a confidence crisis when she’s describing whether she can teach a class, or a plumber umming and ahhing over what kind of plumber he is.
Super-sabotage-alistic: When Thoughts Race And How To Get Out Of A Funk
You know those days when you do your utmost to put obstacles in your own path? Yeah, those days. You probably know your own sabotages all too well. Self-sabotage has been rife in my life.