editorialgirl vs Editorial Girl
The time has finally come. Someone else has set up a company called Editorial Girl – providing copywriting and editing services, albeit from a base in the US – with the corresponding .com website...
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I’m currently putting together an online CV and portfolio, in the hope that I can make a proper go of this freelancing lark around my part time day job. I tell people I’m a copywriter, editor and...
View ArticleHow to clean your washing machine
You wouldn’t know it to look at my house (or, indeed, me) but having spent an inordinate amount of time editing Kim and Aggie’s cleaning tips, I’ve actually picked up a bit of cleaning know how. So a...
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Aldwych tube station: a photo no-no
When I heard that the London Transport Museum was offering tours of Aldwych Underground Station, which has been closed since 1994, I jumped at the chance. Old building, not usually open to the public?...
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When I grow up
It has recently struck me that I’ve always wanted to be an editor. I just didn’t know what it was called. In infant school, I found it a bit odd that all the girls wanted to be nurses and all the boys...
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Billy and the magic mushroom
This is a photo of my bedroom wall when I was a baby. (Oh yeah… that’s me, the baby.) Isn’t it awesome? The photo – tea stain and all – only shows a small part of the scene. The whole wall was...
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Embrace the cheese
I tweeted this earlier – and included Andy, so he would see it. But he was worried it meant I didn’t like the book. Argh! No, I loved it! Let me explain. Cheese, in this – admittedly very personal –...
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Billy and the magic mushroom: an update
Three months after writing the blog post Billy and the magic mushroom, I had a text from my dad: The image of mom “having a flash over breakfast” and saying “Hinks!” to my dad, and then dad rushing to...
View ArticleEmpathy as a career strength
As part of my journey into freelancing, I recently took the Clifton StrengthsFinder test. I was simultaneously surprised and not-at-all-surprised to find that my main “strength” – according to Clifton...
View ArticleHarkive: what I listened to yesterday (and how I listened to it)
This is my entry for Harkive. As Craig Hamilton explains: On 9th July 2013 I will be gathering stories from music fans across the globe in order to create a unique snapshot of the many listening...
View ArticleJobs I love: blog writing
I’ve got a few interesting clients at the moment and the work I do for each of them is very different. Currently I am writer, editor, proofreader, designer, branding consultant, content migrator,...
View ArticleAn idea: Oh Dear Diary
I’ve been thinking about this idea for years and I’d like to finally make it happen. It’s an event called Oh Dear Diary. It’s very simple: people get together and read aloud extracts from their teenage...
View ArticleJobs I love: proofreading
(Now, is that “proofreading”, “proof reading” or “proof-reading”?) Proofreading is a job that I have been doing on and off, officially and unofficially, for twenty years. (Or more, if you consider how,...
View ArticleAdvice for teenage me
I was talking to someone about Oh Dear Diary yesterday, and she asked “what would you say to your teenage self, if you could talk to her right now?” I ummed and ahhed and eventually said “just… calm...
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Telling stories
Here’s my current favourite marketing motto: Facts tell, but stories sell. It’s a bit cheesy, but it makes a good point. Rather than listing your services, or simply telling people you can help them,...
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Recording video for social media
Last week I wrote about how “facts tell, but stories sell“; how stories can promote your organisation. And how one of the quickest ways to show authenticity and get a story “out there” is through...
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